Q&A for How to Make an Origami Pinwheel

Get a couple of simple books. They teach you the basic folds, valley folds, mountain folds, working on your hand coordination skills, and being precise. Take your time and try to be as accurate as possible with the instructions. It does require a certain precision, an artistic touch, and a lot of practice.

Yes, as long as they are sturdy enough to hold up your pinwheel. If not, use something more sturdy.

There are other methods in which you don't need a thumb tack, but only a piece of square paper. Do an internet search for "origami pinwheel."

Using crumpled paper as an alternative to a pin is a bad idea. Paper is too weak to penetrate through the stick of your pinwheel.

Step 6 is a tricky one. What you do for it is take the diagonal folds and open them up not by unfolding it but by opening it up in the space between the paper. After you have opened that part up all the way, push it down to make the shape shown.

Yes, a straw will work, as long as it is sturdy.