colander

Gerry Gani, from Kelshall, initially brought a colander to watch the rare solar event, but managed to find safety glasses before the eclipse began.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

People could also watch safely by projecting an image of the sun onto a white card using a telescope, a cereal box pinhole viewer, or even a kitchen colander.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

"The next best thing is a colander," Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans said - or any household object with small holes.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"If you hold the colander to the Sun and you look away from the Sun, protecting your eyes, you can make not just one picture of the Sun but a hundred all at once."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

To get her out from under the colander, Billy had slid a piece of cardboard beneath it, pinching her foot sharply in the process, so that it hurt when she walked.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

Those unable to find glasses used other methods, including colanders as pinhole projectors to cast multiple images of the eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

It’s an invitation to all of us: To put on our colanders, take up our kitchen implements and give ourselves over to make-believe.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

Aside from looking pretty, the pan has a built-in spoon and spatula rest and has a modular design that lets you nest steamer baskets and colanders.

From Fox News ● Nov. 27, 2021

War-ruined bathhouses are dotted around Aleppo’s Old City, their distinctive domes, punched like colanders with round apertures of colored glass, lying smashed, or looking down on rooms filled with rubble and garbage.

From Reuters ● May 9, 2019

Brimming bowls and colanders lined the countertop, spices and pastes were measured and blended, and eventually a collection of broths simmered over periwinkle flames on the stove.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri