Thanksgiving Vintage Pinwheel Display

I loved the pinwheels I made for Halloween so much,

I decided I needed to do something for Thanksgiving too! They are so easy to make, cheap, and add a fun little touch to my seasonal decor. Plus, I love the Vintage Bottlecap images that Kathy Winters has (she has them for Halloween and Christmas too).

Anyway, this little display was super easy to do. Here's what you need:

Supplies
A dowel or stick
Ribbon in various colors
Thin Ribbon to string
Pinwheel Flowers Template
Digital Stash of Papers to add to template
(or you can use the template with your own 8.5x11 papers)
Vintage Thanksgiving Bottlecap Images
Scoring Tool
Scissors
Glue Dots or Hot Glue Gun

Directions

1. If doing regular paper scrapping: print out flower pinwheel template and cut your flower strips. You need two strips per pinwheel. I only used the big and middle sized pinwheels. If doing digital, "cut" your digital papers to the big and middle sized pinwheels.
I had 8 different pinwheels, each used twice. So for two pinwheels, you need 4 strips of the same pattern (hope that makes sense).
2. Take the vintage bottlecap images and put them in a new document either in Photoshop, Word, or even Publisher. I put all 16 on one page and made them slightly larger. Print and cut out.
3. Score your pinwheels. I did the score marks 1/2" apart. Then, fold them accordion style. Line the edges of two strips of the same pattern together and use glue dots or hot glue to adhere. Do it again with the other side to form a circle.
4. Here's the tricky part-after the pinwheels are in their circles, bring the center together by folding it in on itself, use a glue dot or hot glue to adhere the center together. Add the bottlecap image and, for the back, adhere a small strip of scrap paper just to keep the center together.
5. After all of the pinwheels are assembled, tie the ribbon to your dowel. Also add four strips of your thin ribbon, each the same length, and tie them the same width apart.
6. Layout your pinwheels in the pattern you'd like them to be. I found it was easier to have it all laid out the way I wanted it, including width. Then, I hot glued the thin ribbon to the back of each pinwheel.

Voila! Hang it up and enjoy!!! If you use hot glue, the pinwheels will hold together permanently. Glue dots don't always hold up so well. I cheated and used glue dots because I was lazy, but I'll be going back and hot gluing to make it more permanent.

And here are some close ups of the pinwheel flowers! I used a digital scrapbook kit by Designs LauraMarie Scraps called "Family Apples".

As always, linking up to these great parties!