They are also popular children’s toys or garden ornaments. A political whirligig was sold by Garth’s Auctions in Ohio a few years ago. It is a figure of President Theodore Roosevelt with a top ...

Spot, and millions of garden ornaments of every description in yards ... You’ll see windmills and whirligigs, silhouettes of girls in sunbonnets, children with watering cans and whimsical ...

The idea of a whirligig was even included in some early automobile accessories. A metal policeman with waving arms was a commercial automobile hood ornament sold in the 1930s.

How observing two garden ornaments in the lazy summertime lead ... presented myself and Annet with a pair of wooden whirligigs for our garden fence. They were shaped like birds and finely crafted ...

The hooligans and I have a soft spot for homemade garden ornaments. We’ve made dozens of wind chimes and whirligigs over the years and we always create them out of recycled or found materials.