How Do You Make Kaleidoscopes For Preschool?
Those working with preschool children often spend a lot of time looking for age-appropriate activities that are both entertaining and educational. Kaleidoscopes provide hour of fun and help preschoolers learn and remember their colors. These popular toys are easy and inexpensive to make and guaranteed to capture the kid’s attention and imaginations. Preparation Step 1 Place a cardboard tube on white paper with an open end down. Hold it steady with one hand and use the pencil to draw a circle around it. Set the tube aside; draw a second circle, approximately a half inch wider around the first. Cut out around the larger circle; this is your pattern for the kaleidoscopes’ eyepieces. Use the white paper circle as a guide and cut as many circles from black construction paper as you have tubes; punch a hole in the center of each. Step 2 Lay a tube on its side on the white paper. Make sure one edge of the cardboard is even with the edge of the paper. Mark the tube’s length on the paper and cu
