 | Fold on the dashed line to make a square decorated on both sides
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| 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.
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| glue the sides so you have a square decorated on both sides
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| Cut on the diagonal dotted lines (don't cut all the way into the middle.
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| Bend each corner to the center dot, but don’t crease your folds.
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| Push a pin through the center into the eraser of a pencil (don't push it
super tight)
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| 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)
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| 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)
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