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Lace Paper Kaleidoscope

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Introduce your students to the swirling, colorful, mesmerizing power of a kaleidoscope using simple materials and our R22054 Lace Paper.

Age: 5+

Duration: 10-15 minutes

Learning Objectives: Explore the properties of kaleidoscopes through light and color. Make beautiful artwork. Learn about color mixing principles. Create a fun project that will keep students entertained for hours!

You’ll Need:

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R22054 Lace Paper is another addition to our line of textured papers. This special paper has the feel of our Color Diffusing Paper but features a variety of woven patterns.

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You will need to cut your sheet of high gloss paper in half. This will allow you to make more than one kaleidoscope!

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Roll one half of the high gloss paper into a cylinder and secure with tape. This will form your kaleidoscope tube.

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Make sure that the glossy side is rolled on the inside of the kaleidoscope tube. You can see the highlighted surface on the inside of the tube! This is what we want to achieve.

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Stand the cylinder onto the R22054 Lace Paper. Trace around the outside circumference of the tube and cut out the resulting tracing.

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Color in the Lace Paper cut circles with markers. Use different colors. I used primary colors, but you can use any that you like.

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Pull a strip of tape that’s triple the length of the circle. Lay one of the lace circles flat across a strip of tape that’s facing sticky side up.

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Fold the one side across the middle of the circle, leaving a bit of length on one side. This will be the handle for each of the circles on the kaleidoscope.

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Tape the circle against the edge of the kaleidoscope tube. Do this for all your other lace circle pieces.

As you look through the opposite end of the kaleidoscope, fold the circles over top of each other in various combinations. Observe beautiful intertwining patterns!

Check out the different kinds of lovely color combinations using different layers of the kaleidoscope circles:

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Lace Paper

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Create, design, decorate and embellish a variety of paper projects with our multipurpose Lace Design Paper! The lightweight material and lacy textures are perfect for a multitude of cut and paste projects. Features 8 beautiful designs ranging from checkered to flowery and ornamental. Our special paper has the look and feel of thick tissue paper with multiple pressed patterns, and can be dyed to any color or pasted onto any surface for a fabric-like feel with paper-like versatility!

Lace Paper comes in 8 assorted intricate designs. Choose a design that will fit your project best. For this initial project, we will be dyeing the Lace Paper in different colors and then cutting it up to use as an embellishment for book-covers, cards and a variety of other projects!

Use a broad-tipped marker and gently add some color onto the Lace Paper. You don’t have to color the entire sheet. Color only a small amount.

Spray a bit of water onto the marker ink and watch as it soaks through the material—just like our Color Diffusing Paper! You can add more marker colors and spray those spots with water or continue spraying with water to simply diffuse the color even more throughout the sheet.

 

Leave the Lace Paper sheet to dry overnight. For fast results, place the paint tray and Lace Paper outside in direct sunlight or position underneath a desk lamp. Once the paper is dry, use for craft activities!

Here are some suggestions on what to do with your dried and dyed Lace Paper designs! We will go into more detail with each project further into this guide.

  • Paste sections of the material onto a paper mâché mold and create a lacy textured effect.
  • ŸCreate a colorful butterfly using materials from the Dollar Store.
  • Fold the Lace Paper sheet twice to make a cute card for Valentine’s Day.
  • Make little bunting flags!
  • Decorate clothes for a paper doll.
  • Design a stained glass frame with black construction paper and Lace Paper.

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