Spinners entered mass fashion not so long ago, but in just a few months they won the hearts of not only adults, but also children. Today, spinners spin everywhere: on the street, at work, in the subway and even in kindergarten! And every child wants his toy to be somehow different from those that his peers already have. You can buy an original spinner, but such a toy is not cheap, and finding a unique spinner takes a lot of time. The best decision- make a spinner yourself.
So, we present to your attention a few simple ways how to make a spinner with your own hands from materials that everyone has at home.
1. How to make a spinner from plastic caps?
Materials: caps from any plastic bottles the same size (4 pieces), plasticine, hot glue, nail, scissors, lighter and toothpick.
What do we have to do: put plasticine in 3 lids, use hot glue to seal the remaining space of the lids. Take the fourth lid (without plasticine) and make a hole in it, for example, with a heated nail. Glue the caps with sand to the one where you just made a hole. Take a glue stick and cut 2 small pieces (1 cm) from it. Break a toothpick in half and put a piece of glue on one end (make sure that the sharp tip of the toothpick does not stick out) and place it in the center of your future fidget spinner. WITH reverse side Place the remaining piece of glue stick on the tip of the toothpick. Your spinner is ready!
For more interesting looking, you can paint the caps in different colors acrylic paints.
2. How to make a spinner from cardboard?
Materials: plastic bottle caps, cardboard, scissors, marker, awl or nail scissors, glue, 3 coins and a pen refill.
What do we have to do: Using the lids, draw 4 circles on the cardboard in the shape of your future spinner. After this, cut out 5 such blanks and glue them together, carefully gluing the edges. Next, cut out smaller circles. Using an awl or thin nail scissors, make a hole in the center of the spinner. Glue 3 coins or any stickers on the sides of the blanks.
Next, take the set aside pen shaft and carefully cut 1 cm from it. Make small holes in the center on two small circles. Insert the cut piece from the handle shaft into one of the circles and glue it along the edges of the hole to securely fix it. Insert this circle into the center of your spinner and glue the second circle on the back side. The two remaining small circles can be glued on top of the ends of the rod. To make your spinner spin faster, place some kind of spacer between the spinner blank and the small circles (in our example we used metal pendants).
Ready! Let your child decorate his spinner as he wants, you can use glitter, stickers, rhinestones and other decorations.
3. How to make a spinner using bearings?
Materials: bearings (3 pcs), tie clamps, glue gun or superglue (for a more complex spinner).
What do we have to do: wrap cable ties around the bearings on all sides. Cut off the extra clamps and that's it - the spinner is ready!
To make it more bright and attractive, you can make the design more complex. Take 7 bearings, place 6 of them around the seventh. You will not use all 7 bearings, you will only need 3 circular and 1 central. You need the remaining bearings only for accurate measurements, so we will leave only those that form a triangle. Glue everything necessary details by using glue gun or superglue. The spinner is ready! Decorate the spinner as you wish. You can glue the fluffy wire, apply glue to the sides of the spinner and cover the edges with glitter.
Rest assured, no one else will have spinners like your child’s!
I found on the Internet that spinners are made from waste bearings.
What is a Spinner?
At the end of 2016 new trend devoured America. A little more and our countries will also not be silent from English word Spinner, literally - spinner. They write on the Internet that this is a very effective tool for self-regulation, that it should be used to relieve anxiety and calm down, to reduce stress and anxiety. The toy will also help increase tactile sensitivity and develop fine motor skills fingers, which in turn promotes concentration, development of intellectual abilities, and strengthening of memory. In short, a spinner is an anti-stress.Looking at various options, I came up with and drew my own. And now I want to share with you instructions for creating a spinner.
Making a spinner with your own hands
Print and cut out the drawing of the spinner. 
We glue the cut out stencil to a piece of 10 mm plywood. The thickness of the plywood should be equal to or slightly greater than the width of the bearing. Using a jigsaw, we cut out the workpiece along the contour. On at this stage The main thing is to carefully cut out the concave surfaces, because they are the most difficult to process in the future. It is also advisable to cut curved surfaces as close to the contour as possible, but since they are easier to reach with any tool, this is not so critical.
To increase the moment of inertia, it is necessary to provide weights. The most simple option, in my opinion, are coins glued to each other. For 10 mm plywood, you need to glue 8 10-kopeck coins together. Since the 2 outer coins will be decorated, for now we are making weights from 6 coins.
We level the internal surfaces of the workpiece using a drill. We carefully and quickly bring the outer surface to the contour using a grinder with a grinding wheel. We remove all remaining irregularities manually with sandpaper.
