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Origami Windmill or Pinwheel

The origami windmill or pinwheel is very easy once you've folded the boat base.

 

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Origami Windmill Step 1: Fold the origami boat base by following the instructions we've detailed on that page.

You should then have the following.

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Origami Windmill Step 2: Fold the upper right tip on the dotted line, moving it from the right to the top.

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Origami Windmill Step 3: We'll now do the same for the lower left tip. Fold the lower left tip on the dotted line, moving it from the left to the bottom.

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That's it! Your origami windmill is completed! To make it a functional pinwheel, you'll need to poke a pin through the middle and attach it to a stick or straw.

 

From Eins in Malolos " origami wind mill. my first origami windmill.... "

 

 

From Jayce in Oklahoma " Easiest Origami EVER!!!! "

 

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