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You are here: Home / Creativity / DIY Toy Camera using an iPhone Box

DIY Toy Camera using an iPhone Box

October 11, 2016 By [email protected]

I was so excited to spend the time to create a blog post with this genius (well I think so!) fun project to make with your kids. It took me about 10 minutes to collect what I needed and glue it together, then wait overnight for the glue to dry ready to paint with $3.99 black spray paint.

Can you believe how good it looks next to my Canon 5D Mark III camera.

It even features a removable lens cover. Unreal!!!

Here’s how I created this one:
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STEP 1

Using your iPhone box, separate the items and use only the lid and the box.

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STEP 2

Gather items you have to decorate your box. This could include gems, stars, sticker letters, whatever!

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STEP 3

Glue Pop Top into the inside of the iPhone’s lid so it appears as the ‘lens’. Then glue this onto the iPhone box creating the basic camera. Cut a hole for the takeaway sauce container to sit over the ‘lens’. Decorate items (buttons/viewing screen) on using the super glue (except for the ribbon/cord) and let dry (overnight if using PVA glue).

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STEP 4

Remove lens cap (take away sauce lid) and use whatever spray paint colour you wish, spray your ‘camera’. Let dry overnight.

STEP 5

Glue ribbon/cord on and let dry.

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STEP 6

Wollah!

These are great if you want toy cameras for kids to use as photo props as they aren’t heavy and they’re pretty durable. It’s also a fun activity to reuse packaging you have lying around and terrific for kids creativity to decorate the explore their imagination playing with it. Kids can also pretend to be a real photographer by removing the lens to take a photo. Cool.

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Filed Under: Creativity, DIY, Ideas & Suggestions, Photography, Toys Tagged With: Canon, create, DIY, genius idea, How to make a DIY toy camera using an iPhone box, iPhone box, iPhone camera, kids activity, kids camera, recycling, reusing, toddler camera, toy camera

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