After featuring that chic wedding yesterday filled with loads of fun DIY and crafting projects, I thought it would be nice to share with you all a tutorial on how to create your own paper pinwheels. They are cute and festive additions to any celebration. I found this fun and easy tutorial on  Living the Swell Life .

Here are the how-to details:

First things first, gather up:
a bunch of cheap yellow pencils (you can sharpen and reuse them in September!)
scissors
pretty sewing pins
double-sided paper (stock up at your local scrapbooking store)

1. Cut your paper into 4×4″ squares. (5×5″ makes a slightly larger, equally cute pinwheel. Go ahead, experiment with sizes.)

Next make 4 diagonal cuts toward the center. Stop about an inch shy. No mathematical equations here. Just eyeball it.

2. Gently fold pieces to the left of each cut toward the center. Hold firm with your thumb.

3. Press pin through center, being careful to catch all 4 corners.

4. When the pin reaches the other side, bend it into a 90 degree angle. (Hint: I actually poked mine straight through the pencil eraser first, then bent down. It doesn’t matter how you bend it…As long as you get the job done.)

5. Press pin firmly through top of pencil eraser.

6. Give it a whirl! Easy, peasy, right!?