Cardboard windmill template

Add a line of hot glue to the other edge of the paper, then firmly press it down to hold it in place. You can use tape if you want, but I find that after a few days, tape will come loose, so I prefer hot glue.

Cut out the little windows and door. Make sure the holes are directly across from each other. Cut out the roof shape from the template and trace it onto a piece of paper or cardstock. Wrap one edge around itself to make a cone shape just slightly larger than the top of the paper roll. Add a small piece of tape to the inside edge to hold it in place, then add hot glue to hold it together.

Cut out the skewer pieces. Skewers can be tricky to cut through, so I recommend using scissors to make an indent all the way around the skewer and then snapping the skewers at the indent.

Cut out the windmill blades and fold them in half. Then apply glue from a glue stick to the entire inside edge. Place a 3. Press down to make sure the paper is stuck together and the skewer is as tight in the fold as you can get it.

Make sure you use cardboard or cardstock for the circle. Add a dab of hot glue for each windmill blade, and attach them to the back of the circle as shown in the photo below. Add a bigger glob of hot glue to the middle of the circle, then carefully press the 2.

Hold the skewer upright for about 30 seconds until the glue is dry. Make sure you hold it steady so that the upright skewer is as straight as possible. Use a pencil to curl the paper windmill blades towards the front. This will help them catch the wind when you blow on them. Add a plastic pony bead to the upright skewer, then carefully push the skewer through the two holes in the paper roll.

The windmill blades actually spin! You can use your finger to spin it, or you can blow on it. To get it to move by blowing it, turn the windmill sideways and blow from the outside edge of a windmill blade towards the center. Make a paper roll windmill from a toilet paper roll! This is such a fun kids craft and the blades actually spin! Such a cool windmill craft and it would be a great way to explore DIY projects and crafts with moving parts at school!

Check out our book Low-Mess Crafts for Kids for 72 fun and simple craft ideas for kids! The projects are fun, easy and most importantly low-mess, so the clean up is simple! In the photo of the windmill the flapes of the blades are just the other way around. In the file itself and the 1st photo of the cutting files at How to Make there are the blades in the right way.

Greetings from the Netherlands. I am from Holland and there are very much of these mills, however they will replaced by the ugly ones from steel. Thanks Miss Mandee! That was fun and easy to make! I put it on my fireplace mantel and it looks so adorable!! You are amazing! Just stumbled on your site and saw this one.

I moved here from The Netherlands in and all my family still lives there, so this one is special for me! I cannot wait to make it. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.

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Prep Work 2. Before you get going on assembly, attach all the windows and decorative elements. Assembling the Top 3. Assembling the Bottom 4. Make the base by folding along the score lines, and gluing the tabs to the inside. Glue one of the side panels to the bottom pieces Then glue one of the middle triangular pieces to the side pieces Now repeat the last two steps again Glue a roof side panel to a roof middle pieces And do that again Now glue the hinge to the roof and base.

Get your gray paint. Paint only the bottom half of the windmill gray. Get some popsicle sticks, white paint, and blue paint. When it dries, carefully paint the grid white. Cut two pieces off the popsicle stick each three inches long Glue the two pieces together side by side to create the door Cut a small square for a window in the door and super-small rectangle for the door handle out of popsicle stick Paint the door white. Let it dry and then paint the square window blue Now glue the small window and door handle to the door.

Get your hot glue gun and popsicle sticks. Glue popsicle sticks onto the side of the roof And to the middle of the roof Now we need to make the propellers.

Take four popsicle sticks.