Library at Home Activity – Spy School

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SDG Library at Home Activity – Spy School

Materials Needed:

• 2 toilet paper rolls

• Construction paper

• Scissors

• Tape/glue

• Stapler

• Hole punch

• Ribbon

Welcome to Spy SchoolCalling all spy recruits! We’ll be sending you outside on a secret

mission to search your neighbourhood for clues, but first you will

need to make your own binoculars.

SDG Library at Home Activity – Spy School

Cut a piece of wrapping paper or recycled magazine pages large enough to cover

each toilet paper roll. Attach with light layer of glue.

Step 1.

SDG Library at Home Activity – Spy School

Attach two toilet paper rolls by wrapping it with tape on both ends of the

now-covered toilet paper tolls.

Step 2.

SDG Library at Home Activity – Spy School

Cut strips of construction paper to cover the tape. Secure strips by stapling them on

the outside of the toilet paper rolls. Decorate with other craft supplies, if desired.

Step 3.

SDG Library at Home Activity – Spy School

Cut a piece of yarn or ribbon about 18 to 24 inches long. Using the hole punch,

create a hole on the outer edges of the binoculars.

Step 4.

SDG Library at Home Activity – Spy School

Attach the ribbon to both sides of binoculars and knot the ends.

Step 5.

SDG Library at Home Activity – Spy School

Now grab your binoculars and you’re ready to head outside for your secret

mission. Here’s the list of items to find:

Step 6.

• Find something striped

• Find something tear-dropped

• Find something alive

• Find something yellow

• Find something prickly

• Find something oval

• Find something shiny

• Find something in the dirt

• Find something taller than you

• Find something itchy

• Find something velvety

• Find something extra colourful

SDG Library at Home Activity – Spy School

Can you find the secret message in the scavenger hunt clues?

Bonus