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Make a pinhole camera and have fun with photograms to develop children's understanding of how cameras work. Through the pinhole

Through the pinhole

* Give each child a shoe box (minus the lid), ask them to paint the inside with thick black paint so that all the cardboard is covered, and write their name in pencil on the outside.

* Leave boxes to dry overnight.

* Cut a piece of tracing paper large enough to cover the open end of the box.

* Tape tracing paper securely to the sides of the box, so no light can slip between these edges and the rim of the box.

* With a pin, make a hole in the centre of the side opposite the tracing paper.

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