DIY Kaleidoscopes for Kids

Make a fun and colorful DIY toy. Making your own kaleidoscope is a great arts and crafts activity for your kids on a rainy winter day.

What you’ll need:

• Paper towel roll

• Markers, crayons, paint, washi tape, etc (for decorating)

• Hot glue

• Scissors

• Clear plastic

• Reflective paper

• Colorful beads

Easy Steps:

• Let your little ones decorate their paper towel roll

• Cut the clear plastic into two circles. Cut one a little smaller than the tube (to fit inside) and the other a little larger than the tube (to cover the opening)

• Using hot glue, adhere the smaller circle ¼ way into the tube

• Fill with colorful beads

• Glue the bigger plastic circle on top of the opening in order to seal the beads into the tube

• Cut the reflective paper to measure as long as the rest of the tube (from the beads down)

• Fold the reflective paper into a triangle (see image) and tape together to hold the shape

• Insert into the tube

Let your little ones see the world in a new way!

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