Pringles Pin hole cameras (Camera Obscura's)

to make a camera obscura you have to :

• buy a pringles tube ,clean it out and remove the plastic lid but keep it . 
• draw a line about 2 inchs from the bottom of the tube and cut around that line so the tube is in two peices. 

•  with a thumb tack or a pin make a small hole in the center of the tube with the metal end .
• use the lid as a screen if tyhe screen is clear you may need to use a wax sheet of paper, white tissue which will act like a translucent screen ,then put the lid on the screen then put the two bits of tube back together and tape it . 

To keep the light out of the tube ,use a peice of aluminum foil that's about 1 foot long. then Tape one end of the foil to the tube. Wrap the foil all the way around the tube twice, then tape the loose edge of the foil closed. If you have extra foil at the top, just tuck it neatly inside the tube.


go outside and look in the tube ,close one eye you want the inside of the tube to be as dark as possible so if you have to cup your hands round the opening .when you look though it the the tube ,the lid makes a screen will make the image apear up side down .