One type of non-toy kaleidoscope that is not seen very often is one where the tube/body is made of paper or cardboard. (I am excluding the vast body of toy, party-favor, kaleidoscopes so popular for children's birthday parties, etc., which are usually paper/cardboard.)
On occasion, one will see a cardboard kaleidoscope that has been painted, or decorated in some fashion or other. I think some of them are really quite beautiful. I have no experience with how well they hold up from normal wear & tear, however.
One of the main suppliers of such cardboard tubes is Boston Craft Works http://www.bostoncraftworks.com/index.htm
Their tubes are designed to be used for polymer clay, painting, beading, whatever, and the component parts are of good quality. Below are some examples from their web site of finished 'scopes using several techniques for finishing the cardboard tube.
(Example of a tube with micro beads)
(Another example, this one using an oil wand.)
(This simple teleidoscope -- a variant on a kaleidoscope -- uses plain wrapping paper to decorate the body.)
As is true with kaleidoscopes in general, there are many variations available for both the artisan and the collector in 'scopes using paper/cardboard as the base of the tube.
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