OWLEX - Lens Buddy Photo Prop

Here it is, the long awaited tutorial! How to make your very own Lens Buddy Photo Prop!

The whole idea behind this photo prop is to grab your child's attention, or anyone else that may be in the picture! While making your lens buddy use bright and fun colors, the more attention it gets the better!

What you will need:
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun
2 black beads
6 pieces of felt 6X6 inch minimum (Colors used: Red, Pink, Orange, Light Blue, Yellow, White)
A Navy Blue or Black fine point sharpie
6X6 inch piece of cardboard OR a scrunchine (see below)


To secure your lens buddy to your lens you need to:
A. Hot Glue the body portion to cardboard cut to fit your lens
     (Pro: it will sit up straight and be easy to see)
B. Make the body out of a 90's style hair scrunchie
     (Pro: Easily removed from lens to lens)

Step 1: Print out template on 8 1/2 X 11 paper stretched to fit the page
    (NOTE: after printing measure lens, if the template is not large enough to give you 1/2 inch of body around your lens then you need to enlarge the template and reprint. If you're having trouble email me and I will send you the PDF version)

Step 2: Cut out template and trace shapes on to your felt
Step 3: Cut out all of the felt pieces
    (NOTE: If you are using a cardboard backer cut it out with 1/2 inch clearance to fit around your lens.)
Step 4: Begin gluing your pieces together starting with the body felt to the card board
    (NOTE: Once the glue is dry on the body portion (cardboard and felt) measure it again to make sure it fits your lens before adding any other pieces)
Step 5: Now glue Eye 2 to Eye 1, Eye 3 to Eye 2 and glue black beads to EYE 3 for the pupils
Step 6: Begin gluing all of the pieces to the body starting with the Eyes, Wings, Feet, Nose and finally Belly (Make sure you leave the feet exposed under the belly)
    (NOTE: DO NOT glue any pieces overlapping the center cut-out of the body or you will have trouble attaching and removing the prop)
Step 7: Final touches!! Use sharpie permanent marker to draw on feather details on the wings and belly

Congratulations! Now it's time to start snapping those photos!



The Template:
Blogger, for some reason, will not allow me to attach a PDF so if you have trouble printing the JPEG please email me and I'll send you the PDF)

I have written directly on the template to try and help you see how the whole thing fits together.
This is a rough template, hand drawn so please excuse the mess.

When you download the template you will need to print is to 8 1/2 X 11 to be actual size but this is a creative project, make it your own and make it bigger or emphasize the eyes and wings.

Have fun with it!!

If you have questions about the project please feel free to leave a comment or email me.

 

Enjoy!!