Simple Windmill As Decor
Intro: Simple Windmill As Decor
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.
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
12 Comments
moudy547 9 months ago
the making faset 1 year ago
I hope you win!!!!!!!
edit: spelling
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Amit_Jain 1 year ago
Waiting to see your version