Pinwheels
Cut the paper on the lines but not inside the circle.
Bend each of the corners marked with an “X” in Picture 3 into the center of the circle.
Put a straight pin through the four corners and the center of the paper. Then put the pin into the eraser on the end of a pencil.
Now the pinwheel should spin in the wind, when you blow on it, or when you run with it.
Different decorations on a pinwheel will make new and interesting patterns as it spins.
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Pinwheel
Monday, June 8th, 2009A Pinwheel
Materials
a sheet of paper
a straight pin
a pencil with an eraser
a ruler
scissors
The paper that makes a pinwheel must be square. You can be sure it is a square by folding it before you cut it. See Picture 1.
Next, draw lines from corner to corner of the paper with a ruler.
Draw a small circle about (he size <>1 a penny in the center of the paper where the lines cross. See Picture 2.

