Fun with Air - Windsock Craft

Mini Windsock Craft

Here is an arts and craft project that I just recently found in the April 2011 Issue of Family Fun magazine. I think its a good fit for this unit on MATTER. My version is a little bigger and I am using string instead of embroidery floss and a hard plastic straw instead of a chopstick.

Children can have fun with AIR (a gas) by flying their mini windsocks indoors or outdoors!

Materials

• card stock
• tissue paper
• hard plastic straw (or chopstick)
• scissors
• glue
• string, yarn (or embroidery floss)
• ruler
• pencil
• crayons, paint (optional)

 

Directions

• Measure and cut a 6 inch by 3 inch piece of card stock
• Measure and cut a 6 inch by 1/2 inch piece of card stock.
• The students may want to decorate the card stock with crayons, paint, etc.
• Measure and cut a 6 inch by 6 inch piece of tissue paper.
• Glue one edge of the tissue paper onto the large piece of card stock overlapping about 1/2 inch. This will be the inside of the windsock.
• Cut the tissue paper into strips from the bottom up to the card stock.
• Roll the card stock to form a tube and glue.
• Attach the ends of the smaller piece of card stock to the non tissue paper end of the tube with glue to form a handle.
• Thread the string under the handle and tie the string to the plastic straw or chopstick.
• Have fun flying the mini windsock through the air (a gas) and wind (moving air).

Note: I found the hard plastic straws at Dollar Tree (12 straws for $1.00). They are called "Party Straws".

If you don't have card stock, I think a toilet paper roll covered with construction paper or wrapping paper might work even better.

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