Place and drill centering holes. First, we drill holes in the wood for the bearing and weights. I'm using a 608 bearing with an outer diameter of 22mm, so I drill the center hole with a 20mm stylus. And the diameter of a 10-kopeck coin is 17.4, so I drill the outer holes with a pen with a diameter of 16 mm. In order not to damage the outer layer, it is necessary to drill holes to the middle, and then, unfolding the workpiece, continue on the other side. You can use any bearing, you don’t have to take the same one as mine.
Using a drill, we adjust all the holes to the required diameters. The main thing is that the bearing has an interference fit, otherwise you will have to glue it in. The holes for the weights must be made so that coins can easily pass through them.
To make the design easier, remove the rounding radii along the entire perimeter of the workpiece. I didn't foresee this moment in advance, so I had to draw the borders manually. This defect has already been corrected in the new version of the drawing. If someone wants to make their spinner even lighter, then they can cut the blank along the contour.
Having completely finished with sanding, we move on to puttying. It is necessary to cover the part with putty in order to completely hide all the irregularities, and also so that after painting it is not clear what the spinner is made of.
While the putty dries, prepare the top coins for painting. Gently, so as not to tear off the skin from the fingers, sand off upper layer from 6 coins. The easiest way to do this is from the denomination side. With the same success, you can half-clamp the coins in a vice and go through them with a file, and then turn them over and go through them again.
We paint the coins with yellow spray in two layers. Let the paint dry a little between coats. When the putty dries, sand off the unnecessary layer with fine-grained sandpaper. It is also necessary to remove all the putty from the surface of the holes, otherwise when pressing in the bearing and coins it will fall off and the unpainted layer will be visible.
Having completely processed the part, we cover it in two layers of black spray paint.
After all the parts have dried, we begin assembly. On one side we insert 3 decorative coins into the case. On the other hand, we apply super glue from pressed weights. In this case, the main thing is that the first coin does not fly out, otherwise you can stain the case with glue and also scratch it. Apply more superglue and press in the remaining coins, while holding the coins on the other side.
Before installing the bearing in its place, we insert a wooden clip for holders into its inner hole. The chopstick should fit tightly and protrude from the body by 1 millimeter on each side. Press the bearing into the seat.
In principle, the spinor is ready and works great, but you need to hide the bearing with something. I made these medallions out of plastic and glued them to the chopstick. If you want to do something similar, you can cut two disks out of plywood. Well, if you’re too lazy to bother, you can use two coins or buttons as holders.
Before testing the spinner, be sure to let the glue dry completely.
That's it, the spinner is ready!
The result is a very original trinket to keep your hands busy. In addition, I can say with confidence that neither you nor your friends have ever seen anything like this before, so such a thing can surprise and, albeit briefly, attract the attention of others. I, in turn, am pleased that I found some use for the ownerless bearing. Later, I’ll probably make a two-bladed spinner from the second bearing. If you are interested in this topic, write about it in the comments and I will definitely make another instruction.
Photo of the spinner
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How to make a spinner from paper and cardboard
To make a spinner with your own hands, you will need certain materials and skills to work with them. The simplest ones to make are models made of cardboard and paper. Their only drawback is fragility and fragility.
You will need:
- cardboard;
- scissors;
- awl;
- marker;
- silicate glue;
- coins of the same denomination - 3 pcs.;
- empty rod from ballpoint pen;
- gouache paints and glitter.
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a spinner:
- Draw a blank on the cardboard. To do this, circle the cap of a PET bottle with a marker, forming a triangle with a central (fourth) circle in the middle. Cut out two identical pieces.
- Glue three coins onto the “blades”.
- Glue the second cardboard blank on top.
- In the center of the workpiece, do through hole using an awl.
- Cut about a centimeter from the empty (without paste) ballpoint pen refill.
- Cut four circles smaller in diameter than the lids. To do this, you can circle small coins. Make through holes in two circles with an awl.
- Insert a centimeter rod into one circle and glue it. Then pass the free end of the rod through the central hole of the spinner blank and glue it. Insert the free end of the rod into the second cardboard circle.
- Hide the ends of the rod; to do this, glue the two remaining whole cardboard circles on top of them.
- Paint the craft with paints and decorate with sparkles.
How to make a spinner from plastic caps
Plastic spinners are much stronger than cardboard ones. Children over 8–10 years old will be able to make a spinner from caps with their own hands. The smaller ones will need parental help.
To make a craft you will need:
- lemonade lids - 4 pcs.;
- plasticine or clay;
- scissors;
- glue gun and glue stick;
- nail and lighter;
- toothpick.
Step by step description:
- Fill the hollow space inside the three lids with plasticine, and fill the top with glue from a gun.
- Make a hole in the center of the fourth lid with a nail. To do this, heat the sharp end of the nail with a lighter.
- Glue three lids filled with plasticine on three sides of the fourth with a hole, creating a triangle shape.
