This is one of my favorite places to goof off while online. The JAVA Applet allows you to move your mouse around to "paint" a kaleidoscope. You can change brush size, too. The above image was made by me using their "Dynabrush" option which changes brush size automatically and constantly as you paint. I've used this applet to make images for web graphics or at least, tiles and textures that are then used to create other images. Here are some more variations (resized to be much smaller than their original size so they don't take up too much space here):
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When you combine them all together in an animation "timeline," this is what you get:
You are welcome to save any of these images to your own computer and use them on your own webpage or blog or email, but kids need to tell their parents FIRST before they download (save) ANYTHING to their computer.
There are even more ways to have fun with kaleidoscopes besides this applet. To make your own kaleidoscope, GO HERE. To have fun with FREE online kaleidoscope coloring pages, GO HERE.
Here are a collection of online resources for kaleidoscopes:
And here are some great books and other fun with kaleidoscopes... Kids, remember, these places are selling something and you need to show this to your Mom and Dad. Don't try to buy anything online all by yourself.
Have fun with this interactive kaleidoscope! Just move your mouse cursor over it and see it change:
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