A kaleidoscope is a cylinder with 3 rectangular mirrors plus a triangular one containing loose, colored objects such as beads or pebbles and bits of glass. When the viewer looks into one end, light entering the other creates a colorful pattern, due to the reflection off of the mirrors.
Basically, kaleidoscopes got talent.
Kaleidoscopes are meant to be scientific and mathematical (originally...) but some dude from the 1800's copied it as a toy.
Now here's the fun part~
We're going to teach you to make one! (How corny did that sound idk)
Materials:
1. The brown tube thing in the tissue paper roll or a clear cylinder tube, whichever seems more convenient
and efficient
2. Beads and crystals of different colors
3. Three rectangular mirrors
4. Liquid glue
Steps to follow:
1. Lay the three rectangular mirrors side by side on newspaper, and apply a coat of black paint to the outer
portion.
2. Take one more small triangular mirror and do the same to it.
3. Allow the pain to dry overnight.
4. If thoroughly dried, put the mirrors together lengthwise in the shape of a prism, with the painted sides out.
5. Loop a rubber band tightly around the prism to temporarily hold it together. Put the triangular mirror as the
base.
6. Stretch a small piece of tape around the prism to one side of the rubber band.
7. Then, remove the rubber band and stretch two more pieces of tape, each around the ends of the prism.
8. Continue securing your kaleidoscope with strips of tape on the joints between the slides.
9. Take some crystals, beads etc. and put them inside the kaleidoscope.
10. You're more than welcome.
Kaleidoscopes are meant to be scientific and mathematical (originally...) but some dude from the 1800's copied it as a toy.
Now here's the fun part~
We're going to teach you to make one! (How corny did that sound idk)
Materials:
1. The brown tube thing in the tissue paper roll or a clear cylinder tube, whichever seems more convenient
and efficient
2. Beads and crystals of different colors
3. Three rectangular mirrors
4. Liquid glue
Steps to follow:
1. Lay the three rectangular mirrors side by side on newspaper, and apply a coat of black paint to the outer
portion.
2. Take one more small triangular mirror and do the same to it.
3. Allow the pain to dry overnight.
4. If thoroughly dried, put the mirrors together lengthwise in the shape of a prism, with the painted sides out.
5. Loop a rubber band tightly around the prism to temporarily hold it together. Put the triangular mirror as the
base.
9. Take some crystals, beads etc. and put them inside the kaleidoscope.
10. You're more than welcome.
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