DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Hanukkah Pinwheel Crafts

Pinwheels are a fun craft and also a way to introduce the idea of wind power to young children. This adorable pinwheel is a great craft to suit a hanukkah theme.

You can use the templates I've provided or design your own using:

• construction paper or decorated paper

Materials:

• paper,
• printer,
• something to color with,
• pencil with eraser at the end (unsharpened is best, I think)
• push pin or straight pin
• Optional:  a small bead (like a pony bead).

Instructions:

• Fold on the dashed line to make a square decorated on both sides.
• Note:  At this point, you can put a piece of thin cardboard or construction paper between the two halves to make your pinwheel a bit sturdier.
• Glue the sides so you have a square decorated on both sides.
• Cut on the diagonal dotted lines (don't cut all the way into the middle).
• Bend each corner to the center dot, but don’t crease your folds.
• Push a pin through the center into the eraser of a pencil (don't push it super tight).
• Optional: Put a bead in between the eraser and the paper ... some people find it spins a bit better this way...  I've never noticed the difference (maybe it's the type of pencil eraser?  I use fresh, unsharpened school pencils).
• Blow the edge of your pinwheel to make it spin (if it doesn't spin, loosen your pin a little or wiggle it around to make the hole in the paper bigger)

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Hanukkah Pinwheel Template    color  or   B&W

Blank Pinwheel    (B&W)

Printable version for these instructions