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Home » elementary crafts » Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner: Fine Motor Skills Art Activity

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner: Fine Motor Skills Art Activity

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Whether you are looking for a simple art project, a fine motor skills activity, or just a St. Patrick’s Day craft – this lucky penny spinner is for you! It’s sort of like a creative artistic fidget spinner – although I don’t recommend keeping it in your pocket! It makes it a great STEM activity too!

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner Tutorial

What’s really awesome about this is the design ideas are limitless! Every spinner is unique and will creative a different pattern!

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner: Fine Motor Skills Art Activity

Lucky Penny Spinner Materials:

 2-3 Sheets card stock paper—white and/or colored
Pennies (1 per spinner)
Colored Markers
Scissors
Tape

Lucky Penny Spinner Directions:

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner: Fine Motor Skills Art Activity

1. Trace 3-inch circles on the card stock paper. I just used a kitchen bowl to do this. You could also use a circle cookie cutter or mason jar lid as well.

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner: Fine Motor Skills Art Activity

2. Cut out the circles and color the white circles with your markers in different patterns that will look cool while spinning. Mr. Sketch markers make for some fun scented spinners. I love a good Sharpie but you can of course use any type of markers!

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner: Fine Motor Skills Art Activity

3. Cut a small slit in the center of the circles, a little shorter than a penny.
4. Push a penny into each slit, about halfway through.
5. Put tape around the edges of the slit where the penny comes through. It really helps hold the pennies in place better.

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner: Fine Motor Skills Art Activity

Now you’re ready to spin away! This makes a great art project as well as a great “sitting in one spot” project! That means it’s perfect for classroom activities. If you wanted you could even create a math game around it to guide which colors or patterns are being used on the spinners. Use it as a fun activity or integrate several subjects at once!

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner Art: Fine Motor Skills Activity

Or maybe you just want to let their creativity fly!

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner Art: Fine Motor Skills Activity

Either way these colorful lucky penny spinners are AWESOME and perfect for any time of the year!

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner: Fine Motor Skills Art Activity

To see what other fun activities we do doing the day make sure to follow us on Instagram or get inspired on Pinterest!

Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner: Fine Motor Skills Art Activity

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  1. The Freshman Cook says

    March 15, 2018 at 5:09 pm

    So very cute and creative! I bet kids love creating these spinners! Thank you for sharing at Celebrate It!

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