Whitelee Visitor Centre

The Visitor Centre is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 - 16:00 (Hot food served till 14.30 and cafe closes at 15:30) and from 10:00 – 17:00 Saturday and Sunday (Hot food served till 15.30 and cafe closes at 16:30)

Wind Spinners

Spinners

Craft a nice decoration and hang it outside to spin in the wind!

Spinners

You Will Need

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  • Coloured card
  • Coloured pens
  • Ribbon/String
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
Spinners

Step 1:

 

Draw a large circle on a piece of card, then draw a spiral from the edge to the middle.

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Step 2:

 

Cut the circle out and use your coloured pens to give your spinner a unique design. This can be anything you like, make it stand out!

Spinners

Step 3:

 

Cut out your spinner along the spiral line you drew at the start.

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Step 4:

 

Use the pencil to make a hole at the centre of the spiral. Then tie your ribbon through the hole.

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Step 5:

 

Your wind spinner is complete! Now you can hang it out side and see it spin in the wind.

 

Get Creative: You could add other features to your wind spinner to make it look like different creatures. You could add a head and a tongue to make it look like a snake or even wings and a fiery breath to make it a dragon!!!