HOW TO: MAKE A PINHOLE CAMERA

How to make a pinhole camera

What you will need:

• Hot chocolate tin
• Black acrylic paint
• Sandpaper
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Black pen
• Foil
• Craft knife
• Pin
• Duct tape

STEP 1: Get a hot chocolate tin (preferably one of a dark colour) and paint it's lid and the inside with a thick coat of black paint.

STEP 2: Now you want to measure 5cm up from the bottom of the tin and 1cm along to create a square. Once you have done this carefully cut out the square using the craft knife, you want to make sure you score it until it pops out, this is so you don't end up cutting too much of the square and also it is safer.

Then cut out a slightly bigger piece of foil and carefully pierce a hole in it with your pin, not too big and also not too small.

STEP 3: Once you have your pierced hole, you want to turn the foil over, you should find that were you pierced the hole the foil is slightly raised, so you want to get your sandpaper and sand it down to make it smooth. After this take a permanent black marker and colour the foil.

STEP 4: When this is done, you want to place the foil square over the hole in the tin, then using some duct tape to secure it. Then with a slightly bigger piece of the duct tape you want to fold over a corner to make a flap, then place it over the hole, and you are finished! You have now made a pinhole camera!