One night last week my smallest child was doing his best to avoid going to bed.
“I’m not going to bed… unless you wear the gwasses!”
“Ok” I said putting on the green lantern glasses… “now it’s bed time!”
Off he went to bed, but every time I even looked liked I was going to take of my glasses his eyes shot open.
“Leave. Them. On!” he demanded. By this stage I would have stood on my head if it helped him get to sleep so I left the snazzy green glasses on and took a quick instagram selfie to record the moment for posterity.
As I read through the funny facebook and instagram comments my obsession with printables flared and I decided then and there that I needed to make some crazy printable glasses to go with my stunning green pair.
Since then my study has been littered with scraps of paper and glasses prototypes, and, after much trial and error, I finally got them right!
This afternoon my four kids sat down to make crazy glasses!
To make your own crazy glasses all you need is my free printable crazy glasses template, which you can download here.
Then just print the two page pdf. You can either print straight onto some strong card, or print them on to regular paper and paste the pages onto some old cereal boxes or similar cardboard for support.
Choose your glasses and cut them out along with a set of arms. Measure how long the arms of the glasses need to be to comfortably fit your head and snip them off at the desired length. Fold the little tabs on the side of the glasses and tape the arms onto them.
Now all you need to do is decorate your crazy glasses and take your own crazy photos!
I’d love to see your crazy glasses selfies on instagram if you or your kids make them – just add the hashtag #pickleglasses so I can find them! Or feel free to share a photo on my facebook page
Frog Goose & Bear says
These are fantastic! My kids will DEFINITELY like this one!
Cathy says
Glamourama! Except, hmmm…. I see no photo of *you* wearing the glasses?
katepickle says
Not yet… my kids rushed off to put on a ‘show’ as soon as they were done and required all sets of glasses for their costuming, but I have plans to steal a pair for another random instagram selfie! LOL
Jode@mummymusingsandmayhem says
I love these Kate…thanks so much for the printable!! Those pics are so funny by the way!
katepickle says
I know.. I love those photos! Apparently that’s what you get when you ask my kids to make a crazy face!
Linda @ M&As World says
Bingo! These is our school holidays activity today! thank-you!!
carly says
Just printed them and the 3 boys are on the front porch madly creating. xx
Theresa in Texas says
OK, you’ve done it again — made me use more of my expensive printer ink, LOL! Seriously, your blog is great and I look forward to seeing it in my e-mail. I believe I already posted a comment that I would be printing out items to put in Christmas shoeboxes (a project of Samaritans Purse) and these will definitely make for a great do-it-yourself, inexpensive fun project for me to include. Thanks so much for the wonderful free printables and the fantastic instructions.
Oh, and your kids are great models!
Charmaine says
Loved the template for the glasses! I do a self-portrait lesson with my first graders using glasses cut with our Accu-cut machine. This will be so much better since the students can choose different shapes! Thanks so much!
Tashia D says
Came across your cute glasses on Pinterest. Thanks for sharing! My kids will love decorating these!
Astrid says
grazie mille di questa bella condivisione, domani con i nostri ragazzi in Italia faremmo una bella attività. bye bye maestra astrid
erin says
Hi, I’m a children’s librarian and will be using these for a Pete the Cat storytime soon! thanks!!
Rosie Herdman says
love cute fun things like these to make with grandkids. thanx
Margee says
The kids at my library will love to do these as a craft! Thanks!
JDaniel4's Mom says
What fun! These will be great to make this summer!
Amy says
Thank you so much! These cute printable glasses made getting ready for story and craft time at the library a cinch! We are reading Pete stories. I will end with the Magic Sunglasses and we will make our own stunning glasses to top things off!
jenny says
Thanks for a wonderful idea!
Lisa/SyncopatedMama says
So cute! I’m linking to this page of yours for an upcoming blog post of my own. I hope you see some new visitors come your way!
Amy K. says
We did this yesterday afternoon … It was so much fun, but nobody would pose for pictures, so you’ll have to take my word for it! :D
Amy says
So perfect for a Red Nose Day activity tomorrow with my Year Ones! Thank you! XX
Cathy Eng says
Thank you for the eyeglass patterns… Love it.
Stephanie Gray says
Thank you so much, I am using these in my 2nd grade classroom to help kiddos to monitor and clarify what they read!!
Michelle says
Thank you so much for these! The kids in my class had so much fun creating them and we are going to use it as a prop for the narrators for our Reader’s Theatre!
Princess Girl says
Thank you so much for these I’m in charge of babysitting five little kids on New Years Eve and this is a perfect project for them to do!