Dec 5, 20192 min read

SANTA WATCHERS CRAFT

Seeing Christmas in the eyes of your children is so magical! So when I saw @amylouhawthorne and @themamanotes DIY Santa Watcher contest I HAD to make one and add a little Christmas magic to it so when they look in to find Santa... magical snowflakes appear! These cute binoculars were so easy to make with some simple things I had laying around the house! Let’s just say it was a hit in our winter wonderland home!

First.. I just grabbed toilet paper rolls and some things I had around the house! You can use anything you have! Pom poms, string, cards, wrapping paper, etc..

I marked where to cut on white card stock so I could cover the paper rolls, you can use any color paper or you can always paint them too if you’d like!

Then I taped and rolled it over the roll! You can just make your own rolls without toilet paper rolls too!

Then I cut an extra toilet paper roll about 2 inches thick, and cut the edges in a curve to make the middle of the binoculars! It doesn’t have to be perfect just curved enough to make it fit!

Then I grabbed some red paint and painted the middle piece for the binoculars!

While that was drying I made the snowflake lens!

I just found an old clear treat bag with snowflakes on it to cut, but you can find some at Walmart or Target! I just cut out big squares making sure the snowflake was in the middle!

Then I rolled double sided tape on the top, and pushed the square over it so it would stick, and then I tied a string around it!

Then I grabbed the middle piece after it dried, placed it in the middle of the rolls and tied a string around it.

To keep it in place I taped the first string to the back, and then I wrapped another string around the middle twice, and then I taped that on the back as well!