Hi All,

In this instructable, I will share how I made this simple and elegant windmill decor for my home using coffee stirrer sticks. This project takes time and patience.

Supplies

Small popsicle sticks or coffee stirrer sticks
Wooden sticks/dowel 4mm diameter
Regular popsicle sticks
Cardbox
PVA glue
Paper tape
Superglue
Cutting plyers
Some 3D-printed parts ( can be made from sticks as well

Step 1: Tower Part 1

For the tower, we need a large piece of a cardboard
Draw a trapezium of 3"x 1.5" with a height of 12"
Cut 6 pieces of the trapezium, tee will be the walls
Cut 1.5", 3" and 2" hexagons as shown
Using paper tape, glue all wall pieces together, and use the hexagon pieces to give the right hexagonal shape
Leave the tower to dry for 2 hours

Step 2: Wood Work

I used coffee stirrer sticks to cover the tower horizontally
I used a pliers to cut the sticks to size
And used PVA glue to stick it in place, one by one
To reduce wastage, I used smaller pieces together
Leave this to dry for 1 hour
I did not cover the base or the top of the tower
Also, stick additional sticks vertically on the edges to hide any gaps
Use paper tape to hold the sticks in place, where needed

Step 3: Top

For the top, I made it in two parts
The bottom part was a 2" hexagon and walls of 1" height
Fols and glue the walls to make the bottom
The top cover is a hexagonal cone that is glued to the base
Drill a hole of 4mm, we will use this hole to mount the windmill blades
Cover each edge with wooden sticks as shown

Step 4: Blades

Use a sharp knife and split the wooden sticks into thin sticks
We need about 12 thin sticks full length and several for the ribs of the blade
on a cardboard piece, stick the thin sticks (full length) separated by a gap of 0.5"
Now at a 0.5" gap, stick thin sticks vertically
Let this dry for 1 hour
I used a 3d printed part to lock all 4 blades together, as shown

Step 5: Balcony

Using regular popsicle sticks, create a hexagon floor
Cut wooden 6 dowels of 1" length to make pillars
Superglue them in place and stick 6 thin sticks over them
Let it dry
Based on the final length, add more pillars
This is the only part where I had to use superglue

Step 6: Door and Windows

on thin cardboard, stick small pieces of sticks to make doors and windows as shown
This cardboard is the same that we used to make the tower and the top
One can choose to do more details, by adding handles etc(using clay)

Step 7: Assemble

Place the balcony over the tower,
Adjust its height, by removing the inner parts of the balcony
Stick the top on the tower using PVA glue
Fix the Windmill blade
Cover the windmill with varnish for protection
We are done. Place the windmill on a shelf and admire its beauty and your hard work