OOPS - I just read the last post - you bought them . Sorry ! I do everything backwards lately...........

you cut off the tops of the can try to cut it in 8 pieces as even as you can you do this with 2 cans and punch a hole in each cans end put on a clothes hanger or wire then kinda entertwine the 2 cans together do a little fold over on each flap and I staple mine so they will stay and that all there is to it

Well, its not what I had pictured in my mind either, of what a Dahlia Spinner is going to look like, but, this is much better then I envisioned.Very pretty.I like it.I sure hope its cemented realo good in the ground, or it wont last long there.Some one will come shopping in your yard. Thanks for showing us all what it looks like. Jean

It seems folks are still using this link to access my site, but since this was originally posted my site has undergone a major overhaul. You can find the twirler ideas here in case you are still looking http://www.craftygardener.ca/tag/twirlers/