Have you ever looked into a kaleidoscope (kuh duh skohp) ? A kaleidoscope is a toy that makes beautiful designs---thousands and thousands of different designs. You can make a kaleidoscope for...
The mysterious Mobius strip!
If you have a piece of paper, that paper will have two sides, right? If you wanted to, you could color one side red and the other side blue, couldn't you? And even if you roll the paper into a tube,...
Hanging shapes
Materials ■ transparent tape ■ paper ■ scissors ■ thread 1 Cut out a circle, a square, and a triangle. Draw lines on the shapes, as shown. Cut along these lines. Move the paper toward the...
Woven mat
> Materials > > ■ newspaper (twelve sheets) > > ■ scissors > > ■ transparent tape > 1 Fold twelve double-page sheets of newspaper into strips. Open > each sheet and fold it in half the long...
Magazine tower
1. Carefully tear out eight pages from a magazine. Roll each page into a tight tube, the long way (see roll, page 37). Tape the ends closed. 2. Place the eight tubes side by side so that the...
Japanese lantern
Materials construction paper (two colors) - ruler - scissors - transparent tape 1. Cut a sheet of construction paper in half, the short way. Overlap the short ends of one half-sheet and tape...
Fun fans
> Materials > > ■ cardboard > > ■ crayons or magic markers > > ■ scissors > > ■ transparent tape > > ■ typing or notebook paper 1. Place your bare foot (or your hand) on a piece of cardboard...
