You can turn some common items into a kaleidoscope light.
A kaleidoscope is typically a toy for a child. When you hold the kaleidoscope up to the light and turn it while holding it up to your eye, the kaleidoscope creates different color and mosaic designs. You can buy a kaleidoscope at most major toy stores or science stores, but you can also use some common household items to create your own kaleidoscope. The project is relatively simple, so you can even work on this craft project with your child.
Instructions
1. Cut the paper towel holder so that it is eight inches long.
2. Cut a piece of black construction paper into a four-inch square.
3. Cut a piece of wax paper into a four-inch square.
4. Cut the plastic report cover into a rectangle that measures eight inches wide by four inches tall.
5. Place the rectangle on a flat surface and draw a horizontal line a quarter of an inch up from the bottom.
6. Draw two more horizontal lines on the plastic cover rectangle one and a quarter inch apart from each other so that the rectangle is divided into three parts.
7. Fold the plastic cover along the lines you drew so that it forms a triangle. The quarter inch side of the cover should fold over the outside of the triangle and tape it.
8. Push the plastic triangle into the paper towel tube.
9. Place the tube so it stands on one end on the black construction paper. Trace a circle on to the black construction paper.
10. Cut out the circle from the construction paper and use the point of your scissors or the pencil to poke a hole in the center of the circle.
11. Tape the circle to one end of the paper towel tube.
12. Repeat Steps 9 and 10 for the other side of the paper towel tube, but substitute the black construction paper with the plastic wrap.
13. Push the plastic wrap inside the end of the tube and the plastic triangle so that it forms a pouch. Pour the beads, confetti and sequins into the pouch.
14. Cover the end of the tube and the pouch with the square of wax paper. Fasten the wax paper to the tube tightly with the rubber band.
15. Wrap the exterior of the tube with wrapping paper and add stickers or other embellishments to decorate it.
16. Hold the tube up so that the pouch side is to the light and rotate the tube to create the light show.
