Easy craft for kids

How to make explorer binoculars

Look for birds and bugs with your own binoculars. It uses things most homes already have, like paper, crayons and glue.

Picture guide for making explorer binoculars — Part of the picture guide. The full guide opens in the Kids Zone.

Craft 5 steps With a grown up

What you need

Two empty toilet roll tubes
Tape
A piece of string or yarn
Crayons or stickers
A hole punch

A grown up helps with: Punching the holes and tying the strap. Take the strap off before naps or bedtime.

The first 3 steps

Color or decorate both tubes.
Tape the two tubes together side by side.
Ask a grown up to punch a hole on each outside edge.

2 more steps finish the craft.

Open in the Kids Zone

With a free account, kids follow every step with the full picture guide, Read it to me buttons, an I made it! cheer and a page to print.

Open in the Kids Zone Log in

The Free plan needs no card, and every new account gets Premium free for the first month. Only parents and guardians sign up; kids never need their own account.

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For grown ups

Use safe scissors and washable glue or paint. A grown up does any cutting through card and any hole punching. Crafts like this build fine motor skills, following directions and pride in making something.