Summer Fun No. 29, Paint Chip Fans
Not their best photo, but it was hot outside, so I'll give them a break. It was a super hot day so we made paint chip fans. Super easy to do...take some of the taller/strip paint sample cards (we went rainbow colors) and punch a hole in the center on the bottom and top of each card. Stack them together and secure the bottom with a paper fastener. Then spread the top out and thread yarn through tying a knot at the first and last card and voila...a pretty way to keep cool.
I ended up making one adjustment to make it easier for the little hands of my house to open and close the fans. I started at one end and knotted the yarn at the top and then worked my way across the fan making a knot at the top of each card. The fan still closes flat but opens without having to adjust each blade.
So...this is basically a Mom-created project (although my kids hung out to choose the color yarn they wanted used & the order of their cards) but it is a kid-loved end result. My kids spent all weekend fanning themselves (and others).
do you just RAID Home Depot once a week?!?! LOL
Yep, there was a point early in the summer when I actually split my paint chip theft between 3 stores cause I felt so guilty taking the free samples!
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