These take no time and not much effort (I'm just not an effortful sort of crafting girl) . I will say though, this version is more decorative than functional - but I don't hold that against them as their loveliness will still brighten up any room.
You'll need:
Paper (I used 6x6 scrap book paper - the bigger the paper, the bigger the pin-wheel)
A chop stick
A drawing pin
Scissors (not shown)
A ruler (optional)
Glue (optional)
You can use double sided paper for contrast once the pin-wheel is assembled or single sided paper and have a white contrast. Alternatively you can glue two sheets of paper together to make it double sided (although this will make the paper thicker which may effect how much it turns).
Take your piece of paper and fold in half diagonally. Then fold into quarters. Unfold the paper and cut along your folded line into the centre, stopping about a centimetre from the middle. Alternatively you could draw lines from each corner to the centre and cut along those.
Then take your drawing pin and make a small hole in the centre of the paper and gather one corner from each cut piece into the centre, securing with your pin. Push the pin into the top of the chopstick. You are done!
A pot of these on the table would look lovely in place of flowers.
I'd love to hear if anyone has other simple paper crafts - I have a lot of paper to use up!
Coco Blue
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