James Minion (Minions & Monsters)

Materials: 

• One kids top in yellow
• One kids denim overalls
• Yellow beanie
• Black elastic band, 1” wide
• Light gray felt
• Black felt
• Blue felt
• Plastic jar lid
• Cardboard sheets
• Black paint
• Silver paint
• Empty paper towel tube

Tools: 

• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Scissors
• Paintbrush
• Hobby knife
• Cutting mat
• Pencil

Instructions: 

For the eye goggle:

• Use a white plastic jar lid for the base of the eye.
• Cut and glue a thin circle and strip of light gray felt around the outer edge of the eye goggle. 
• Use blue, black and white felt for the eye and glue it in the center of the goggle. 
• Glue a black elastic band to each side of the google, so it fits comfortably around the child’s head with the beanie on.

For the movie camera: 

• Cut and glue pieces of cardboard together to make a movie camera. 
• Cut a circle the width of the empty paper towel tube from the bottom center of the camera. Glue the paper towel tube with half of it inside the box, and the other half sticking out, creating a handle to hold the camera.
• Paint the whole camera black. Paint the silver details onto the camera.