Soda Can Wind Spinner

Maria
by Maria
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. This is a cheap garden decoration project you would love.
1. Clean the soda can and let it dry. Using a pair of scissors, cut off the top part of the can, about 1 inch from the rim. Be careful when doing this, can edges are sharp.


2. Make 8 equal blades from the side of the soda can. Do this by vertically cutting one side of the can from top to about ½ inch at the bottom.
3. Pull each blades all the way to the bottom, twist and bend it about 30 deg.


4. Cut the corners of the blades. Be extra careful, blades are sharp.


5. Using the 2nd soda can, cut off the head and leave only about less than an inch from the bottom.


6. Insert the base of the 2nd can to the other can.


7. Find the center and drill a hole. Make sure that the center hole is big enough to fit the hanger wire. Do not make the center hole too big as it will cause the pinwheel to wobble when it spins. Then drill hole at the end of the blades.
8. Put the string around the holes to hold blades it in place.


9. Paint with desired color.


10. Put the spinner in a hanger wire and put a piece of straw or stopper at the both ends before bending wire.


11. Place it in your garden and have fun.


Please be extra careful when doing this project, the edges of the blades are sharp, you might want to wear gloves for safety.


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  • Anna Anna on May 08, 2023

    Question to #10: what are these long, white, round pieces jutting out from the middle on both sides? You said “straw and stoppers”???

  • N. G. Londonderry N. G. Londonderry on Jun 17, 2023

    How does the string “ hold the blades in place?”

  • Sven fennec Sven fennec on Sep 26, 2023

    i love this idea so much thank you for showing us

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  • John John on Oct 31, 2019

    I'm making one with a big tin coffee can. So far so good!

  • Dee Dee on Mar 21, 2023

    I think I am going to try John's suggestion of using coffee cans, this way it can be bigger.

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