What safari is complete without binoculars? Use this step-by-step guide to build your own set of binoculars to see all of the animals on our safari up close!
Materials Needed:
- Sheet of paper at least 11 inches long (can be plan or patterned)
- 3 feet of ribbon (or less depending on desired length)
- 2 empty toilet paper tubes (or 1 empty paper towel tube, cut in half)
- Scissors
- Pencil
- Hole punch
- Glue stick
- Tape
- Crayons (for coloring paper)
Directions
- Lay 1 toilet paper tube against the back of the paper and mark the length of the tube with a pencil
- Cut at your mark to create a long piece of paper that is as wide as the tubes
- Decorate the outside of the paper, if desired
- Turn paper pretty side down
- Use the glue stick to place glue all over the back of the paper
- Use the glue stick to place glue all over the tubes
- Line up tubes with the edges of the paper and roll to cover the tubes
- Secure the seam with a piece of tape to hold everything in place as the glue dries
- Place a hole punch on one side for the string to go through
- Place a hole punch in the same place on the opposite tube for the other string attachment
- Measure the length of string to your desired length
- Tie each end through the holes that are punched in the sides
