I was contacted by JoAnn Fabric and Crafts to create my own version of one of 72 crafts in their spring catalog. After looking through the catalog of kid’s craft I selected one of a set of binoculars. JDaniel loves to observe bugs and birds in our yard. I thought he would enjoy having some summertime binoculars.
How to make this kid’s craft:
Here are the materials we used (The differ a little from the materials used to create JoAnn’s):
1 sheet of blue sticky backed foam
1 sheet of green sticky backed foam
1 bag of bug and snail foam stickers
2 toilet paper rolls
Glue gun
Glue for the glue gun
Yarn
How did we put ours together:
- Cut out a (2) 6×6 foam squares out of the blue foam.
- Attach one square to each of the toilet paper rolls.
- Cut (4) 6×3 foam rectangles out of the green foam.
- Attach on a rectangle to the top and bottom of each tube with the part of the rectangle hanging over the ends of the tubes.
- Cut small slits in the under hanging foam.
- Fold the slits into the ends of the tubes.
- Decorate the tube with the foam stickers.
- Place a few dabs of glue from the glue gun onto both tubes.
- Hold the tubes together.
- Put a small hole on the outside of each of the tubes near the end.
- Place one end of a 16-inch length of the yard through each hole and tie it off.
We had a wonderful time putting these together. I want to thank JoAnn’s crafts for inspiring us to make our summertime binoculars. When JDaniel heads out into the backyard, he will most probably we armed with his special viewing device.
The bugs and the hopping birds in the yard will be tracked down and followed using these special binoculars. I won’t be surprised if the boys next door don’t ask for a pair of their own. They tend to hunt and track bugs and birds along with JDaniel.
Do you have a kid’s craft that can be used for pretend play or exploring?
Disclaimer: I was sent a gift card to buy the materials to complete this craft. We really did have fun making our binoculars.
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Wow, those turned out so cute. I bet they get a lot of use!
My girls would have so much fun with this project! :)-Ashley
Those are so stinking cute! I need to make some of those for my daughter so she will leave her brother’s real binoculars alone!
How cute and fun! I didn’t know they had that catalog! These have got to be one of the cutest crafts I have seen in awhile!
I know our children would love making these. what fun!!!
That is so creative! I’ll have to try it with my son.
I love Jo-Ann Fabrics, what a great craft, simple and fun.
What a fun craft! We love shopping at Jo-Ann’s.
Jo-Anns is so dangerous for me. They have 3 pack canvases and when they’re on sale…oh dear.
I need to make these this summer. My five year old is obsessed with binoculars and “seeing” things up close. Thanks for the tutorial!
those look great 🙂
looks like he had a great time putting the snails and what not on there
I am sure Aarya would just LOVE these 🙂 Pinning this.
i love all the fun stickers that JDaniel put on his! the craft foam on the eye pieces is brilliant!