Magical Mystery Glasses

Looking for something (real or imaginary)? Create your own colorful magic glasses. You’ll be amazed at what you and your friends can find!

1. What might you see if you had "magic" glasses? Read your favorite book about magic, finding lost items, or surprises. Then make your own imaginary glasses. These even have trendy half-lenses.

2. Decorate your frames! Cover a small, plain paper plate with designs using Crayola® Gel Markers. Make dots, solids, stripes, checks, plaids, squiggles, or zigzag patterns.

3. Tear out "lenses" and "arms." Ask an adult to help make the plate into glasses (an adult could use scissors to cut for children younger than 4 years). From the outer edge of the plate, make a short tear in to the plate’s inner circle. Tear carefully around the inner circle. Tear the inner circle in half, forming semicircles. Tear a small section from each semicircle. Use Crayola School Glue to glue semicircles together, forming half lenses. Air-dry the glue.

4. Tear the outer edge of the plate in half to create arms for the glasses. Adjust the lengths to fit your face. Glue arms to lenses. Air-dry the glue.

5. Trim nosepiece and arms for a comfortable fit. Wear the magic glasses with your friends to find shapes, colors, or maybe even fairies and elves! Everyone in your family will want a pair of these.

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.

Costumes & Masks— CAUTION: When children wear hand-crafted costumes and masks, make sure the crafts do not obstruct the child’s vision, hearing, or impede movement. Do not use feathers, fabric, or raffia on wearable costumes and masks because these items do not pass costume flammability tests. Wearable masks are those held in place on the face with elastic, yarn, or other materials. Keep away from open flames.

Adult Assistance is required for this arts & crafts project.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.

Ogres & Odors, A Dreadful Dungeon Diorama

Mosaic Picture Frame

Perky Puppet

Crafts

crayola supplies

• Gel Markers
• No-Run School Glue
• Blunt-Tip Scissors

household supplies

• Party Express paper plates

"We put on our magic glasses to look for everything from leprechauns to the Gingerbread Boy!"
Amee L., family child care provider. LI

"At the end of the day, finding lost puzzle pieces and toy parts is so much easier when my children wear their magic glasses."
Dick W., father of 4- and 6-year-olds.

Before eyeglasses were invented, people used a reading stone to help them read. The reading stone was actually a glass sphere which, when laid on top of any text, magnified the letters.