Measure and mark out the length of your tube on the back of your paper.
Make a note of where the paper meets, leaving a little extra wiggle room. Roll the sticky faux wood paper around your tube until it is fully covered. If you aren’t satisfied with the quantity or the selection of beads that you made, you can go ahead and make changes by untaping the lens and replacing the beads.
Cap your gems using Lens B, notches facing down, and secure it to the tube with masking tape. Place your selected beads on top of the plastic lens. Take Lens A and place it inside your tube against the edges of your prism, notches facing up. Slide your triangular prism inside your tube. Lay your lenses flat against the table and bend the notches upwards. With the other circle, cut notches to the outside tracing of the inner circle - we’ll call this Lens B. With one of the circles, cut notches all the way to the inside of the inner circle so that is resembles a “gear” - we’ll call this Lens A. Cut around the each of the larger circles using scissors. Find another circular object that is approximately a ½ inch larger than your traced circles and draw around the previous ones using the same technique. Using your cardboard tube or another circular object as a template, trace two circles on the plastic with your permanent marker. Working your way around the tube, stick the notches of your sunburst against its edge, adding tape to secure them.Ĭut out the bottom of your empty plastic container. Peel away the backing and lay the starburst on your work surface, sticky side up, and center your cardboard tube on top of it. Cut approximately 1 inch around the traced circle, then cut little notches or “rays” around the circle so that you end up with a “starburst.” Cut a triangle or circle in the center of the paper. Lay the end of the cardboard tube flat on the back of the contact paper and trace a circle around it (if your tube is not perfectly round, you may have to make some freehand adjustments). Connect the the markings all around the tube and carefully cut the cardboard roll with your box cutter. Take this measurement and mark it along the circumference your cardboard tube. Measure out the length of your mirror strip and add ? of an inch to the measurement. Tape the mirrors together using masking tape and set the prism aside. Lay the 3 strips side by side upside down, leaving a small gap between them. My mirror was slightly too small and rounded to cut three strips, so I used 2 mirrors and cut off the curved corners for this step. Cut the mirror into 3 strips that are 1 ½ wide. Mark the width of the mirror on both sides at 1 ½ inches, 3 inches and 4 ½ inches. *All the steps in this tutorial are based on the measurements of a standard cardboard paper towel roll tube (11 inches with a diameter of approximately 1 ¾ inches). Thin acrylic mirror (I used a magnetic locker mirror)Įmpty plastic vegetable or fruit container By the end of this tutorial, you and your inner explorer will be dazzled by the endless and unique patterns created by your handmade kaleidoscope.
If you don't have a stash of gems on hand, you can find a great selection of jeweled beads right here on Etsy. Most of the supplies needed for this great project can be found in your home - some of them are even recycled.
Remember looking through a kaleidoscope as a kid? It was like being a pirate on a treasure hunt, but instead of discovering unexplored land we were glancing into a world of brilliant beauty. This enticing DIY spyglass creates patterned vistas of glittering gems to inspire your imagination.
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