Hand Fans - How to make?

Question

Does anyone know where I can find patterns or instructions to make a hand fan? I don't like the cheap wooden ones sold online or the ridiculously expensive ones so I decided to make them.
I'm willing to spend a lot of time if necessary.
I prefer to use directions for lacy handheld fans too.

Answer 1

MATERIALS:
* 2 sheets of cardstock for each fan (one for each side)
* A handle for each fan. We used paint stirrers. I found large tongue depressors to be too small
* Paint (for the handles)
* Spray adhesive
* Scissors: get good, comfortable scissors, or you will end up with blisters on your fingers.
* Paper cutter. This is optional, but it will really make things easier.

You need to make a couple decisions: what shape you want your fan, and what you want printed on each side. Remember when deciding on a shape, that intricate shapes are difficult to cut by hand. The length of our fans (paper part only) was 7 inches. The narrowest part of our fan was 4.5?; widest part was 6.25?. This size gave us a space of 3.75? X 6.25? for printing text or graphics.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Design the shape and size of your fan. Using a scanner (to scan in a line drawing of the shape) get the outline of the desired shape into your computer. Make sure that the very top of the shape is at the very top edge of the paper, within the program.

2. Design your program (both sides) to fit within you desired shape. You will need 2 sheets of cardstock. On the first sheet of cardstock, print the outline of the shape of the fan, and the program text or graphic.

On the second sheet, you will be printing on both sides of the cardstock. On one side, print the program text/graphic, but no outline of the fan shape. On the backside of sheet 2 (side 2), print guidelines for centering the handle. Do this by measuring the width of your handle (mine was 1 1/8? wide) and create a page in your layout with 2 straight lines that are that distance apart, and centered on the page.

3. Cut the sheets to finished length. Using a paper cutter, set the stop so that it cuts the length of the paper of sheet 1 where the bottom of the fan shape is. Then, in assembly line fashion, cut all of sheet 1 and sheet 2 to the same length.

4. Now you need to make your handles. I prefer the paint stirrers, since they are long enough to run the whole length of the fan, adding strength and support to the fan, and a large enough handle to hold onto easily. Paint stirrers vary in size and length, but are usually between 11 and 13 inches long. We painted our handles white, using spray paint. But if you don?t have a lot of outside space, you can use a paint brush and paint them the desired color. Be sure to paint the edges as well.

5. Now you should have all the parts ready and are ready to assemble the fans. I found the easiest way was to make a jig, so that I could do it like an assembly line. Basically, the jig sets everything up so you can put them together straight each time. All you need to do is take a cardboard box, and put sheet 2 in the box, with the backside up (the side with the handle guidelines). Make sure the sheet is pushed into one corner. Now, using a knife, cut a slot in the side of the box, where the handle would have to stick out when glued between the guidelines. This box is your jig!

6. Assembly. Following instructions on the can of adhesive, spray the back side of both sheets with adhesive. Place sheet 2 in the jig, with the handle guides facing up. Place handle between the lines. Be sure to position the handle so that it runs to about an eighth of an inch of the top of the fan. Place sheet 1 on top, using the sides of the box to guide you so that you lay it on straight. Press them together.

7. After the fans have dried, cut them to the desired shape by cutting along the line drawing printed on one side of the fan.

Answer 2

How To Make Hand Fans

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Hand Fans - How to make?
Does anyone know where I can find patterns or instructions to make a hand fan? I don't like the cheap wooden ones sold online or the ridiculously expensive ones so I decided to make them.
I'm willing to spend a lot of time if necessary.
I prefer to use directions for lacy handheld fans...

Answer 5

i dont know how to make the extravagant ones but if u want to make a paper one just take a piece of colored paper and fold it back and forth in increments of 0.5-1 inch. fold in opposite directions each tiem till the whole fan is folded and tape the bottom and there ya go. homemade hand fan. i keep 1 right next to my bedside

Answer 6

You can go to a story and ask how to find it there.Chinese people make fans for a hundred of people to hold in their hand like my grandmother she has a fan in her room.She lets me use it sometimes.My grandfather doesn't let me go in his room.You can lol at me.Say I am wrong I don't care any more

Answer 7

You can ake some out of paper it you just fold a little on one side like half an inch on the left side and turn it over and do the same with the flap on the right side just keep doing it untill you run out of paper and when you are done you can colour it or draw on it

Answer 8

lol, at the first answer...webbed hands? why dont you use some fancy paper, cut some patterns into it, then fold it front and back multiple times, and then voila. a fan... i dunno how to explain this in short explanations, but i'm sure u made a paper fan before right?

Answer 9

Sure. Just spread your fingers out as far as you can, and wave the hand back and forth quickly to generate air movement. Works best if you have webbed fingers.

Answer 10

take a piece of paper and keep folding it back and forth until u reach the end of the paper
tie up the end with something and spread out hte rest