10 Super Fun Things To Do With Googly Eyes

Silly Crafts fotostorm/E+/Getty Images Because who can resist sticking those little, silly eyeballs on everything? by Ashley Jones Updated: Feb. 20, 2024 Originally Published: April 6, 2021

Inti St Clair/Tetra images/Getty Images These fun and simple activities are practically guaranteed to put a smile on your kiddo’s face. (And keep them occupied for at least a few minutes.)

Using giant googly eyes, your kids can create monster masks. Simply paint or color a paper grocery sack and decorate it to look like a monster. Elva Etienne/Moment/Getty Images

Stick googly eyes on all of the fruits and veggies in the house — bananas, tomatoes, and apples are all fair game. Richard Bailey/Corbis/Getty Images

Googly eyes really do make the best decorations for construction paper animal creations.

Elva Etienne/Moment/Getty Images Use lonesome socks to create sock puppets using googly eyes. Attach yarn for hair.

Dorling Kindersley: Ruth Jenkinson/Dorling Kindersley RF/Getty Images Recycle a finished toilet paper tube and transform it into a friendly elephant with googly eyes. This tutorial from DIY Thought shows you step-by-step how to make one.

Collect leaves and turn them into silly creatures with googly eyes and a glue stick.

Give your kids a handful of googly eyes to enhance their next Play-Doh play session. Then, watch their imaginations come alive! FreshSplash/E+/Getty Images

Shutterstock Apply googly eyes to smooth garden stones to create pet rocks. You can also paint the rocks beforehand with different colors and designs.

Shutterstock Paint a mason jar and decorate it with googly eyes to look like a bunny. You can also create other animals by swapping out the color scheme and adding different features. These make awesome flower vases.

Googly eyes are amazing for making seasonal crafts like bats for Halloween, pinecone reindeer for Christmas, and springtime clothespin butterflies. Jenny Dettrick/Moment/Getty Images

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