Recently my 4 year old boy has been keen on getting a periscope. As always, I’d rather make one than buy one, but I was stuck on the problem of finding two small lightweight mirrors.  My wife came up with a fantastic solution – cutting two rectangles from an old CD. Here’s a few photos of her creation:

DIY Periscope
DIY Periscope
DIY Periscope Closeup
DIY Periscope Closeup
Looking through the DIY Periscope
Looking through the DIY Periscope

Image quality is more than acceptable considering the materials that went into it.