Imagination Binoculars

Unleash your imagination by making paper binoculars! This is a simple, hands-on craft that turns a walk outside into a mini adventure for children. It’s tactile and quick to assemble, gives little hands a proud finished tool they can carry, and invites imaginative play: pretend birdwatching, safari exploring, or pirate searching, while encouraging focus and curiosity in nature.

Benefits: Imagination, Creativity, Focus, Social skills, and Critical Thinking skills.

Materials: Paper Towel or Toilet Paper rolls, tape, twine, and hole punch.

Prep: Tape two empty toiler paper rolls together (or cut one paper towel rolls and then tape together). Make a hole punch on each side of the roll. Tie a long piece of twine to each hole.

Activity: Have you little explorer wear the binoculars and look through to focus on objects far away. Be sure to monitor your little one while using.

*Bonus: Spark more creativity by decorating your binoculars with stickers, crayons, or nature treasures!

Enjoy your personal magical tool to make the outdoors feel like a story waiting to be explored.