Thursday, October 16, 2014

DIY Project: Paper Windmill-in-a-vase



MATERIALS:

For windmill:

  • Colored paper or Old glossy magazines
  • Chopsticks
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Scissor*
  • Safety pin*
  • Mini-Hammer*

For vase:

  • Old glossy magazines (cut-outs into collage)
  • Paper or plastic cups (from a noodle packaging)
  • White glue with water
  • Painter's brush
  • Scissor*

*Use with under parent's supervision

PROCEDURES:

For windmill:

  • Make a measure of 7 by 7-inch (17.5 by 17.5-cm) square of a piece of colored paper.
  • Trace 4 diagonal lines into the corner of a square toward the center and marked in the middle dot square to the diagonal cross.
  • Cut 3 inch diagonal lines each corners, do not cut up-to  4 inches.
  • To make the corners to secure with a pin, use your fingers to fold edges 1,2,3 and four to the center of the square.
  • To remove the pin, place, hold the edge down with your fingers and change it with ball pin and cut the ball pin short to the end.
  • For safety,yet-finishing touches, dip a stick of chopstick square into the water then let it a little dry before push a pin.
  • Press it gently the pin into the stick and hammer-it for secure the slickness of a windmill. DO NOT PRESS HARDLY THE PIN TO PREVENT ACCIDENT.
  • Test it by manually spinning it.
  • Makes 2-3 windmill flowerettes.
For vase:
  • Cut 5-6 pieces of magazine cutouts.
  • Combine white glue and water in one cup
  • Paint it with white glue with water and brush in to the cup outside.
  • While the glue is wet, stick the magazine cutouts outside the cup.
  • Let it dry up to 10-25 minutes or until dry the surface.
  • Then, put the windmill flowerettes to the vase with a secure of mini-solid rocks or floral foams.
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