Contributor post by Alicia of AliciasFindings
“Tutorial for Decorative Pinwheels” by Jessica Luiz-Brazil of SummerStarsMasonJars
Hello! I am Jessica from Summer Stars & Mason Jars and this is a easy tutorial on how to make decorative pinwheels!
Materials:
- Square paper(she used 5×5 scrapbook paper)
- Scissors
- Brads
Directions:
- Take the square paper and fold it corner to corner to score an x in the paper
- Cut along the folded line a little more than half way up.Do not cut all the way up the middle!
- Cut all 4 of the folded lines the same way.
- Fold the corner of the paper to the middle.
- Do this with all 4 corners. I held it with my fingers,these corners could also be taped down.
- Push the brad through the center of all the corners in the middle. I bought fancy flower brads,but here you could add a decorative sticker or flower to jazz it up a bit!
- Here is the back with the brad pushed through.
Here it is! I used bright summer colors to have as a centerpiece at a cookout but they can be used as baby shower decorations,cupcake toppers or even on the wall for decorations in a room!
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I want to do these for a holiday or even as an add on gift! You could do them in themes,colors,etc..Possibilities are endless!
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Hey guys, I’m making the pinwheels, but I don’t have pretty paper like that, so I thought I’ll just paint my dull, gray paper with some pastels. Of course, I assembled one pinwheel before painting it, which made it difficult. So I learned not to do that. Also I learned that in the future, perhaps I should avoid spraying my hands with fixative, especially when there is pastel dust on them.
This craft day is fun! I keep gluing myself, I’m covered in pastel dust, and there’s scraps of everything everywhere.
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I don’t have a stick, or those fancy little pins, but check out my pinwheels here anyway!
instagram.com/p/3kBvwGytf2/
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Fun idea!
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