Cardboard Windmill

This instructable shows you how to make a cardboard windmill.

Step 1: Supplies and Tools

• Cardboard of course
• Scissors or knife
• Hot glue gun
• Popsicle sticks
• Mod Podge
• Gray, blue, and white paint
• Pen
• Ruler
• Hot glue sticks
• An old computer fan and cord

Step 2: Measure and Cut Cardboard

Measure cardboard with your ruler.

• Bottom panel 9 in. x 7 in.
• Side panels 9 in. x 7 in. Cut out two of these.
• Middle triangular panel 7 in. x 4 1/2 in. x 8 in. Cut out two of these.
• Roof side 9 in. x 7 in. Cut out two of these.
• Roof middle triangular panel 4 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. 5 1/2 in. Cut out two of these.
• Hinge piece 9 in. x 2 in.

Step 3: Hot Glue Everything Together

Take all of the pieces and glue them together.

• Glue one of the side panels to the bottom pieces
• Then glue one of the middle triangular pieces to the side pieces
• Now repeat the last two steps again
• Glue a roof side panel to a roof middle pieces
• And do that again
• Now glue the hinge to the roof and base

Step 4: Paint Windmill Base

Get your gray paint.

• Paint only the bottom half of the windmill gray

Step 5: Make a Door and Windows

Get some popsicle sticks, white paint, and blue paint.

• Cut a small piece off the popsicle stick 1/2 in. x 1/2 for a window
• Cut three thin strips from the remaining portion of popsicle stick
• Glue the three thin pieces to the first piece we cut to form a grid for the window
• Paint the window blue. When it dries, carefully paint the grid white.
• Cut two pieces off the popsicle stick (each three inches long)
• Glue the two pieces together side by side to create the door
• Cut a small square (for a window in the door) and super-small rectangle for the door handle out of popsicle stick
• Paint the door white. Let it dry and then paint the square window blue
• Now glue the small window and door handle to the door

Step 6: Build and Assemble and Paint the Roof and Propellers

Get your hot glue gun and popsicle sticks.

• Glue popsicle sticks onto the side of the roof
• And to the middle of the roof
• Now we need to make the propellers. Take four popsicle sticks.
• Glue two sticks together, overlapping 1/2 in. Repeat with the second set of sticks
• Glue the second set on top of the first set, forming an X
• Now paint the roof and propellers white

Step 7: Get Your Old Computer Fan, Hot Glue Gun, and Hot Glue Stick

Get or propellor that we made earlier

• Hot glue your old computer fan in place inside the windmill at the top in the middle
• Now get a hot glue stick and cut off two inches of it
• Then glue it to the propeller and the old fan

Step 8: Attach the Window and Door to the Windmill and Then Mod Podge

Get the window and door we made earlier.

• Hot glue the window on the front of the windmill under the propeller
• Hot glue the door to the front of the windmill
• Now Mod Podge the entire thing, even the roof and propellers