Celebrate National Space Day – Build Your Own Telescope

It’s National Space Day on Friday 7th May, what better way to embrace this brilliant day of exploring new and existing constellations than with Build Your Own’s Telescope. All the Build Your Own eco-friendly toys are perfect for parents and kids who love a fun project they can work on together. Each Build Your Own kit comes with everything you need inside the box and is made from sustainable cardboard and minimal plastics. Celebrate National Space Day and explore the starry night skies with the fabulous Telescope.

Description automatically generatedBuild Your Own Telescope – RRP £19.99 – Kids will love exploring the fantastic world around us day and night with the Build Your Own Telescope. Made from sustainable cardboard with minimal plastics, this fully functioning telescope includes a focus tube which extends up to 72cm. For impressive results, the telescope comes with a specialist glass optic lens which provides 16 x magnification so kids can enjoy incredible sights in detail.

With 29 press-out parts, the telescope can be easily constructed with kids using slot-together techniques to create a fun, tactile and robust toy – there’s no glue, no mess, no fuss. It’s a fun way to spend time together, getting outside during the day to explore garden wildlife and develop their interest in nature, birds and plants. Once darkness falls, the fantastic extending focus lens and 16x magnification will enable kids to explore the craters on the moon. Discovering the magical constellations is a fabulous way to expand the world around you and share a passion for science, astronomy and the world.

Using the focusing dials, kids can adjust the zoom to reduce or increase the detail of specimens they are examining. And the light source on a smart phone can be used to light up your object through the built-in periscope. There’s also is a choice of three trays for you to use to hold different types of specimens on the microscope table. Kids can remove the microscope lens tubes and place them in the handheld adaptor while they go on location to examine exciting specimens and objects.

The Build Your Own Build Your Own Telescope are suitable for ages 8 to 100!

Available from www.buildyourownkits.com