MATERIALS
¼ sheet of construction paper
Markers/Crayons/Pencil Colors/Pencil
Ruler
Scissors
Push tack
Pencil with eraser
Dime
TIME
Under 1 hour
PROCEDURE
Instruct students to
Mark and cut a 4 ½ " square from
construction paper.
Center dime in the middle of the
square and trace around it.
Cut diagonally from each corner
towards the opposite corner. (4 x)
Stop cutting when you reach the
mark you made from the dime.
From the back, push the pin
through the center of the pinwheel.
Take the right corner of the first
section and bend to the middle of the pinwheel and push over the needle to hold.
Repeat with each section.
Remove from needle, carefully
holding the sections together.
Push the pin through the front of
the pinwheel completely through the back.
Push the pinwheel into the eraser
of the pencil.
Let the pinwheel loosen up between
the corners and the back.
Blow on the pinwheel and watch it
spin
