Pencil Pinwheels

Supplies Used: Construction paper, Eraser (cut off of pencil), Pencil, Spacer beads (clear), T-pin

The teacher will die-cut the materials for student use prior to the lesson.

1. To create the body of the Frog, Bird or Butterfly, fold a piece of construction paper in half.
2. Place the folded paper against the white painted edge of the die and die-cut. The fold allows room for the body of the shape to wrap around a pencil.
3. Fold the hole tabs inward on the perforations of the body.
4. The pencil goes down from the top of the body through the hole in the tabs.
5. Slide the body up the pencil so that the eraser on the pencil shows through the hole in the middle of the body.
6. Die-cut two legs (or wings) using a contrasting color of construction paper.
7. Fold the legs on the perforations (Main Photo). Fold the tabs on the legs inward.
8. Slide a T-pin through the holes in the tabs and through the hole in the leg.
9. Place a clear spacer bead onto the T-pin.
10. Slide the T-pin through the hole in the body, and through the eraser showing in the hole.
11. Place another spacer bead onto the T-pin.
12. Slide the other folded leg onto the T-pin through the leg hole and tab holes.
13. Place the cut pencil eraser onto the tip of the T-pin to hold the legs and beads on the T-pin (Main Photo).
14. Discuss aerodynamics, various means of creating energy and natural resources that can be harnessed to create energy.