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It's fun to spin! A collection of DIY toy ideas

20 years of experience as a nursery teacher / kindergarten teacherhiyoko sensei
I’m Hiyoko-sensei, a former nursery school teacher from Hyogo Prefecture. Ever since I was five, my dream was to become a childcare worker, and before I knew it, 20 years had passed since I achieved that dream. Through singing and playing with the children, I kept working with the spirit of someone in their twenties, even as I increasingly felt my physical limits year by year (haha). From here on, I’d like to share helpful information carefully and thoughtfully, drawing on my on-site experience.

What I’d like to introduce this time is a fun handmade toy that’s entertaining when you spin it.

We’ve gathered lots of ideas for toys you can make from familiar materials like paper cups and paper plates, as well as from recyclables like empty boxes and plastic bottle caps.

Once they’re finished, they’re full of clever mechanisms that make you want to spin them again and again! You can get the other materials at 100-yen shops or home improvement stores, so be sure to find a toy you like, make it, and have fun playing with it!

Fun when you spin them! A collection of handmade toy ideas (51–60)

pull chain

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pull chain

The movement of the rings is mesmerizing! Let me introduce a pull-chain idea.

All you need are a spring holder and colorful rings.

You can easily get the materials at 100-yen shops, so it’s a highly recommended idea.

There are no complicated rules or mechanisms—just pull the spring holder to play! It’s fun to watch the colorful rings spiral down as the pulled spring holder spins.

If you attach a card ring, you can hook it in various places and play with it too!

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Figure-eight pinwheel made from paper plates

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Figure-eight pinwheel made from paper plates

Here’s how to make a figure-eight pinwheel using paper plates.

Prepare two paper plates, double-sided tape, a large bead, a bamboo skewer, glue, and masking tape.

Cut out the centers of the two paper plates, make four holes, and combine them with double-sided tape so they form a figure-eight.

Then make a hole at the center of the figure-eight.

Put glue into the hole of the bead, insert the bamboo skewer, and let it set at the tip.

Insert the bamboo skewer through the center of the paper plates, and wrap masking tape around the skewer near the center so the plates don’t slide down.

Fix the second plate the same way with masking tape, and your paper-plate pinwheel is complete.

Give it a try!

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In conclusion

We’ve introduced lots of ideas for dizzyingly spinny toys that might make your head whirl. Toys that change expression as they spin make you want to play with them over and over, don’t they? Find a fun toy from the article and be sure to give making it a try!