Our dolls are going to carry their very own red, white and blue, windmills in a 4th of July parade! |
Here is a simple and fun craft that you can make in only a matter of minutes for your favorite American Girl Doll. Using supplies you already have tucked away in a general craft supply at home follow the instructions below. Now your doll can have something to carry in a parade while you carry her!
One side of the pinwheel is solid red paper, the other side is a red, white and blue star pattern. |
- scissors
- decorative patriotic scrapbook papers
- hole punch
- double prong tooth picks
- hot glue and hot glue gun
- ruler
- tiny rubber bands (for display)
- white tacky glue
- pin or thumb tack (for pinwheels that move)
- left or right handed scissors (Match the correct scissors to the dominant hand of your child please.)
- First you will need to measure and cut four squares from scrapbook paper measuring three inches on all four sides.
- Two of the those squares may be a solid color and two should be patterned. We used red, white and blue to emphasize the fact that these paper windmills are for a 4th of July celebration.
- Glue two squares together with the alternate pattern and solid coupled as a pair.
- Now fold the paper squares from corner to corner in half.
- Then fold those triangle shapes from corner to corner in fourths
- Open up the squares and measure 1 1/2 inch from the centers out along the folded lines with a light pencil mark.
- Use your scissors to cut from each corner in up to the marking.
- Fold in every other corner, tip to center point and glue.
- Repeat this step four times.
- You should have a pinwheel shape.
- Punch out two centers using your hold punch and paste these to the center of each pinwheel.
- Now hot glue each of your pinwheels to a double prong tooth pick for your dolls to carry in a 4th of July parade. (This version doesn't spin)
- If you want your pinwheel to actually spin in a breeze, you can poke a pin through the center and then attach the pinwheel to a straw or pencil using a pin or thumb tack.
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