This binoculars craft is a great camping craft! Kids of all ages will love this DIY binoculars craft. Not only is it budget-friendly using minimal crafting supplies, but it is fun and a great way to get your kids outside afterwards. Toddlers, preschoolers, even elementary aged kids will have fun with this DIY binoculars craft. Take them on your next camping trip or use them to explore your backyard or park! This binoculars craft is great for at home or in the classroom.
Super Fun and Easy Binoculars Craft
Toilet paper rolls are so versatile. You can use them for so many crafts. And since we usually have an abundance of them I love to find ways to reuse them. We went camping recently and we do a lot of bird watching using binoculars. So, I thought what better way to recreate that experience then with DIY binoculars!
This easy craft is a great way to get kids outdoors and exploring. Can be used with scavenger hunts, exploring, or pretend play. And they’re a great reason to bust out paint! The best part is, making this binocular craft is also fine motor skills practice.
Related: Your whole family will love this camping scavenger hunt!
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Supplies Needed For This Super Fun Binoculars Craft
How To Make Your Very Own DIY Binoculars
Step 1
Download and print our doodle coloring pages. Color and decorate them anyway you want.
Step 2
Cut out the pictures from the doodle printables and set them aside.
Step 3
Paint your toilet paper tubes. Let them dry.
Step 4
Tape your toilet paper tubes together.
Step 5
Cut long strings of construction paper.
Tape them around your toilet paper tubes.
The paper should go around the entire binocular and cover the tape. Do this to the top and bottom.
Step 6
Punch holes into the side of your toilet paper tubes.
Step 7
Cut ribbon long enough to fit around your child’s head and tie the end of it through the holes on the toilet paper tubes.
Step 8
Grab your doodle cut outs and glue them to your toilet paper roll binoculars.
Step 9
Go outside and explore!
Make This Toilet Paper Roll Binoculars Craft Your Own
We love toilet paper roll crafts. Which is why we are excited to share them, but you can change this craft up and make it your own too!
- When you punch holes in the side of the binoculars, you could easily use string or yarn instead of ribbon.
- Don’t have toilet paper rolls? Cut Paper towel rolls in half.
- Use a rubber band to keep your toilet paper roll binoculars together.
- You can use decorative tape to keep your binoculars together like fun washi tape.
- Don’t have scotch tape? Masking take also works.
- You could also staple the toilet paper rolls together using a mini stapler.
- You can use stickers instead of paper cut outs.
- A hot glue gun will also work in keeping your binoculars together.
- If you don’t have a glue stick you can always use white glue to glue the paper decorations onto your binoculars.
- Decorate your toilet paper roll tubes using markers or use crayon.
- Want to avoid the mess of paint? Then wrap your toilet paper tubes in white paper or a colorful piece of construction paper. Other decorative craft paper or craft foam would work too.
- You don’t have to use a regular single hole punch, they also have decorative hole punches you can use too.
Our Experience Making These DIY Binoculars
We had so much fun playing with our binoculars. We went outside and explored the world around us. It was fun. We got to go and look at different things. Not only was the craft fun to make, but we were able to get outside too. Which is always fun.
This fun toilet roll binoculars craft is great for younger children and older kids. Younger kids may need some assistance making this DIY binocular craft though. But like I said before you can take these camping, use them for scavenger hunts, or use them to explore your backyard, neighborhood, even the park! We made these as a camping craft, but have used them for lots of different explorations!
Materials
- Toilet Paper Roll Tubes
- Tape
- Construction Paper
- Stickers Or Our Doodle Printables
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Ribbon
- Hole Punch
- Markers (if using doodle printables)
Instructions
- Download and print our doodle coloring pages.
- Color and decorate them anyway you want.
- Cut out the pictures from the doodle printables and set them aside.
- Paint your toilet paper tubes.
- Let them dry.
- Tape your toilet paper tubes together.
- Cut long strings of construction paper.
- Tape them around your toilet paper tubes.
- The paper should go around the entire binocular and cover the tape.
- Do this to the top and bottom.
- Punch holes into the side of your toilet paper tubes.
- Cut ribbon long enough to fit around your child’s head and tie the end of it through the holes on the toilet paper tubes.
- Grab your doodle cut outs and glue them to your toilet paper roll binoculars.
- Go outside and explore!
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How did your DIY binoculars turn out? Did your kids like this binoculars craft?
