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How to Make a Kaleidoscope

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Parts & Tools Needed to Make a Kaleidoscope

Looking Through Kaleidoscope

Looking Through Kaleidoscope

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Parts

  • 2 Plastic 20 ounce Beverage bottles, one cylindrical, one contoured
  • 2 microscope slides
  • 1 toilet paper tube
  • flat black paint
  • shirt cardboard
  • clear plastic viewgraph sheet
  • confetti, glitter, buttons, shredded wrapping paper, foil, or any small colorful reflective or transparent objects

Tools

  • Knife or hack saw to cut bottle
  • Knife or scissors to cut cardboard
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