Minions are EVERYWHERE. People seem to be crazy about them. And even though I did not go see The Minions movie when my boys did, I still think that the small, yellow, cylindrical, creatures are adorable! DIY Googly Eye Minion T-shirt.
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Because Minions are everywhere. And because they are absolutely adorable I have created a Do It Yourself ‘Googly Eye’ Minion T-shirt for my little guy.
As you can see up above, HE LOVES IT.
If you would like to create your own DIY ‘Googly Eye’ Minion T-shirt, follow along!
DIY Googly Eye Minion T-shirt
Items Needed
– Yellow T-shirt
– BIG Googly Eye
– Black & Grey Fabric Paints
– Paint Brushes
– Ruler
– Velcro
– Craft Glue
– Needle & Thread
Pre-wash your T-Shirt. Then add a piece of Card Board inside the dry preshrunk shirt to keep the paint from bleeding through. Decide where to place the big Googly Eye on your Minion T-Shirt and put a ruler behind the eye to hold the place where you will paint a black band. Then mark the edges of the ruler with a pen or pencil.
Use the ruler as a straight edge to paint the outside lines black then fill in your band. After painting the rest of the band black allow your T-Shirt to dry completely. While the paint dries, paint the outside edge of the big Googly Eye grey.
Cut the Velcro to the width of the big Googly Eye. Secure one side of the Velcro onto the back of the big Googly Eye with craft glue. Then sew the other side of the Velcro into place on the center of the black painted band.
Attach your Googly Eye to your Minion T-Shirt so that you can decide where you would like the Minion’s smile and hair. Using a tiny paint brush, paint the Minion’s smirk and hair onto the T-Shirt. Adorable!
After it dries, it’s ready to wear! Be sure to remove the Googly Eye from your DIY Minion T-Shirt before washing it.
BEE-DO! BEE-DO!!
DIY ‘Googly Eye’ Minion T-shirt
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I’m having trouble attaching the Velcro to my Googly eye because the back of the eye is so slick. Any advice??
Bummer!! The back of my googly eye was card board which as you can imagine held super easy. Do you have any contact cement? A thicker gooey-er glue should stick to slick surfaces with no trouble.
Great idea! Both my sons would love this idea. Thank you for sharing how to do it!
Thanks Christine! 🙂
Thank you, thank you for sharing this at my Grandma Ideas Sharing Time link party. You are so creative!
Love all the minion mania happening everywhere, so FUN! That giant googly eye is WOW!!!!
🙂 They are taking over!!
Oh my gosh! I would totally buy this from a store! It looks awesome!
You are so sweet! Thank you, Shannon, and thanks too for stopping by. 🙂
This would be awesome for those kids who do not want to wear a full costume for Halloween. So cute!
Yes! Thanks for stopping by, Jessica!
I thought big googly eyes only existed on perverted men. Haha. Never knew these crafty things existed. 🙂
Ha ha!!!!
AH! That is adorable and could make a great Halloween costume
Thank you! I was thinking the same thing. 🙂
What an adorable model and super cute shirt!
Thank you!! XxOo
I’m dropping by from the Creative Princess link party. I absolutely LOVE this t-shirt! I can see why yous son likes it so much.
I have a link party that I am trying to grow. I invite you to share this idea — and a couple of others — at my Grandma Ideas Sharing Time link party at https://grandmaideas.com. I think my readers would love this idea as much as I do.
The party goes from Wednesday through Friday night at midnight. I hope to see you there.
All the best,
Nina
Thanks so much Nina! I’m headed your way now…