Introduction:
Summer is the time of year when all nature's colors have come
alive. To celebrate the advent of summer we will make colorful kaleidoscopes out
of tissue paper.
Materials:
Hunt silver foil paper
Cardboard toilet paper
rolls
Colored tissue paper
Cardstock (for framing)
Wooden skewers
Wet media acetate
Scissors
Glue
A thumbtack or thick needle
(optional)
Directions:
Cut the hunt foil paper into 3" by 6" pieces. Then fold it in thirds and tape
it into a triangle shape with the silver surface facing in on itself. Put it aside
for the moment. *Make sure that the triangle fits snugly inside the toilet paper
roll so that it does not fall out.
Take one of the pointed bamboo skewers and tape it to the toilet paper roll
with about 1" of the pointed side hanging over the edge. Cut the other end to
be flush with the cardboard roll. Now put this piece aside for the moment.
Cut a 3" circle out of acetate as well as (2) 3" circles out of cardstock.
The cardstock circles will serve as a frame for the acetate so you will need to
cut out the centers, leaving 2 thin circular frame pieces. Take colored tissue
paper and tear it into small pieces. Glue these pieces onto the acetate. Overlap
the scraps for more interesting effects. When the tissue paper is dry, glue the
cardstock frame on both sides and trim the circle.
Insert the silver foil triangle inside the toilet paper roll. Now poke a small
hole in the middle of the tissue paper circle and mount it onto the dowel. Look
through the opposite end of the roll at the color circle and turn it for fabulous
kaleidoscope action! If you want, decorate the toilet paper roll with tissue paper
or paint.
