![]() Instead of beads, you could try small candy pieces, flowers and leaves, shiny scraps of foil or colored mylar, or colorful seeds. ![]() You can carefully remove the plastic end and look at other objects through your kaleidoscope.When you turn the tube, what do you notice? Can you see the beads shifting and reflecting to make colorful patterns? Look through the peephole while pointing the bottom of your tube toward the light.Use a hole punch or a sharp pencil to make an eye hole in the center of this circle, then cut it out and tape it to the open end of your tube. Cover the open end of your kaleidoscope with plain cardstock, and trace around your tube to make a circle on the cardstock.Then you can use the rubber band to hold it in place. If you are using plastic wrap, pull it up gently so it is tight. Put your cardboard tube on top of the plastic wrap or lid that contains the beads.If you used a Pringles can lid, or other plastic lid, tape a piece of plastic wrap over the top of it, to keep the beads in place.You will want your plastic wrap to be big enough that you can put your cardboard tube on it and pull it up to cover about 1 inch of the tube on all sides. Make sure that you can still see plenty of light through the plastic. Lay some translucent beads on the plastic wrap, and lightly wrap it over them, so they are held in place, but can still slide around. Take a square of plastic wrap– you can use a sandwich bag (if you don’t have plastic wrap, you can use a small plastic lid, like from a can of Pringles). To make a kaleidoscope, we still have a few more steps to follow.What do you see? Can you see reflections on the inside of the shiny surfaces? ![]()
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