How to Make Propeller-Animated Whirligigs


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Instructions for making penguins, unicorns, and other whirligigs.




Making Animated Whirligigs


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More than two dozen traditional and original models of the wind-powered toys known as whirligigs appear in this how-to manual. Easy-to-follow instructions, detailed illustrations.




Action Whirligigs


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Easy-to-follow instructions and measured drawings for creating 25 charming little wind-driven toys — from the simple Baking a Pie whirligig to the Woman at the Computer to various weathervanes. For all levels of ability.




How to Make Animated Toys and Whirligigs


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HOE TO MAKE ANIMATED TOYS AND WHIRLIGIGS features full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions for building seventeen unique animated toys and whirligigs. The toys perform when pushed or manipulated by hand or a crank is turned. The whirligigs do their antics when placed in the wind. The projects were selected to get you started in the craft and hobby of making animated toys and whirligigs and then take you on to an advanced skill level. The author Jack Wiley earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1968, did exercise physiology teaching and research, and has written fifty published books. Dr. Wiley first became interested in making toys and whirligigs in the late 1980s, and has designed and built hundreds of them since then. HOW TO MAKE ANIMATED TOYS AND WHIRLIGIGS is the result of this interest and experience.




More Whirligigs


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Whimsical Whirligigs and How to Make Them


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Complete directions and patterns for creating Danny the Dinosaur, Doctor Doolittle, Johnny Appleseed, Dancing Sailor, Coo-Coo Bird, and over 25 other delightful projects.




The Whirligig Maker's Book


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THE WHIRLIGIG MAKER'S BOOK covers everything you need to know to get started in the craft and hobby of making animated whirligigs. Materials, tools, and techniques are detailed and full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions and illustrations are given for making fifteen unique animated whirligigs: Dove; Folk Rooster; Flying Unicorn; Girl Gymnast; Penguins on Teeter-Totter; Dancing Man; Unicycling Roadrunner; Carousel; Kids on Teeter-Totter; Trampoline; Ferris Wheel; Unicyclist; Flying Duck; Acrobats; and Clown. The projects were selected to introduce you to whirligig making and then take you on to an advanced skill level. The Author Jack Wiley earned his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1968, did exercise physiology teaching and research, and has written fifty published books. Dr. Wiley first became interested in making whirligigs in the late 1980s, and has designed and built hundreds of them since then. THE WHIRLIGIG MAKER'S BOOK is the result of this interest and experience.




Action Whirligigs


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Originally published: Whirligigs in silhouette. 1st ed. Kansas City, MO: Modern Handcraft, c1989.




Easy-to-Make Whirligigs


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Complete patterns and instructions for 30 charming, wind-driven toys: Signaling Trainman, Flying Puffin, Colonial Dame, many more. Only inexpensive materials and a few tools needed. 113 illustrations.