DIY party binoculars

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This binoculars project was for a Dinosaur party I am helping a friend with.

Material

2 - 6 Cardboard Rolls
1 - 4 Sheets Outer Paper Wrapping (I used cheap recycled Paper Lunchbags)
1 - 3 Sheets Decorative Paper (I used Foil and Dinosaur Printed Paper)
1 Roll of Tape
1 Roll of string
1 OPTIONAL glue Gun (I did not use one)

Method

Take your cardboard rolls and wrap each one with your design paper. Alternatively you can paint all of your rolls instead. I chose simple brown paper on the outside as my objective was to use only what I had around the house.
Glue or tape your rolls together. With a hot glue gun you can use a strip of glue and place the rolls together. I chose a small piece of tape at each end instead.
Design the outside of the binoculars. You can use one simple strip of paper around the outside or get creative. I used foil on the ends, a strip in the middle and drew some pictures of buttons and knobs on some. I also printed out some pictures of buttons and other instruments.
String your binoculars. String can be ribbon or anything really. I used some leftover Christmas wrap string but I plan to replace some with recycled paper string.

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51 Comments

- - mom92217 said
  - 15 May 2016
    4:35 pm
Thanks I’ll def make this with my son this week
- Kate Shelby Author: Amazing Beautiful Individual replied
  
  27 May 2016 , 8:24 pm
  Your welcome 🙂
  I have even more new activities coming up soon
- - jodiev1980 said
  - 13 May 2016
    3:50 pm
My kis love making binoculars. This is a great activity.

- - mom57808 said
  - 12 May 2016
    10:10 am
so easy a great project for a rainy day

- - mom113991 said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    11:55 pm
what a cute idea. kids would love making these

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    10:41 pm
They are going on a dinosaur hunt, so awesome!

- - mom153507 said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    7:01 pm
I remember making these as a child!
Ours were just the plain toilet rolls stuck together with a little bit of tape.
So glad to see them making a comeback!
& they cost nothing to make because everything you use is already lying around the house!

- - mom81879 said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    1:03 pm
These would be a good idea for the littlies. The older children would expect working binoculars tho I’m sure
- AmazingBeautifulIndividual replied
  
  30 Apr 2016 , 8:42 pm
  Weirdly enough my 9 year old played with them for a while but he was entertaining my 4 year old girl. I could tell he was genuinly enjoying it though.
- - readingwishes said
  - 25 Apr 2016
    11:05 pm
Cute idea and suitable for so many themes. I bet you could even make them up mostly and then the kids could decorate with finishing touches.

- - curlytops said
  - 24 Apr 2016
    8:34 pm
great you can use paper to suit your party theme.

- - Mum to one said
  - 22 Apr 2016
    10:26 am
Looks like a fun project, you could even make them with the kids and they can get creative painting or decorating their own!

- - serotonin said
  - 19 Apr 2016
    5:27 pm
What a fun idea! Always have toilet paper rolls (as does everyone unless you don’t use it haha) so a great way to use them rather than recycle them.

- - BellaB said
  - 18 Apr 2016
    11:50 am
Thanks, this looks simple and fun.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Apr 2016
    2:28 pm
Cute idea and would be fab for many party themes!

- - mum4107 said
  - 15 Apr 2016
    6:21 am
I love this project. They are so cute

- - SpotstheCat said
  - 13 Apr 2016
    3:34 pm
What a lovely little project. Great for improving hand/eye coordination. My kids will love giving this a go.

- - Nas01 said
  - 10 Apr 2016
    2:52 pm
This is a great activity especially for dinasour enthusiasts like my kids.

- - rachelvk said
  - 09 Apr 2016
    10:21 pm
I love this activity. So cute! Thanks for sharing.

- - Some_Toss said
  - 09 Apr 2016
    8:24 pm
Thank you so much for sharing! This looks wonderful! I can’t wait to try it! 😀

- - jaymarie12 said
  - 08 Apr 2016
    11:00 am
I absolutely love these!! what an awesome idea

- - mom62624 said
  - 08 Apr 2016
    6:23 am
A great DIY craft idea that brings hours of fun for little one’s, thanks!.