1. Make 8 streamers.
If you're using a plastic bag, cut 8 strips. The stripes should be 1 inch wide and 1-2 feet long.
If you're using crepe paper or surveyor's tape, cut 8 strips 1-2 feet long.
2. Get your paper ready.
You only need 1/4 of the paper for this craft. You can cut a long strip that's about 2.5 wide and 11 long.
Fold the strip in half longways (hot dog style).
3. Add the streamers to the paper.
Open the papers up like a book.
Tape the streamers inside along the fold.
The streamers should flow out the long side of the paper like a tail.
4. Refold the paper and tape the ends.
One end of the streamers should be sandwiched between the folded paper.
5. Turn the paper into a ring.
Join the two short ends of the rectangular paper together to make a circle.
Tape it closed.
6. Use the yarn to create a handle for the wind streamer.
Measure an arm's length of string and cut it.
Tie one end of the yarn to one side of the circle.
Repeat it on the other end.
7. Test out your wind streamer and make observations.
Go outside and find an open area where the wind streamer can find the wind.
- Do the streamers move smoothly or flap in bursts? Does that mean there are gusts of wind or steady wind?
- Does the wind streamer stay in one place or twist around? What does that mean about the wind's direction?
Inside, hold your streamer in front of fan.
- What do you notice before the fan is on?
- What's the first thing that changes when you turn the fan on?
- What is different than if you used your wind streamer outside?
