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Olympic Rings Sunglasses

February 17, 2014 4 Comments

Olympic Rings Sunglasses at Hands Occupied

There are SO not enough Olympic themed crafts for adults floating around the DIY blogosphere. Today, I continue my crusade to change that with some medal-worthy sunglasses for cheering on your favorite team. Made with oven bake clay and some strong glue, these sunglasses are totally going to be something I whip out for every Olympic opening ceremony party, viewing party, closing ceremony party, watch party and Olympic bar crawl for the rest of my life. I’m so pumped about them!

Supplies

circular lens sunglasses
oven bake polymer clay in Olympic colors
clay sculpting knife
E6000 adhesive
oven
baking sheet
kitchen scale (optional)

Olympic Rings Sunglasses

Directions

Cut a chunk of clay from its block using a plastic knife. Each chunk of clay I used was about 7 grams (I used my kitchen scale to get that number).
Olympic Rings Sunglasses

With a clean and dry work area and clean and dry hands, roll out your clay into a snake.

Olympic Rings Sunglasses

When molded into a circle, your clay should be as big as one lens of your sunglasses.

Olympic Rings Sunglasses

In the other Olympic colors, form four more rings using the same method.  I referred to a picture of the Olympic rings to arrange them in the right color order, and since the rings interlocked, I double checked the angles at which they interlocked too.

Olympic Rings Sunglasses

Preheat your oven to the temperature recommended on your clay’s packaging (mine was 275 F). While you wait for that, double check your rings to make sure they’re arranged so they’ll fit lined on top of your sunglasses. Once you bake the clay, it’s set for good.

Olympic Rings Sunglasses

When your oven is ready, bake your rings on an oven safe sheet for the packaging’s recommended time. After your rings are baked and cooled, you can glue them to the front of your sunglasses using a strong adhesive. I like E6000 and have had great luck with it. Just follow the package’s directions and you’ll be golden!

Olympic Rings Sunglasses

Really, all that’s left to do is pop these on for cheering your country or for getting in the spirit for a Closing Ceremony party on the 23rd. How awesome are these sunglasses? I had so much fun fist pumping in my back yard for this shoot. Go Team USA! 

Olympic Rings Sunglasses

The clay I used was Premo! Sculpey clay – their 6 color “classics” sampler pack happens to come precisely in Olympic colors, plus white. Polyform provided the clay and clay tools used in this project. 

Filed Under: DIY Style, How-to, Olympics Tagged With: clay, clay diy, craft, diy, diy accessories, olympic crafts, olympic diy, olympic rings, olympic rings sunglasses, olympics, polymer clay

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad (she/her) is a craft book author & designer specializing in yarn crafts. Her work combines vintage and modern design elements, prioritizing color and graphic motifs. Her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now.

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Comments

  1. Sandra

    February 17, 2014 at 6:42 am

    love the last pic. you’re so funny. wonderful idea.

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  2. Rachel | 52 Weeks Project

    February 17, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    USA! USA! What a fun project Heidi!

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  3. Rebecca

    February 17, 2014 at 10:50 pm

    This is so much fun! What a great idea, I’m sure my daughter would love a pair of these!

    Reply
  4. Amy Anderson

    February 18, 2014 at 8:24 am

    OMG, I laughed out loud when I saw the last picture. These are awesome.

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