- Cut two pieces one centimeter long from the glue stick for the gun.
- Break the toothpick exactly in the middle.
- Secure one end of the toothpick to a cut piece of glue stick.
- Place the free end of a toothpick through the hole in the center cap. Hide the remaining sharp tip in another piece of glue stick.
- If desired, paint the tops of the lids with acrylic paints or cover them with appliqués.
As you can see, spinners are not at all difficult to make yourself. This good opportunity captivate the child for a while and rejoice with him at the result.
To create a craft in the form of a fashionable spinner, you will need ordinary available materials that you can always find at home. Good luck and creativity!
The spinner is a very popular thing among teenagers and adults. It helps to concentrate thoughts, relax, and relieve psychological stress. You can buy a spinner in almost any store, but it is much more interesting to make it yourself. Below are instructions for assembling different spinners with your own hands.
How to make a spinner with your own hands - a simple spinner
In order to make a simple one with your own hands, you will need the following materials:
- 5-6 bearings.
- Ties.
- We spread the bearings lengthwise, pressing them tightly against each other.
- We connect 3 ties in the shape of a triangle.
- We put the resulting figure from the ties onto the bearings.
- We tighten the bearing on one side so that they fit the bearings tightly. We cut off the protruding tails. The resulting structure should look like caterpillars.
- We take 2 more ties and tighten them vertically, along the edges of the second bearing. We cut off the protruding tails.
The spinner is ready.
How to make a spinner with your own hands - a star spinner
In order to make a star spinner with your own hands, you will need the following materials:
- 4 bearings.
- Super glue.
- Threads.
- Sandpaper.
- Soda.
We perform the following simple steps:
- We arrange the bearings as follows: two vertical bearings are pressed tightly against each other, the remaining two are on the sides of the second vertical one.
- Cleaning the spinners sandpaper in the place where we will glue.
- We glue the spinners in the shape that we set initially, sprinkle the gluing areas with soda for greater strength.
- We wrap the joints of the bearings with threads.
- We also put super glue on the threads to prevent them from unraveling.
- The spinner is ready.
How to make a spinner out of wood with your own hands
In order to make a spinner out of wood with your own hands, you will need the following materials:
- A piece of wood.
- Drill.
- 3 bearings.
- Sandpaper.
- Pencil.
- Saw.
We perform the following simple steps:
- We place three bearings on a piece of wood, at an equal distance from each other.
- We outline the bearings with a pencil.
- We connect the resulting circles so that we get a figure with the shape of a caterpillar.
- We step back half a centimeter from the caterpillar and draw the shape of the future spinner.
- We drill circles with the expectation that the bearings will sit tightly in them.
- Cut out the resulting shape.
- We clean the resulting form with sandpaper, get rid of sharp corners and splinter.
- We insert the bearings.
The spinner is ready. If desired, you can always paint it any color using a spray bottle.
Spinner, spinner...Everyone seemed to go crazy. What it is? Where did it come from? And most importantly, why? Today we’ll try to figure it out... It was invented by one person. Now the whole world is going crazy, people are buying it, kids are loving it.
When I was little, I really liked to spin the top. You take out some larger gear from an old watch and start turning it - who has it longer? Sound familiar? You sit and watch... Remember your feelings as a child.
I get approximately the same sensations when spinning a spinner. You spin and look. And a spinner is essentially a top. Only the top stands on an axis. And the spinner is rotated in a horizontal plane. The Anglo-Saxons like to use the word “spin” (to rotate, to turn).
They have “spin” everywhere - from quantum mechanics and physics - to this simple thing. It's terribly simple. And we have a top, and many other analogies...
Anyone who rewinds a cassette with a pencil does not buy a spinner!
Time does not stand still. Our children no longer know about all sorts of tape cassettes and spinning tops. This newfangled thing has appeared. And there is every reason to think that the spinner will soon turn into an element of style. Maybe soon we will see spinners not only with LEDs, but also gold, with rhinestones, maybe even with laces...
Now this is interesting time, you can expect anything. If there is a demand for platinum spinners, I wouldn't be surprised. Online stores are already selling products for 3,000 rubles...
Spinner - what is it, what is it for and why is it needed?
The design of the spinner is very simple. Imagine a star with a bearing in the center. The star's petals are balanced. You can also insert a bearing in each beam. And twist it for yourself. Let's add brightness using bright colors and now, the spinner is ready.
Of course, it is needed for entertainment and during idleness. If you are in the “trend”, then of course, in order to remain fashionable and stylish. It was originally intended as an anti-stress sedative. Which is true. You can spin it in different ways - on the table, in your fingers, on one finger... While it is spinning, you watch how it does it, and your head at that moment becomes completely empty... And this is relaxation, friends. Let it be for a minute, but rest.
