The musings of a child rearing craftaholic

Wind chimes and plastic canvas spinners have been popular yard decorations for a long time. Now, you can make these attractive, swirling items at home. Using strips of canvas plastic, pony beads and a pipe cleaner to make a wind spinner is a fun family craft.

Wind Spinner: A wind spinner is really easy to make from soda bottles, and they look great hanging from a branch of a tree in your yard. They easily catch the wind and they can get spinning pretty fast. Make several in different colors and create a mobile of them…

Things you will need to make a windmill or pinwheel from a standard plastic soft drinks bottle: Try and choose a sunny, windy day and make your windmill outdoors. 1 x 330ml plastic soft drinks bott…

Learn how to make a DIY wind spinner with color to withstand the elements! My garden is one of my favorite places on the planet, and I love to add customized outdoor decorations to make it my own. Ready to add some color and movement to your yard with a DIY wind spinner? I’ll show...

Flower Garden Spinner: Flower Garden spinner It’s that time of year when we start to spend more time out side in the garden. My husband has a super green thumb and does all the gardening with no help from me The garden is spectacular thanks to him. Although I would love t…

This is so simple -- and so fun! We went to a botanical garden and saw a very nice wind sculpture which captured my daughter’s attention. It was very mesmerizing and thought of making our mini wind spinner.

Ted Baer's Bicycle Wheel Windmill: Ted Baer has created a series of small windmills designed for third world use over a period of three decades. This first in the series has evolved in simplicity and power. The aluminum vanes are constructed from a building flashing roll utilizing th…