How to Make Side Wind Mills Out of Canvas & Plastic

Cut an 8-by-8-inch sheet of canvas paper. Draw a line from the upper left corner to the lower right corner, creating two triangles. Draw again from the lower left to the upper right corner, creating four small triangles.

Punch out a hole, where the two lines intersect in the middle of the page.

Mark a circle in the center of the canvas sheet which is three-fourths of an inch in radius.

Cut the paper along the diagonal lines to the outer edges of the circle. You'll end up with a square sheet of canvas paper cut into four flaps.

Poke a small hole about 1 inch from the top of a plastic straw, through both sides. Make sure to puncture the hole through the straw completely.

Run the wire through the hole and secure to the straw by wrapping one end of the wire several times around the outside of the straw. Leave the other end of the wire straight.

Slide the bead onto the wire. Slid the canvas paper on top of the bead via the hole punctured in the center. You'll have a plastic straw, wrapped in wire on one end, with a bead and sheet of canvas paper attached to the wire.

Bend one side of one flap of the canvas paper up. Puncture a small hole in the raised corner. Slide this over the wire sticking up from the center of the canvas. Repeat with the other flaps. You may have to hold the flaps in place as you fold all four down onto the wire.

Place another small bead on top of these four flaps. Use pliers to loosely fold the end of the wire in a U-shape over the bead to secure it in place.

Blow on the wind mill to test it. If it doesn't move, the wire may be too tight or the holes aren't wide enough to allow movement.