Making Whirlygigs

 Last weekend when the girls came over we made whirlygigs.  They are decorated cardboard circles that you put cord through and make spin.  
I found the instructions on making them here.  This site also has a place where you can enter your e-mail and they will send you patterns you can print and use.  I did that and got some fun ones.

I printed off some of the patterns and cut out cardboard circles.  Here's Alaina gluing the pattern to the cardboard.

Then you use a kitchen skewer to poke 2 holes through it all.  I let Alaina do her own, but didn't think it was a good idea for Ruby, so I did hers.  :)

You then put some cord through and tie it. 

Here's Ruby making hers spin.

Alaina really got hers going too!

After we did one, I gave them paper to make their own designs for another one.

They had such fun figuring out patterns to draw.

and they both worked hard at getting it just how they wanted.

Here they are with their finished whirlygigs!
They had such fun doing this, and it was an easy and very inexpensive project!