Dutch windmill craft

Molens bestaan al honderden jaren. In Nederland waren er 800 jaar geleden al windmolens. Toen de stoommachine werd uitgevonden, werden vele molens gesloopt en werden niet meer onderhouden. Jammer, he? Er bestaan verschillende type molens: middenkruiers, onderkruiers en bovenkruiers. En de molens werden gebruikt voor allerlei dingen. Niet alleen zijn/waren er korenmolens en papiermolens, maar ook specerijmolens, verfmolens (lijnzaad malen tot oli...

This paper roll windmill is so much fun! And it's surprisingly easy to make! You can use the free printable template down below to get all the shapes, or you can create them yourself. It's totally up to you! It takes about 10 to 15 minutes to make one and you probably have most of the supplies at home already! My favourite thing about this paper roll windmill is that the blades actually spin. It's ridiculously satisfying to watch it spin when you're done! I worked as an engineer for 8 years…

This is week four of our one country a week "travels" I must say that I expected to start to feel some burn out at this point but we are loving this study unit. I have even thought about adding to it during the summer to study a few more countries that we had not planned on. This week we found ourselves in The Netherlands. It ended up being a much more interesting country than I thought it would be. Here are the highlights. Coloring page from our workbook. She found it particularly funny…

Here's how to make the cutest Dutch Paper Windmill that really spins! You can make it out of colored card stock or painted cardboard from the free pattern here.

Print this windmill cut out (large size) that's already colored and ready for use on posters, scrapbook pages, and cards. In this download there is one PDF page with one large-size

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Dixie Cup Windmills My daughter often comes up with the ideas for our projects together. Sometimes her inspiration comes from seeing something in a book or something from school or sometimes like with today’s craft, it just comes out of nowhere. We were playing restaurant together when she stopped & very confidently said, “Mama, I […]

Every second weekend in May:Meet the wind and water mills in your area! The first National Milldag was in 1973, and in 1976 this day was combined with TheLandelijke Bicycle Day! So could and could, anyone,on the bike, visit the mills on this day! In the meantime, TheLandelijke Bicycle Day no longer exists, now thewhole month of Maydeclared Cycling Month. Also nice to know, is that there is alsoGroundare open to visitors, and it is2 daysbecome. So...

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