Binoculars

This post will be on making homemade binoculars, an oldie but goodie. I'm sure many of us have made these when we were younger but haven't made them with our kids. These are great for hikes, walks, bike rides, playground, well just about anywhere since kids are always exploring their environment. The best part is they take little effort to make. In this post I went ahead and made the binoculars but you can surely have your child involved in making the binoculars. Kids seem to love decorating toilet paper tubes. Just try and let your kid decorate it their way. You know when a kid has done the work themselves and when parents have had input. Let them do it! They'll be even prouder. 

For my binoculars I used some toilet paper tubes, some string, and some craft tape, that's it! So simple and easy. I'm always looking for a bargain so I found my craft tape on sale at Michaels for $2.99, what a steal for 6 yards of craft tape! Of course, the tubes came from my house, and the string was left over from a previous project. 

Here's my supplies:

All I did was wrap the tubes with the tape, staple the tubes together, make holes for the string, and tied the string on and that's it!!! So easy and quick! It'll provide your child with endless exploring. 

Didn't they turn out great! Now they're ready for my son to go exploring! Don't forget the possibilities are endless. Let them explore nature, or explore for letters and colors, let them use them to find the perfect book at the library, use them in the car (so many things to see while sitting in your carseat!), don't limit these to just nature, let your child decide what they want to use them for, keep it open-ended and just have fun! 

Happy exploring and look NO battery bunnies needed =)