Pringles Pinhole Camera:
Materials:
1. Take the lid off the pringle can (save the lid) and clean out the can!
2. Mark a line about 2 inches from the bottom of the can all the way around, you're going to be cutting along this line.
3. Take the x-acto knife and cut along the line. After this you should have your pringles can in two pieces.
4. With the shorter piece the bottom should have a metal end, on that metal end in the middle take the pushpin and make a hole.
5. Take the plastic lid from the pringles can and cover it with wax paper, since you need it to act as a translucent screen.
6. Place the lid on the shorter end of the pringles can then tape back together the two ends with masking tape.
7. Cover the outside of the tube with aluminum foil to keep all the light out, you could add paper too later on if you want to decorate it.
8. Next decorate it however you'd like but make sure you don't cover up the open end or the hole on the bottom.
9. Next go outside on a sunny day and look through the hole. Make sure you cover or close your other eye, you want it to be as dark as possible inside the tube so you could always cup your hands around it to make it darker.
* The image should project onto the transparent screen and project upside-down too.
Materials:
- empty Pringles chip can
- marker
- ruler
- X-acto Knife or utility knife
- thumbtack or pushpin
- masking tape
- aluminum foil
- bright sunny day
- waxing paper
- construction paper(optional if you want to decorate it)
- glue
1. Take the lid off the pringle can (save the lid) and clean out the can!
2. Mark a line about 2 inches from the bottom of the can all the way around, you're going to be cutting along this line.
3. Take the x-acto knife and cut along the line. After this you should have your pringles can in two pieces.
4. With the shorter piece the bottom should have a metal end, on that metal end in the middle take the pushpin and make a hole.
5. Take the plastic lid from the pringles can and cover it with wax paper, since you need it to act as a translucent screen.
6. Place the lid on the shorter end of the pringles can then tape back together the two ends with masking tape.
7. Cover the outside of the tube with aluminum foil to keep all the light out, you could add paper too later on if you want to decorate it.
8. Next decorate it however you'd like but make sure you don't cover up the open end or the hole on the bottom.
9. Next go outside on a sunny day and look through the hole. Make sure you cover or close your other eye, you want it to be as dark as possible inside the tube so you could always cup your hands around it to make it darker.
* The image should project onto the transparent screen and project upside-down too.