Weather Unit: Wind Vane

We made wind vanes today. They are super easy and you should have all the supplies in your home!

                   

Supplies needed:

(for 2 wind vanes)

4 paper plates

scissors

markers/crayons

glitter, feathers, sequence, beads etc

2 straws

2 long pins

2 pencils with the eraser still intact

card stock

play dough

STEP 1: Take a paper plate and mark N, S, E and W on the correct sides.

STEP 2: Let the children decorate!

STEP 3:

Make arrows tips and ends. Mine were between 2-2.5 inches in length. Let the kids cut them out and decorate!

STEP 4: Poke a long pin through the straw at the middle point.

STEP 5: Push the pin onto the top of the pencil eraser. Stick the pencil through the middle of the paper plate. On the end of the pencil, put a big ball of play dough on the bottom in order to stabilize the pencil and prevent it from falling over.

STEP 6: glue the two paper plates together.

STEP 7: Go outside and try it out!

Great video we found helpful! Enjoy!