Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement and I love the way

and I love the way the wavy stripes follow the curve of the fan

right down the carefully inked Spencerian "Minnie" at bottom center

and white on this one showing a merger of the two

with the color printed in all cases but one

I would have a hard time guessing her age

Charming Old Homemade Wooden Kaleidoscope wooden amusement and I love the waySince finding a sweet old homemade kaleidoscope this summer, I've kept a keen eye out I find kaleidoscopes magical things, and there is something especially special, and very tender too, about someone having created that magic for themselves! Homemade ones like this have no turning parts; you just turn the whole thing to move the little bits of colored glass around inside, landing in different patterns. Not the most spectacular kaleidoscopic effects