Patriotic Pinwheels

So last week I was looking for a centerpiece I could make with my current craft stash so I wouldn't have to spend any money or go shopping. It just came to me: PINWHEELS. Then I thought Patriotic Pinwheels would be a great idea for the Fourth of July.

Pinwheels are VERY easy to make and fun to do while you watch mindless TV (Like The Singing Bee). Here is a very detailed process:

Cut your paper in to a square. Mine is 4 x 4

Fold the square into a triangle like so

Ta da!

Open it back up. You now have a crease running from one corner to another.

Now fold the opposite corners in to a triangle.

 Open it up and you have created diagonal creases in your square.

Using scissors, cut 2/3 of the way in, along each diagonal.

Each of the creases are now cut. Hard to get a picture of that.

Next, make a hole in the center of the square, about where the creases meet (I'm neither perfect at folding or sticking the the need in the right place, but it won't be an issue). I used a needle, but you can use a thumb tack or any type of scrapbook tool that punches holes.

Next make holes in every other point you've cut like so.

Grab a brad

Thread one of the holes you made on a point

 Repeat

 Repeat

Until you have all four points into the brad.

Push the brad to the back and through the hole you made in the center.

Then open the brad and secure it. 

Admire your work!

I got to where I was cutting 3 at a time (layering them) and that made things go much faster!

I decided to put my pinwheels on some skewers I had in the kitchen, since have more than 100. These won't actually work in the wind, they're just for pretty. I just hot glued the skewers to the back.

I used some old Coke bottles my husband gave me and then some pebbles I had to anchor the skewers.

I had some left over so I also made a garland by hot gluing them to some twine I had:

(Good pictures are not taken at 10pm)

I'm ready for the Fourth! How would you decorate with Pinwheels?

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