kaleidoscope Spinners

Had a brainwave on the way to work and came up with the idea of kaleidoscope spinners. I'm sure someone has had the idea before but for now I'm saying it's mine. They are bright, colourful and they spin.

What you need:

• Straws


• Coloured paper (circles are good and wrapping paper works well)


• Spilt pins


• Sellotape

OK this is what you do: first you need a circle shape (this is where pre-cut coloured circles come in handy), now cut some more shapes of different colours and sizes but smaller than the first circle. Now you need to put a small whole in the middle of each shape including the first one. Then get your split pin and put it through all your shapes, you want the smallest shape on top and the first circle on the bottom. Don't open the split pin out, just put a little bit of tape around the ends of the pin, this to stop the paper falling off. Now just slip the ends of the pin into the end of a straw, hold the straw and spin spin spin. Another trick is if you have a bendy straw put a bit of tape around the bendy bit so it doesn't bend. You can make a number of spinners so if you get bored with one you can just pop on another. Warning excessive spinning may result in paper cuts.