How to make the kids a light table

My son’s kinder has a light table and it’s always crammed with kids wanted a turn at designing pretty bright patterns. Did you know it’s easy to make your own light table at home?

How to make your own light table

What you’ll need:

Clear plastic storage tub
White tissue paper
Sticky tape
White string of lights
Extension cord (if needed)

Method:

Line the inside of your lid with white tissue paper and stick in place.
Spread your lights around bottom of the box with the end of the cord sticking out of the box.
Put the lid on the box and plug in the lights and your table is ready.
Put out some transparent materials for the kids to explore with.

How simple is that? My kids would have a ball with one of these, I’ll be making one for the school holidays.

Would your kids like one of these? Please add your comment below.

Image by Pinterest.

24 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 16 Aug 2021
    10:35 am
what awesome fun.

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Nov 2019
    2:26 pm
I’ve never heard or seen of these before. They look interesting

- - smart_ass said
  - 06 Oct 2016
    10:07 am
cute and colourful

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Sep 2016
    5:24 pm
this is brilliant. never thought about making a toy like this. it is an amazing idea though. i will let my friends know about your idea too as this would be so fun for kids. Cheers

- - ella12 said
  - 16 Aug 2016
    11:25 am
That looks very pretty and effective.

- - rovermum said
  - 08 Aug 2016
    9:42 am
Whilst my son is now a teenager, I absolutely love this and would have been all over making something like this.

- - mom134803 said
  - 05 Aug 2016
    7:30 am
What a nice idea !

- - mom101628 said
  - 04 Aug 2016
    9:04 pm
This is a great idea for my younger grandkids – I’ll make it up so I have it on hand for their next visit.

- - stacey said
  - 04 Aug 2016
    8:43 pm
This looks like so much fun, my kids would love this

- - Melissa89 said
  - 25 Jul 2016
    4:35 pm
This looks so fun! Great for exploring light and colour changes

- - mom62624 said
  - 25 Jul 2016
    6:00 am
This is such a fantastic idea and lots of fun; look forward to creating one at home, thanks!.

- - mom70876 said
  - 18 Jul 2016
    8:15 pm
What an awesome idea. I love it! Seems easy too.

- - dannsbuild said
  - 11 Jul 2016
    4:09 pm
Amazing! I can’t believe how good it looks!

- - kcjfamily9 said
  - 10 Jul 2016
    7:16 pm
Very clever and creative. Thanks for sharing!

- - mom90758 said
  - 05 Jul 2016
    6:38 pm
Oh! It’s really beautiful. What a great idea!!

- - mum4107 said
  - 05 Jul 2016
    5:25 am
How simple us that. My daughter would love it

- - nutter13 said
  - 04 Jul 2016
    10:26 pm
This would be a hit with my kids. They would use this for everything. My oldest boys would love this for drawing when he needs to trace something

- - VernaB said
  - 04 Jul 2016
    7:48 pm
Wow so simple and I think even the hubby would love it.

- - mom160421 said
  - 04 Jul 2016
    7:06 pm
This looks easy enough to make.

- - Nas01 said
  - 04 Jul 2016
    5:43 pm
Wow, this looks awsome.