Making a wall of wheels, or paper rosettes, is a great way to make a HUGE impact at a party without a lot of fuss or cost. They can be made in any size and variety of patterns to coordinate with your own party decor! Here's a basic tutorial on how to make this great back drop.
You will need:
- Scrapbook paper or card stock(3 pieces per fan)
- Stapler
- Glue gun
Fold card stock paper accordion style into 1/2 inch folds. It's good to have different size papers in order to form different sized pinwheels. These sheets were 12" wide and made a 12" fan. Fold each accordion piece in half. Repeat this 3 times. 3 fans equal 1 pinwheel.
For a smaller wheel you fold 1 sheet of paper into a fan, and then cut in half. Fold those halves in half again and glue/or staple. You only need 2 sections to make a circle for this smaller wheel.
Note- You can fancy up your fans at this point by cutting the edges into a scallop, punching some holes, or lots of other things to add some variety to your display.
Now secure sides together using a glue gun for extra hold, or you can also staple them together if you don't have a glue gun handy. This creates a part of the pinwheel. Glue all there pieces together (edges out) on sides to make one large piece.
Stretch out your fan and glue (or staple) the two ends together. You are finished, how easy was that!
Love the variety of fan sizes and patterns!
You can hang the wheels by poking them through with nails. Or if you can't put nails in your wall, I've seen it done by using hot glue to attach them to a large poster board or foam core board.
