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DIY Paper Fan – Melon Fans!

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We have a few fans from trips overseas that Pip Squeak LOVES and constantly enjoys playing with. That inspired me to try creating our own DIY Paper Fans. Paper Fans are simple and affordable to make, and they can be designed in any colours or patterns. You can even use plain paper and embellish it with pens and glitter. For our paper fans, we also reused some of the children’s Ice Lollie Sticks, making this the ideal Summer Craft!! It is part of our DIY Watermelon Craft Ideas collection!

How to Make Easy Paper Fans. Great craft for kids or grown ups. Make water melons or pretty patterns using scrapbook paper. These would be cute wedding favours or a summer party craft. Wonderful easy to follow paper fan tutorial.
These Watermelon Fans were originally shared in June 2016!

These paper fans are a wonderful addition to our DIY Paper Toys collection – be sure to explore it for more playful and unusual ideas! If you enjoy Melon Crafts, you may also like our easy Melon Bookmarks and Melon Bowls!

Our 4th of July Paper Fans may appeal to you as well. Create them entirely from the beginning or use our simple DIY Paper Fans Template!!

And wouldn’t this fantastic Summer Paper Craft pair beautifully with our Summer Pencil Holderstoo? Have fun!!

DIY Paper Fans (easy!) – Materials

  • 2 A4 sheets of paper, cut in half LENGTH WAYS (to create the melons, you will also need 1 green sheet and 1 white sheet)
  • Glue stick
  • craft sticks or lollie sticks
  • A small amount of tape
  • Pens (optional)
DIY Paper Fans - love this Melon Fan version, so cute!! Great paper toy for kids. Great for popping in our pocket too. Make them plain paper, scrapbook paper or create your own funky designs. Wonderful Wedding Favours or crafts for kids for summer. How to make paper fans!

DIY Paper Fans (easy!) –How To:

Watch these helpful video directions on autoplay, or follow the written steps below!

I ended up recording this video three times! That is true commitment!

Easy DIY Paper Fans – written instructions:

How to Make Easy Paper Fans. Great craft for kids or grown ups. Make water melons or pretty patterns using scrapbook paper. These would be cute wedding favours or a summer party craft. Wonderful easy to follow paper fan tutorial.
  1. Slice your A4 paper sheets in half LENGTH WISE. You will need just 3 strips, although you are welcome to try using all four. For the MELON, we cut 2 A4 sheets of red paper. We then prepared green strips (around 2cm wide) and white strips (around 1cm wide), and glued them together in the correct colour sequence to form the melon section. Finally, we drew on black seeds with a pen.
  2. Fold each strip in a concertina pattern, approximately 1cm wide.
  3. Use the glue stick to join the three sections together. Check that they are firmly attached.
  4. Gather all the sections so they become as flat as possible, then fasten the BOTTOM of the paper with some sellotape.
  5. Attach a craft stick to each end with glue.
  6. Open it carefully – and it’s DONE! Beautiful
How to Make Easy Paper Fans. Great craft for kids or grown ups. Make water melons or pretty patterns using scrapbook paper. These would be cute wedding favours or a summer party craft. Wonderful easy to follow paper fan tutorial.

Aren’t they gorgeous! We hope you liked our Melon DIY Paper Fans and will give them a try!!!! You might also enjoy our 4th of July Paper Fans. Make them from scratch or try our easy DIY Paper Fans Template!!

More fantastic DIY Watermelon Craft Ideas:

Here are more DIY Paper Toys for you:

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We especially ADORE these DIY Paper Spinners (they are also great for exploring colour theory!)

DIY Paper Spinner - simple to make and so fun to play with. Great for an STEAM lessons on colour theory

These DIY Origami For Kids projects are also popular on Red Ted Art:

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Have fun with your Paper Fans!!!!

You can also watch a somewhat longer version of our Watermelon Paper Fan video on YouTube: