This trimester in the school, kids were investigating about the Space and I did for mine a little constellations projector that could be used as a visor, putting it in the eye and looking to a light, they can see the stars that form the constellation, or using a flashlight they can project the constelation in a wall.
My kid loved it :)
You will need:
- a Pringles box
- black cardboard cut with the size of the Pringles box aperture
- a sharpie with a color that could be seen over black
- a punch
- constellations images
- wrapping paper and glue to cover the Pringles box (I finally covered it with black masking tape)
There are some constellations images in Internet, I used these:
You just have to print and cut them to separate, you don't need to do it over the spots lines, because you are just going to use it as a pattern to do the holes with the punch.
Try to do it over a padding and resistant surface, such as a carpet, trying to do it over the hand is awful.
Put it as centered as you can, and after doing the holes is a good idea to take the paper out and try to make them a bit bigger moving the punch. And write too the name of each constellation with the sharpie.
Now you have to make a hole in the metallic bottom of the Pringles box (better with a drill, and better in the center..., ahem...)
Now you just have to decorate the Pringles box as you want to and you already have your projector
Now put one of the disks inside the Pringles lid, close it, et voilà, here you have the Leo Constellation:
I'm sorry for the photo, it is difficult to do it with the mobile objective....
My kid loved it :)
You will need:
- a Pringles box
- black cardboard cut with the size of the Pringles box aperture
- a sharpie with a color that could be seen over black
- a punch
- constellations images
- wrapping paper and glue to cover the Pringles box (I finally covered it with black masking tape)
There are some constellations images in Internet, I used these:
You just have to print and cut them to separate, you don't need to do it over the spots lines, because you are just going to use it as a pattern to do the holes with the punch.
Try to do it over a padding and resistant surface, such as a carpet, trying to do it over the hand is awful.
Put it as centered as you can, and after doing the holes is a good idea to take the paper out and try to make them a bit bigger moving the punch. And write too the name of each constellation with the sharpie.
Now you have to make a hole in the metallic bottom of the Pringles box (better with a drill, and better in the center..., ahem...)
Now you just have to decorate the Pringles box as you want to and you already have your projector
Now put one of the disks inside the Pringles lid, close it, et voilà, here you have the Leo Constellation:
I'm sorry for the photo, it is difficult to do it with the mobile objective....
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