DIY Binoculars, Birthday Party Favourites
These DIY binoculars are really easy to make and friendly on the birthday party budget.
Making your own items is a bit special and if you have time, a much better option than buying mass produced products from the dollar store.
The DIY binoculars I am doing are a dinosaur/safari Theme. I printed off some basic black and white dino paper for the theme.
I have seen some other great designs using duct tape, wrapping paper, black spray paint with tape designs and more.
Instead of toilet paper binoculars, I also used takeaway plastic coffee cups. They were not as easy but they look cool. The Diy Binoculars were a hit at the birthday party I made them for. The kids loved them.
What You Will Need For DIY Binoculars
- Toilet Paper Rolls (2 Per Binocular)
- Outer Paper Wrapping (I used cheap recycled Paper Lunchbags)
- Deco Paper (I used Foil and Dinosaur, Printed Paper)
- Glue & Tape
- String
- Optional Hot Glue Gun
Instructions
- Take your toilet rolls and wrap each one with your design paper. Alternatively, you can paint all of your rolls instead. I chose simple brown paper on the outside as my objective was to use only what I had around the house.
- Glue or tape your rolls together. With a hot glue gun, you can use a strip of glue and place the rolls together. I chose a small piece of tape at each end instead.
- Design the outside of the DIY Binoculars. You can use one simple strip of paper around the outside or get creative. I used foil on the ends, a strip in the middle and drew some pictures of buttons and knobs on some. I also printed out some pictures of buttons and other instruments.
- String your binoculars