Pinwheels
Materials:
- Construction or other heavy paper
- An unsharpened pencil or other stick
- Pin with a large head, such as a corsage pin
- 1 bead such as a 1/4" wooden bead or pony bead
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Quarter
Steps to Take:
- Cut a square piece of paper (the larger the paper square, the larger your pinwheel will be).
- Fold the square in half to form a triangle, matching the corners
- Unfold the square and fold another triangle, matching the opposite corners.
- Unfold the paper. You should have 2 folded lines forming an X in the center of your paper.
- Use the quarter to draw a circle in the center of the paper.
- Cut the paper on the folded lines to the drawn circle. Do not cut all the way to the center!
- Gently curl the corners marked with a red dot toward the center of the square (do not fold them!) Poke the pin through each corner [red dots on diagram] and pushing the corner toward the head of the pin. Then stick the pin through the center of the paper.
- After pushing the pin through all the red dots, slide the bead on the pin behind the pinwheel and then push the point of the pin into the side of the pencil eraser or top of the stick you will be using.
Eyes of God
Materials:
- 2 sticks the same length (you can use pencils or ice cream sticks)
- yarn in various colors rolled in small balls
- white glue
Steps to Take:
- Cross the sticks in the center to form a + . Glue them where they cross to make it easier for the children to handle them.
- Begin wrapping the sticks in a figure 8, then without tying off the yarn, and going clockwise, wrap the long end of the yarn under #1, around the stick, under #2, around that stick, under #3, etc.
- Continue wrapping the yarn around each leg of the cross. Keep the yarn tight and push it toward the center with each wrap so that the strands will lie close together.
- Change colors whenever you desire. When ending a color, tie a double knot close to the stick, put a drop of glue over the knot and trim off the end of the yarn.
- When your "god's eye" is full, tie and glue the yarn as described above, and then form a hanging loop and tie and glue again. Trim off the end of the yarn.
