Make your own 3D glasses!
Posted on December 29, 2012 by Little Brownie Bakers
On Jan. 12, 2013, girls can make history by participating in the first-ever National Girl Scout Cookie Sleepover. What could be more fun? How about experiencing part of the program in 3D! Girls don’t need 3D glasses to enjoy the show, but they will certainly add to the fun.
You could purchase inexpensive, cardboard 3D glasses and let girls decorate them. You’ll need the type that is red-cyan. (Clear glasses that come with 3D TVs won’t work.)
But 3D glasses are simple to make. Here’s how!
Materials:
- Pencil
- Sturdy cardstock or poster board
- Scissors
- Tape
- Sheets of red and cyan (bluish) acetate (available at your local craft store)
Directions:
- Print off this handy template for your 3D glasses on cardstock. Be sure to print enough for all the girls attending the sleepover.
- Cut out the glasses and the holes for the lenses.
- Cut out pieces of the acetate in cyan and red.
- Tape the red acetate over the LEFT lens hole, and cyan to the RIGHT. (The glasses will not work if the colors are reversed.)
There you have it! Your girls are ready for the premiere of the National Cookie Sleepover — in 3D!
Don’t forget to register for the sleepover by clicking here!
This is great our troop should enjoy making these.
I am looking for the other 3D glasses template. The one that is smaller sized and has the template for the acetate and directions on it. I printed it, cut it out and now want to have the uncut copy so I can figure out how to put 3 sets of glasses on one page, but I can’t find that template. I know it is here somewhere!!!
Found the smaller glasses. From the main site (not the blog site), click on volunteers, then Cookie Rallies. The end of the first paragraph has the link to the smaller 3D glasses template that also has the directions on the page. It only took me 35 minutes to find it again!!!!
Are we supposed to use blue or cyan for the blue side? The images on the site appear to be using cyan. Which one should I get (red/cyan or red/blue) if I am purchasing plain white paper glasses for the girls to decorate? Thanks.
We recommend using cyan. Good luck!
directions said red on right lens hole, videos show left. Will it make a difference?
Sorry, it should say “red on the left”.
Hi,
I have a Daisy troop and we will be watching the video during a daytime sleepover/sleepin. Our local movie theatre donated 3D glasses for our sleepover. However, they warned us that they may not work for the Cookie 3D presentation. Does anyone know if the donated 3D glasses we received will work with the GS Cookie 3D presentation? Thanks.
You may want to ask the theater what type of 3D glasses they gave you. We are recommending that the 3D portions of the video be viewed through red/cyan, 3D anaglyph glasses.
They’re not the red/green glasses anaglyph glasses. Will the images be distorted?
We recommend the red/cyan anaglyph glasses. However, 3D glasses are not necessary to enjoy the show and it can easily be viewed without them.
I’ve only been able to find clear acetate paper in one store. Can someone tell me where you’ve found it? Is it called something else?
Pat Catan’s has red & blue acetate in the poster board section. You recommend cyan, but will blue work?
Cyan is what will work best and what the video is designed for. Blue will work, but some of the 3D elements may appear to have a halo effect.
I have no time to make them before Sat. I found 3d glasses in the party section at Walmart… but they are not the red/cyan ones.. they are clear. Will they work? or do they have to be red and blue?
Thanks…
No, the clear glasses will not work. We recommend red/cyan, 3D anaglyph glasses.
Watched the video with a set of 3d glasses made with Red & Blue Clear Overlay. My daughter was very disappointed in the 3d . Is clear overlay the same as acetate? How are we supposed to do this project if we can’t find the materials? Please, can anyone tell me where to find red/cyan acetate? I feel like I’m on a wild goose chase.
Try your local craft store or movie theatre. Remember, 3D glasses are not necessary to view the sleepover. Enjoy the show!
We couldn’t find the red & blue acetate at craft stores either. Then our troop leader suggested that we tried Tap Plastics, and they had both red and blue acetate. If you have one of their stores or another store that carries a variety of plastic materials, then you may be able to find it locally. Good luck!