Monday, March 10, 2014

Prototype Pinwheel

I just had to have a go. Sometimes when you have an idea in your head you just can't ignore it. I want to make a selection of bright working pinwheels for my toy shop. I remember loving pinwheels when I was little.

I have made only one so far but at least I know it can be done. It was certainly fiddly and I have superglue under one of my finger nails.


The pinwheel is 2cm high including the stick. I will make the stick a bit longer on the next one. This poor pinwheel has been played around with for so long today in all my attempts to get it mounted on a stick and working so is a bit worse for wear.

And just to prove it works:


That is it for miniatures for today so I will have to take this pinwheel idea further during the week. I have promised my daughter she can teach me how to play Minecraft on the computer.

20 comments:

  1. Lovely pinwheel, Sharee!
    Hugs, Ilona

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  2. Diminuto, diminuto y ademas funciona, gran trabajo, fabuloso.
    Un abrazo.
    Yolanda

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  3. Really cute, Sharee! I can hardly wait to see your toy shop full of pinwheels! xo Jennifer

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  4. great pinwheel..what is this fascination everyone has with minecraft? I just dont understand it..it is fun?

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    1. You can build houses! To be honest I only had a brief go yesterday and that was enough for me but I will have another go to keep my daughter happy. I'm not very good at gaming things as I often find them repetitive and I have better things to do. I think people enjoy creating their own world and things within it. You can also play with other people on-line so there is a social aspect to it as well.

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  5. Your pinwheel is fantastic. I still love these :)))
    Hugs Maria

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  6. Hi Sharee,

    That is so very cool! What a perfect thing for Spring :-)

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  7. Very cool! I saw a tutorial for these for 4th of July but I don't think they actually spun. I could see making these could get addicting.... :-)
    Hugs,
    Lisa

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  8. What a cute pinwheel.. 2cm with the stickt! Wow! That´s too small for my fingers! *lol*
    Have fun by playing minecraft!
    Hugs
    Melli

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  9. The cutest pin wheel on the planet! I love the video, I expect to see more videos from you lady!

    I purchased minecraft on our Xbox for myself last year..but after my now 7 year old Lego lovin gal saw the gamesplay..it was over for me. Its amazing what she can come up with at her age, I think its a great version of virtual legos ;)

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    1. I hadn't thought about it in relation to lego but I see what you mean. I must admit it was kind of fun building a house so I will have another go. Apparently you can play in creative mode and not get attacked by monsters. That might be a good way of starting out. My daughter loves it and she is 11 and builds amazing structures. My husband also plays it now and then when he wants a break from his flight simulators and all his other computer games.

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  10. Que bonito molinete, ha quedado genial muy chiquitín :)

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  11. Muy buena idea hacer una colección para tu tienda de juguetes, es precioso! un abrazo.

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  12. Cute & clever :-) Well done!

    Cheers,
    Julie

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    Been a while keep trying to follower the blog, but it is always reject.
    I do not know what could, be the problem with blogger?
    hugs

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    1. Hi Anda. I'm sorry to hear you are having trouble trying to follow my blog. I have no idea why that would be. I hope it can be resolved. I wonder if anyone else is having trouble. I will make some enquiries on this end. Thank you for visiting in the meantime.

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    2. Hi Anda. I was just at another blog site and there was a discussion about people having trouble following blogs. It seems like it is a common problem at the moment. One person said that when the error message comes up you can click on "other options" and a second page comes up where you can follow a blog. I don't know if this will help - worth a try.

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  14. It's so cute! And it works too! That's awesome. It will be perfect for the toy shop! You do such incredible work!
    hugs♥,
    Caroline

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