RAINBOW PINWHEEL: Endless Color Fun

A gust of wind,

And off they go,

Round and round;

A sweet pinwheel

In a whirlpool of colors.

My daughter loved the colourful milk experiment a lot. I guess its time for some more color activity. What's better than a colourful pinwheel?

I got hold of a nice pinwheel template from here:scrapbooking.about.com
Its a very creative site with many free templates and scrapbooking ideas.

A simple paper pinwheel would have been crushed and non-usable in a day's time. Why not try acrylic sheets? I have used water-based glass paints for coloring up the pinwheel, but coloured sharpies or permanent markers would do too.

Its easy to make. If you have used glass paints you need to wait for them to dry a bit.

ALL YOU NEED:
Acrylic sheets
Glass colors/ Color sharpies
Pinwheel template
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Drawing pins/ Buttons and jewellery wire
Dowels/ Pencil/ Straw
Transparent contact sheet-optional

Print out your template on a A4 sheet of paper.

Use the template to cut out the acrylic sheets.

Color up the sheets. I used glass colors, You need to wait up for it to dry, making sure its left on a horizontal surface undisturbed. You don't want the colors to mix up, as we have not used a glass liner to demarcate the colors. Also pop up those tiny bubbles that form. Which I obviously missed out :/ Next time I'm going to use color sharpies, May be they will be lighter and less messier.

Once the colors have dried. Apply a transparent contact sheet over the colored side. Just as a safety measure to seal the colors as they were water-based.Cut up along the lines again.
Hot glue the petals to the centre of the pinwheel.

Attach pinwheel to a dowel or straw or a pencil. I experimented with quite a few, before settling on using a button and jewellery wire. The pinwheel must be able to rotate freely, so enlarge the hole in the centre a bit.

Now all you need is a little bit of breeze. Or keep blowing :).
Love how the colors blend in seamlessly and with the light passing right through, it looked amazing, much better than these pictures have captured.

There you go. Take the pinwheel for a ride to the park :).It took a place of pride on my daughter's bicycle.

Learning a bit about colors and the direction of wind. The little one liked how the colors blended in when the pin wheel is in motion.

A little bit of learning and loads of fun.
Happy making :).
FARZ

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