![]() Green crepe paper (roll or sheets), green masking tape (3/4 inch), strips of green felt, foamie, ribbon or.In the video below Vanessa Ortiz shows how she made Minion Goggles using silver/gray Duck Tape®, large poster mailer, scissors, glue gun and black 1 inch elastic.Īdjust the materials from the How to Make Goggles (Despicable Me) video in making green minion goggles by using the following materials (some are the same): Note: It may be easier if you plan on wearing these goggles (or having them worn by someone else, to make goggles with for two-eyes like Kevin or Bob rather than a single eye, like Stuart just so it is easier to see. You want to have cardboard rings that can be cut into 1.5 to 2 inch thicknesses to create large goggle lens frames. The leaf-covered Minion Goggles can easily be made entirely using recycled materials like old cardboard tubes. The best ones to use are the large postal tubes or mailing tubes for posters, or larger cardboard rings used to give stability to yarn balls. This will keep them from browning too soon.īanana Leaves from MGDboston. Once the goggles or glasses are covered put them in the refrigerator until they are needed to wear. Remember if you are using natural and not artificial or silk leaves, they will wither and brown with time, so you can’t make the goggle part of the costume too far in advance, or expect them to last for too long. ![]() Using hot glue or double-stick tape to attach, wrap the green leaves around the frames and cover the band strap and glue or stick in place. Take the green leaves, ribbon, fabric, felt, foamie or cardstock and cut them into long strips 3/8 to 1/2 inches wide for the frames, 3/4 to 1 inch for the band straps. If you have access to banana leaves or Hawaiian Ti leaves, these are probably the best type of leaves, but any other long natural green leaves would work too. The 1 1/2 inch Berwick Tru-Life leaves craft ribbon (above) looks a lot like the real life leaves and can be folded and used to create green leaf goggles. I’ve pulled together some of the other items that would work available on Amazon, if you don’t have access to real leaves. Several items that can be used to easily cover the purchased goggles or glasses and make them into custom green leaf goggles include: The easiest way to make leaf goggles or tropical goggles is to simply get a pair of regular goggles minion or others like the Arc One safety goggles or glasses below and then choose your favorite green items to cover the frames and band straps. The second is to fashion a pair of minion goggles from one of the 5 Easy Ways to Make a Pair of Minion Goggles and then covering these goggles with green leaves, ribbon, fabric, felt, foamie, cardstock paper, or tape. The first (and easiest) is to take a pair of existing minion goggles or glasses and cover them with available green leaves, ribbon, fabric, felt, foamie or paper. There are two main ways to make a pair of prehistoric minion goggles, or the green leaf covered goggles. Since they aren’t available, we set out to figure a way to make green leaf minion goggles. Green goggles are one of the accessories needed for those wanting to dress up in a prehistoric or ancient minion costume. The Prehistoric Ancient Minions (and Norbert) ![]() We’ve figured out several ways to modify or make your own leaf-covered goggles.īanana Plant from VasantDave. Royalty Free Use. Their goggles look to be made from banana leaves, like the ones to the right, or Hawaiian Ti leaves.įor those who want to dress up like Norbert or one of the other ancient minions, you need to wear green goggles. Their goggles are green because they have made the frames and the straps from leaves, the materials they would have had available to them in 65 B. The answer to the first question may be one of those unsolved minion mysteries the second answer may be a bit easier to figure out. ![]() ![]() Two of the unanswered questions about the ancient or prehistoric minions is, “Why are they wearing goggles?” and “Why are their ancient goggles green?” ![]()
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