Here’s a fun St David’s Day craft, a daffodil pinwheel windmill!
St David’s Day daffodil craft
I think these daffodil windmills are so cheery.
They are a step-by-step craft, good if you like to have a set of instructions to follow, and very interesting for children who are fascinating with wheels and everything that goes round.
Once you’ve made one you can then add lots of your own customisations – perhaps different colours or petal shapes – or you can explore the spinning concept to make a different project of your own.
You will need:
:: yellow card (or white card and yellow paint):: green card
:: egg box
:: paper fastener / split pin
:: yellow and/or orange paint
:: a small paint brush
:: stapler
:: ruler
:: pencil
:: scissors
:: a craft knife (optional)
How to make a daffodil pinwheel spinner
Start by cutting a square from your yellow card. (We only had white card in the house when we made ours, so we covered it with yellow paint. If you are going to paint you will need to paint both sides of the card.)
Next, cut out the cup part of the egg box – this is going to be the trumpet part of your daffodil. Paint it either yellow or orange, depending on what colour you would like in the centre of your flower.
Once all the paint is dry you need to cut lines into the yellow square of card as shown in the photo below.
To create your daffodil flower, you need to fold in four of the edges, as shown below. Fasten them in place with a stapler.
Make a stalk for the daffodil by rolling a piece of the green card into a tube.
Use a paper fastener / split pin to join the egg box trumpet, the daffodil and the stalk all together. You can poke the paper fastener straight through the card but you might find it easier to make a hole with either a pencil or craft knife first. You want the hole to be loose enough for the daffodil to twirl around to give you the windmill effect.
And there you have it – a beautiful daffodil. You could make a few of them in different shades to make a lovely spring bouquet.
More daffodil lesson ideas
See our complete Daffodil Unit here.
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LOVE them!!
Thanks Amanda – daffodils are my favourite flower. (I’ve got a Welsh grandmother too!)
Great minds!!!! Love your windmill take on them, very clever x
Cute!!!
Fantastic idea. I seem to have lost my crafting mojo at the moment!!
These are so adorable! I can’t wait for our daffodils to start blooming. This is such a creative and beautiful craft. Thank you for linking up with Try and Tell.
they are very colorful and remind me of lil daffodils
What a great project!
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What a cute idea! I’m torn between having the kids at work make them, or just making a bunch myself (I have no garden).
Heck, I think I’ll do both!
I have a vase of them in the kitchen and they look so cheery. You should do both!
Wow what a great idea!! They are so pretty!!
Mmmh, could have sworn I stopped by and commented on your wonderful daffodil before… but I can’t see a comment. I must be getting old! So sorry!!! Have of course seen your daffodil and love it (in fact, it was in Spring Get Crafty, no?).
Like the use of the split pin – wasn’t sure whether that would let the wheel spin, which is why I fiddled with out “normal pin” on ours!!
Thank you for sharing on Kids Crafts Party!
Maggy
Ahh, my favorite flower. Now pinned to my Spring Pinterest board. Stopping by from No Time For Flashcards link-up. Thanks for a great idea. 🙂
Yet another reason to purchase brads!!! So pretty, and spring-like!
Thanks for linking up to the all year round spring carnival =)
Love them!
Will be making some as well!!!
That is so cute, and perfect for Spring.
It looks great! Thanks for sharing your lovely daffodil crafts with our Spring Carnival. 🙂 I featured this post here:
https://sunnydaytodaymama.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/all-year-round-week-three-7-spring.html
I love this idea. Daffodils are so pretty and remind me of Spring.