Making Animated Whirligigs

Making Animated Whirligigs
Author: Anders S. Lunde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780486400495

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.

The Whirligig Maker's Book

The Whirligig Maker's Book
Author: Jack Wiley
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-03-18
Genre: Whirligigs
ISBN: 9781508837206

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.

Making Whirligigs & Other Wind Toys

Making Whirligigs & Other Wind Toys
Author: Sharon Pierce
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1985
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780806979809

Provides instructions for making 26 toys that move in the wind.

Whirligigs & Weathervanes

Whirligigs & Weathervanes
Author: David Schoonmaker
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1991
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780806983653

Patterns and instructions for making over twenty wooden wind gadgets including whirligigs and weathervanes.

How to Make Animated Toys and Whirligigs

How to Make Animated Toys and Whirligigs
Author: Jack Wiley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-05-17
Genre: Mechanical toys
ISBN: 9780741483928

Covers everything you need to know to get started in the craft and hobby of toy and whirligig making and build twenty unique animated projects.

Action Whirligigs

Action Whirligigs
Author: Anders S. Lunde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2011-09-12
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0486133753

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.

Whimsical Whirligigs and How to Make Them

Whimsical Whirligigs and How to Make Them
Author: Anders S. Lunde
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0486412334

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

Whirligig

Whirligig
Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2013-12-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1466860324

When sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop inadvertently causes the death of a young woman, he is sent on an unusual journey of repentance, building wind toys across the land. In his most ambitious novel to date, Newbery winner Paul Fleischman traces Brent's healing pilgrimage from Washington State to California, Florida, and Maine, and describes the many lives set into new motion by the ingenious creations Brent leaves behind. Paul Fleischman is the master of multivoiced books for younger readers. In Whirligig he has created a novel about hidden connections that is itself a wonder of spinning hearts and grand surprises.

Creative Kinetics

Creative Kinetics
Author: Rodney Frost
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2008
Genre: Kinetic art
ISBN: 1402732236

Rodney Frost provides an introduction to the world of kinetic art - art that moves. Beginning with easy and fun projects like weather vanes and mobiles powered by air currents, he moves onto simple toys that are manipulated with strings and art mechanised by levers, cranks, cams and cogs.

The Art and Craft of Whirligig Construction

The Art and Craft of Whirligig Construction
Author: Gabriel R. Zuckerman
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780764323591

Over 50 color photos, 80 patterns and mechanical drawings, and step-by-step instructions to create twelve original whirligig projects made from wood and/or metal, including imaginative, original designs that all will enjoy. Each project was designed, built, and tested by the author to ensure success.