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Printable Pinwheels for Your Patriotic Holidays by Cindy Hopper for Alphamom.com
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Printable Pinwheels for Your Patriotic Holidays

By Cindy Hopper

Show your American pride this upcoming summer season with this Patriotic Pinwheel. It’s perfect for Fourth of July or other patriotic holiday festivities or to decorate your flower pots and centerpieces.

Patriotic Pinwheels

Download the Printable Pinwheel PDF and print in color on white card-stock.

Printable PinwheelCut out the pinwheel making sure to cut between the areas on the dotted line. It does not go all the way to the center, only half way.

cutting patriotic printable with scissorsFold tips to center and fasten with a long pin through black dots.

tutorial for making paper pinwheel

The pinwheels can be attached to a pencil by pushing the pin into the pencil eraser. If you want a longer stick, place a cap pencil eraser on a 5/16″ dowel rod. They really spin well if you add a pony bead for spacing.

adding pencil to pinwheel

Place in your yard and

Patriotic paper pinwheel craft

let it spin!

spinning pinwheel

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About the Author

Cindy Hopper

Cindy Hopper was fortunate to be raised in a family who appreciated the arts. This background led to a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education. With a keen eye for design and color, Cindy has cont...

Cindy Hopper was fortunate to be raised in a family who appreciated the arts. This background led to a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education. With a keen eye for design and color, Cindy has continued her love of art and is now passing her creative skills on to her three children. Cindy’s family and friends are the beneficiaries of her passion for fun and meaningful creative projects.

Cindy’s personal blog, Skip to My Lou, has taken her love of a project to new levels. Postings keep the family busy -– from testing new recipes for holiday treats to designing and building floats for a neighborhood parade to making fabric rolls to hold crayons to creating themed parties. Cindy seems to have an unending supply of ideas for gifts, parties and rainy days.

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