Pinwheel Pencil Craft

How to Make a Pinwheel Pencil

 

•    Scissors
•    Pencil with an eraser
•    Paper (I like to use a printed paper that has a print on one side but you can use any type of paper)
•    Pushpin
1 - Cut out a square of paper.  I use about 8 inch by 8 inch paper for this craft.
2 - Fold the paper in half on the diagonal line so you make a triangle.  Unfold so that the paper is creased.
3 - Repeat the process with the other diagonal.  Unfold again.
4 - With the printed paper facing down, mark a line on the crease with your pencil. The line should be a third of the way up from the center of the paper.  Do this on all four diagonal lines.
5 - Carefully cut the diagonal crease until your scissors reach the guideline.  Repeat on all four diagonals.
6 - Take on corner and fold it into the center of the paper.  It should form a loop and you shouldn’t flatten it at all.  Leave it loose.
7 - Take the next corner, it should be every other corner, and bring that in the exact same way.
8 - Repeat the process until you have one loop, then one straight, then one loop, then one straight paper; forming a pinwheel.
9 - Connect together in the center with a pushpin.
10 - Push the pin into the eraser on the tip of your pencil.
And that is all it takes to make a pinwheel.  Easy but with hours of fun and a few cute decoration for your pencil.