Super Spinner Wheel of Awesomeness!

 

A simple craft that will make you a Rockstar!

 Any kid (or adult for that matter) that has watched

 The Wheel of Fortune

 has longed to spin that giant prize wheel.

When we went to the fair last summer,

 there were booths set up with smaller, but equally

 as awesome prize wheels that the kids got to

 spin...once.

Only once?

I vowed to remedy that.

Say hello to the DIY spinner prize wheel!

 

 So you'll need a lazy susan from Ikea ($7.99)

 and a board slightly larger than the spinner

Shhh, don't tell anyone that it's so easy!

Peel that rubbery plastic ring off the bottom of the spinner...

 Okay, on my practice board, I got a step ahead of

 myself and painted before I drilled in the dowel.

So, pace yourself.

Get a drill bit, and a dowel the same size.

Don't drill all the way through the board...insert and glue in dowel.

I used some wood filler to sort of grout it in place.

Then I had to paint again...you'll only have to paint once!

  Next paint!

Paint them up any way you like!

I just used a light spray primer and then a coat of color!

Quite a bit of the top gets covered, 

so you don't have to be so thorough.

Next:

Dry Erase vinyl surface...I got it at Hobby Lobby

($7.99 without 40% off coupon)

 Check out my updated spinner wheel here!

 I hand cut out a bunch of triangles for my first go...

for the next 6 I made, I used the silhouette and this png triangle.
But this is soo much easier than the triangle bit...seriously
 Check out my updated spinner wheel here!

Then peel off the backing and adhere 

your triangles around the spinner.

Note, they don't line up exactly...but who cares?

 Next, some tiny nails (1" long) tapped in between every triangle.

Leave them up high enough to hit the zip tie...

 Glue the wheel onto your board with this fab glue.

allow it to dry.

Take a zip tie and scrunch it on the dowel.  

I also painted a wooden ball (with a flat surface)

 for the center...I used craft paint, 

but it finishes it off nicely.

Use a dry erase marker to write your 

hearts desires onto the triangles!

Fun ideas:

Chores  

Things to do/places to go this summer

30 second activities (run, jump, crawl...)

Church lessons

Birthday parties

Carnivals

Fundraisers

Every event that I've taken this wheel, 

I've gotten multiple orders!

 My kids love to play with it!

I think they each spun the wheel 100 times---and

 did lots of jumping jacks, push-ups and

 army crawls without complaint!

 

 

 Erases easily.  I wipe with a lightly windex spritzed paper towel.

Wipe from the center to the edge.  Sometimes the

 thin plastic sheet on the top of the vinyl starts to peel...

no problems so far, but they will be easy to

 replace when they are too worn.

Ultimate Prize wheel!

  

Don't you want to rush to the store to

 gather supplies right now???

 

In closing, if you make this,

you will be the envy of your friends...

You'll get high 5's wherever you go...

the coolest to your kids...

they will actually want to hang out with you...

cuz you're a totally awesome rockstar!