MALT-O-MEAL PINWHEEL
L E E H W N I P L A E M O T MAL
MALT-O-MEAL PINWHEEL
Put a new spin on a classic pinwheel with an upcycled cereal bag!
MATERIALS
• 1 clean cereal bag • 1 drinking straw • 1 earring post • 1 rubber earring back • 1 metal earring back • Pinwheel template (see template on page 3 of this PDF)
TOOLS
• Scissors • Tape • Thumbtack or needle
START!
STEP 1 Print and cut out the template.
STEP 2 Open up your cereal bag and place on a flat surface. Tape your template onto the cereal bag.
TEMPLATE hole
STEP 3
pinwheel template
hole
Cut out the square and along the dotted lines. Use the thumbtack to poke holes at the center and marked corner holes. You can take off the template now and set it aside.
hole
hole hole
STEP 4 Take your earring post and insert it into the corners one at a time, turning them so that all corners meet in the center. Then insert the post through the center of the square.
STEP 5 Secure the pinwheel onto the earring post with the rubber earring back.
STEP 6 Use the thumbtack to poke a hole near one end of the straw, and push the pinwheel and earring post through. Use the metal earring back to secure the pinwheel onto the straw.
DESIGN TIP!
Cut out different parts of the bag to customize the design on your pinwheel.
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IN! P S A R O F L E E PINWH D E L C Y C P U R TAKE YOU
MALT-O-MEAL PINWHEEL
Put a new spin on a classic pinwheel with an upcycled cereal bag!
MATERIALS
• 1 clean cereal bag • 1 drinking straw • 1 earring post • 1 rubber earring back • 1 metal earring back • Pinwheel template (see template on page 3 of this PDF)
TOOLS
• Scissors • Tape • Thumbtack or needle
START!
STEP 1 Print and cut out the template.
STEP 2 Open up your cereal bag and place on a flat surface. Tape your template onto the cereal bag.
TEMPLATE hole
STEP 3
pinwheel template
hole
Cut out the square and along the dotted lines. Use the thumbtack to poke holes at the center and marked corner holes. You can take off the template now and set it aside.
hole
hole hole
STEP 4 Take your earring post and insert it into the corners one at a time, turning them so that all corners meet in the center. Then insert the post through the center of the square.
STEP 5 Secure the pinwheel onto the earring post with the rubber earring back.
STEP 6 Use the thumbtack to poke a hole near one end of the straw, and push the pinwheel and earring post through. Use the metal earring back to secure the pinwheel onto the straw.
DESIGN TIP!
Cut out different parts of the bag to customize the design on your pinwheel.
Sign up for the TerraCycle Brigades at www.terracycle.com TerraCycle®, the TerraCycle Logo® and Brigade® are all property of TerraCycle, Inc. used under license. ©2014
IN! P S A R O F L E E PINWH D E L C Y C P U R TAKE YOU
