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.
