Craft Camouflage Binoculars for 18" Dolls

Camouflage binoculars made from cardboard, 3"x2"

       Craft this cool pair of camouflage binoculars for any 18" doll to take camping this summer. These pretend binoculars are perfect for bird watching, spying on wildlife and planning where to set up a tent in the pretend wilderness.

       You can paint a colorful camouflage design on the binoculars too. This pattern will help your doll hide from view in the shrubs so, birds will not detect their presence. 

Supply List: 

• Thin scrap cardboard (cereal boxes or toilet paper tubes)
• white school glue
• hot glue and hot glue gun
• acrylic paints: black and many greens
• cord to hang about your doll's neck
• Mod Podge
• two sets of beads, one for the focus dials and the other for the eyepieces

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Roll two identical tubes, three inches long and approximately 1/2 inch wide. 
2. Roll 1 1/2 inch long tube a bit narrower, and glue it between the longer, identical tubes, leaving longer ends on one side.
3. Now roll around each of these two ends, using white school glue the objective lenses.
4. Hot glue two identical beads on either end of the center tube to make the focusing wheel and adjustment dial.
5. Hot glue the two identical eyepieces on the top of the binoculars.
6. Use acrylic paints to randomly brush on different green colors for the camouflage pattern.
7. Paint black inside the openings of the objectives.
8. Poke holes in the underside of the cardboard binoculars for the cord. 
9. Hot glue the cord in place giving enough length to slide the binoculars over your doll's head.
10. Seal the painted toy with Mod Podge.

Front and back beginning to assemble.

Adding more details to both ends.

How to play with this craft?

• Take your doll sized binoculars with you on a Safari trip to spy on wildlife...
• Use the same binoculars to view an excellent campsite by a river...
• Every doll needs binoculars to birdwatch too!