Build Your Own Telescope

This was a great project, and it really does work (although don't expect razor-sharp images). The instructions are very clear and although some parts are a little fiddly to fit together, it's not too difficult to put together. And in case you're wondering, it took just under 90mins to complete.

My 11yr old loved this but found he needed a lot of help with making it, mainly due to lots of small pieces and worrying about breaking the card. The instructions come with an option to use a QR code to show videos of construction which was fab. As yet we've not found it to be very clear but it's also been quite cloudy so difficult I suppose to tell. Definitely a lovely craft for a bit of family time however after purchasing I found it much cheaper elsewhere.

A totally waist of time and money. Very difficult to build even for an adult. Thin cardboard so need to be handled with extra care. And the most important. There's no way to calibrate it to see anything. And se tried hard.

Easy to assemble until mirror fell out. Instructions say if mirror falls out put tape on the back to hold in. Mirror has to go in the correct side up to work. Once it’s fallen out you have a 50/50 chance of putting it in correctly. I was unlucky and taped it in incorrectly. Took it out to reverse it and took tape off back and this too the mirror coating off with it. Rendered useless. Good luck.

A good product and much fun to build with my nephew. Unfortunately it was meant to b a birthday surprise but given it’s shipped with a massive picture of what it is on the box it ruined it.