A little less than a year ago our baby was diagnosed with amblyopia and needed to start wearing glasses to help correct her vision. Although she was very shy and hesitant about it at first, we picked a super fun pair of glasses and she quickly grew accustomed to wearing them and became really great about keeping them on all day.
Until spring rolled around.
In April it became warm enough for us to start enjoying our backyard pool and the glasses went by the wayside. Of course she doesn’t wear them while she swims, so she would set her glasses on my desk (which is where she is supposed to leave them every night so I can try to protect them a bit) or leave them on top of her dresser while she was changing in to her suit. Or worst of all, she once left them in the pile of dirty clothes that she took off and they made it all the way down to the laundry room before I found them, thankfully before they went into the washing machine. Long story short, she had become much less consistent with her wearing as of late because she would forget to put them on when she came in from swimming, or not even know where they were.
As I started ordering new school uniforms for my kiddos in the past couple of weeks (they go to a year round school, so we go back in mid July) I decided that new glasses were a fun accessory that might help her revitalize her love of fun and funky looks and hopefully help her remember to put them on. But because I knew we’d have more pairs floating around the house, we needed a better system to take care of them. Hence this super fun kid’s glasses holder that I whipped up in less than 30 minutes.
I’m not going to lie, I am in love with it! It was one of those projects that I just figured I’d give a shot, not knowing how well it would work and I was so, so pleasantly surprised by it.
Supplies Needed:
small toys, one for each pair of glasses (take your glasses to the store with you and check to see what fits)
wood of choice
glue of choice
ruler and pencil
Because my kiddos are on their summer vaca at the grandparent’s house, I was able to take my time at Walmart, walking each toy aisle looking for the perfect toy to use for this project. I stumbled upon these ponies and chose them for 1) the fun colors and bright hair and 2) they were the perfect size for the glasses. I found that dinosaurs worked really well too!
The ponies were $3.44 each and I needed five, but I had the rest of the supplies on hand, so it was a relatively inexpensive DIY for me. Considering that the boring old nose shaped glasses holders that the eye doctor’s office sells are over $15 each I felt pretty good about that!
I started out by measuring my board (which you may remember from this post showing how to get the weathered paint look) and setting the ponies out accordingly.
Then I pulled out one of my personal favorite glues ever. No affiliation and no sponsorship, just pure love for JB Weld. As I have mentioned too many times to count, patience is not a virtue I was blessed with so I prefer the quick setting version. I also grabbed my hot glue gun to make it even faster.
I mixed the glue up and grabbed my first pony. Feeling a bit creepy, I applied the glue to the legs and behind area where it would be touching the wood. Then I quickly added a small dab of hot glue that went just about the tail.
I chose to alternate the sides that the mane and tail hung from just for my own entertainment (I also left the hair ties on to keep it from becoming a tangled mess). I glued all of the ponies on and allowed the whole thing to dry for another 5 minutes just to be safe. Then I hung that sucker on the wall because I was too excited to wait! As usual for me, I used Command picture hanging strips.
And I am in love! Just look at how adorable it is up close!
Hopefully this will help my little cutie pie easily choose her glasses for the day and keep them lasting a bit longer as well. This glasses holder would also be really great to keep accessories neat and tidy. Necklaces, bracelets and hair ties would all look adorable on this.
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