All your attention turns to the spinning petals. Maybe for this reason, in our age of stress, this simple children's toy has become so popular all over the planet... Who knows? Children love spinners very much for their brightness and for this very thing... Now many sellers present this attractive product as a kind of “remedy”. Here's what the sellers write:
- develops motor skills and increases finger sensitivity. Products are especially useful for restoring hand function after various injuries and fractures of the hand;
- the device has an anti-stress effect: helps to concentrate, eliminates anxiety, relieves a nervous emotional state and irritability;
- the toy will be a great way to occupy time when traveling on public transport or while waiting in a long line;
- stimulates the development of manual precision.
So, if you want to relax and get an expensive exclusive product, then go ahead to online store. I'm sure they'll be looking forward to seeing us there. But Russia is such a unique country. Our people sometimes cannot come to terms with going out and buying this simple thing. Our man does it himself.
Because when you made a Thing yourself (even the simplest one), you have a completely different attitude towards it. For example, it’s always a pity to throw away such a thing... By the way, when you make something yourself, it also sometimes relaxes and distracts. We will make a spinner with our own hands to take our minds off and experiment :)
How to make a spinner with your own hands from scrap materials?
The materials, friends, can be very different. But the principle is the same - there is a bearing in the center. In order to ensure long and easy rotation, the toy must be balanced, and the bearing must not contain thick, greasy grease. Here is one of the manufacturing options:
You need to buy four bearings (three will be used as counterweights)
You will need a wood drill with a diameter the same as the bearings:
Also, we need the material from which the body is made. He can be anything. The main requirements are strength and easy processing.
We mark the material with a pencil something like this:
We continue to rotate the drill (the same spinner):
Let's do it with a regular drill additional holes (for intricate designs):
The workpiece should be drilled something like this:
And before placing bearings in it, look something like this (if you can work beautifully, you should try to somehow round the corners):
It is necessary to prepare the central bearing and remove the factory grease from it.
After removing the protective covers from the holder, rinse it in gasoline or acetone:
Then you need to use a suitable glue (superglue does not glue all plastic!), epoxy or other, to carefully glue the bearings into place.
Something like this:
This is such a brutal, “masculine”, harsh spinner.
Watch the manufacturing video from start to finish:
As you can see, everyone experiments as best they can :):). There is no limit to perfection! There would be a desire. Both samples spin well. More effort will go into good design. Hooray!
How to fix a spinner if it is broken or rusty?
According to my feelings, it is impossible to break the purchased spinner. The bearing is pressed into a metal housing; counterweights are glued or pressed. The most weak link this is a bearing. It may rust if kids drop it and rinse it in water.
It is clear that if the spinner is homemade, as in the example, we simply lubricate and unravel the bearing until all the rust comes off. We re-glue the flying bearings with normal glue. In severe cases, we use a rust converter and lubricate it until the previous “driving” qualities return. In the case of a purchased spinner, carefully remove the lid or cap that is always present there:
We apply liquid household lock lubricant to the clip, and so on. If there is a lot of rust, you can throw it in a jar of oil and let it sit... That's the whole repair.
Origami paper spinner - without bearings and glue, how to make?
In the wake of the general fascination with the toy, experiments continue. Someone again connected the two different directions and spinners began to be made from paper. By the way, it is precisely such crafts that develop motor skills and everything else in children.
Therefore, you can get your child interested in making such original things. Made from paper, it will be safe for the child. True, a little disposable. Colored paper:
Action one:
Act two:
Act three:
Action four, axis:
Act five, the “bearing” is also made of paper, which confirms that the Japanese are creative people :)
To figure out what's what, watch the video.
Beautiful. And it's fun to do things like that.
How to make a spinner from plastic bottle caps with your own hands
Our people are talented and savvy. All to the farm! We don't throw anything away! We choose something brighter and newer!
It's simple, the principle is the same, the material is different.
Let's do it once:
Let's do two. You need to drill and clean the hole at the bottom of the lid, and glue:
We glue only three plugs, we use the rest for alignment and symmetry of the first three. It should look something like this:
You need to bring everything into divine shape and then begin assembling the product. We also rinse the bearings in acetone and then reassemble them.
When everything is inserted and glued, we check:
It works.. :) But, friends, this is the easiest way. There are quite exotic ones interesting ways manufacturing spinners from plastic stoppers. Watch the video.
As they say, there would be a desire. It remains to be said that in any creative process there is no limit to perfection. Make a spinner from wood, metal, cardboard, concrete...
As long as ball bearings are produced, we can create anything. Any creative work gives pleasure to those who do it. Do it with pleasure, and then everything will work out well for you. See you on the blog pages. If anyone has links to interesting options homemade spinner, please leave it in the comments.
