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- Oh, hello friends.
Welcome back.
This is Amaranta Sandys.
Today I'm gonna show you how to do this pinwheel.
Did you know that some toys, like this one,
do not require any batteries?
This is something that I used to play with when I was a kid.
Same with kite.
We're gonna use very, very few supplies,
probably stuff that you will find around
your mom's and your dad's house.
Just a printer paper,
markers,
rulers,
scissors,
a pencil that has a good amount of eraser
because we're gonna try to,
because the pinwheel is gonna live in here
and push pin.
And make sure to ask for help whenever
you're gonna assemble this into your pencil.
So the first thing you're gonna do,
you are going to measure a square,
six by six.
I'm only gonna measure right here,
just to show you.
I found that measuring it is extremely important too,
because some of the kids that I worked with,
they still have a little bit of a hard time.
So I have my square in here,
it is ready to go.
And we are gonna try to find the center of this
and a trick to that
is that
if you place your ruler
corner to corner,
and then you're gonna draw a diagonal line,
and then you're gonna do the same on the other side,
that is going to be the center of your pinwheel.
It took just like seconds to do that.
Then the next thing you're gonna do,
you are going to bring your ruler
and you're gonna measure two inches
from the middle outside,
middle and outside,
and then just place a little dot.
And I'm using a different color because
I wanna make sure that you are not gonna go
you are not gonna cut all the way here.
I'm gonna place another line.
If for some reason you cut it,
then you can do it again.
So the next thing we're gonna do,
we are going to decorate this.
You can leave it white.
You could,
if you have origami paper,
I found that you can use origami paper to do this.
They got some beautiful patterns,
but if you like to create your own things,
then just use your own designs.
I wanna introduce you to something very quick,
and this are just the lines
that you are gonna come up with a design,
maybe pick one or two lines,
horizontal,
vertical, diagonal,
broken, zig zag,
curvy, spiral.
You can combine one or two,
and then you can also
do your designs with
a pencil first
in case you mess up.
But I wanna go straight and I just wanna do,
maybe I want to start with some curvy lines,
just like the water, it's calm.
And maybe I wanna add a second one on top, why not?
And,
you could maybe add,
you can fill in the color, or not,
or maybe you wanna do some lines in here.
I'm just gonna do this just
so it shows
a little bit of the design.
You can spend a lot of time doing these designs,
but I'm just gonna leave it this way.
Then the next thing I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna cut this,
started from the corner and make sure
to stop where the red dot is.
One,
two,
three
and four.
And then the next thing I'm gonna do,
I'm going to flip it over
and I'm gonna pierce the middle.
I'm gonna pierce the center of this,
then with another marker,
just because I wanna make sure you
understand how is assembled.
I'm gonna place a dot on this side,
on the right side,
and I'm going to turn it.
So the thought it's on the same side
on your right side.
If I want this design to be the inside of my pinwheel,
just like this one,
then I need to start from the back.
So I'm gonna grab my pinwheel from behind
and I'm gonna pierce it through the first one,
the second
corner,
the third
corner,
the fourth.
And once you're on the fourth,
you probably need some small fingers,
'cause you need to find the center of
pinwheel.
Voila!
Then you're gonna grab your pencil.
You can either pierce it right here
or pierce it on the side.
I'm gonna try to do it on the side.
Be careful.
Make sure to leave some spaces right here,
because I wanna make sure this spins.
If it's too tight,
it's not gonna blow.
But if you
pull it out little bit,
spins so I'm trying.
Give it a try to see if it works.
(blows the pinwheel)
There you go.
So make a pinwheel for all your family members,
put on behind your bike,
or just run around on a windy day,
and they will work really well.
So thank you again for watching.
I hope you liked this tutorial
and I will see you soon.
Thank you.
Bye.
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