How to Make Princess Bride Inspired Sunglasses

Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read 

How to Make Princess Bride Inspired Sunglasses

Here’s another fun DIY sunglasses tutorial! My snow day sunglasses, my mermaid sunglasses, my sprinkle sunglasses tutorials and more continue to get saved on my Pinterest page and on my YouTube channel all the time.

These are the completed sunglasses

These DIY wedding inspired sunglasses are easy to create and really, really cute! I’d think anyone about to get married (think bachelorette party attire!) or anyone celebrating an anniversary (like my husband and I do every year in June since 2003), it’s a quick craft that’s fun fashion. Read on to learn how I made my bridal sunglasses inspired by the movie The Princess Bride.

I DIY’ed a lot of my wedding. It’s cheaper, it’s more personal and you get exactly what you want if you do some wedding things yourself. My guest tables all had flowers and herbs that I planted in terracotta pots. They were beautiful and were given to guests to take home after the wedding.

The pearls I used were somewhat iridescent

The Princess Bride is a movie I turn to occasionally when I want to laugh and be inspired. It was a movie adapted from a novel by William Goldman. From Mandy Patinkin to Andre the Giant, to Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Billy Crystal, Wallace Shawn and more amazing actors, it’s a great weekend movie to add to your list. It’s funny, inspiring and has some really great quotes.

Fun sunglasses make me smile

I watched it with my mother-in-law when my husband and I were evacuated from our house on Sanibel Island, Florida post hurricane Ian. We stayed at my in-law’s house in Indiana for a while and during our time there, we watched several classic movies like The Princess Bride, Big (with Tom Hanks) and more. There’s something comforting about watching old movies. 

These sunglasses would be cute for a bachelorette party

I love weddings so much, so anything with brides, grooms and all the fun that goes along with weddings (the music, the dancing, the love and joy) is inspiring. I’ve even helped with lots and lots of weddings over the years. From wedding cakes, to bridal makeup, to putting together an entire wedding, I’ve done it and loved every minute of it. I really love true love.

I’ve made lots of wedding inspired things and will probably continue doing so for a long while. See my wedding fascinator tutorial (what I’m wearing in the images with the sunglasses in this article) in my video below or on my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden.

If you want a cute photo op idea for the sunglasses, check out my article about how to make a heart shaped beach photo by clicking this link. You could do it if you are going on a honeymoon to a beach. Or, just wear them anytime.

Fun wedding sunglasses

Anyone that loves The Princess Bride will get it by the quote I included, a version of the one from the movie "Mawwage. Mawwage is what bwings us togeva today. Mawwage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam.".

Between that quote and many others like "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”, the movie gave us many. Read more of the best quotes from The Princess Bride in this article by Parade.com

Watch the 1-minute project tutorial for this craft below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:

If you need “something blue” to add to your wedding day, try a blue rhinestone or two somewhere on the glasses. I had all those traditional “something old, something new…” on me on my wedding day.

My old was my grandfather’s medallion from WWII pinned to the inside of my dress, I borrowed my grandmother’s simple diamond necklace as the one I bought to wear wouldn’t lay flat, my dress was my new and something blue was on my undergarments.

Make some sunglasses for the whole bridal party

I had underwear made for my husband and I with our initials embroidered in blue. You can get similar underwear on Amazon now. Here’s the history of the origin of Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue for brides from The Pioneer Woman’s website.

Now for the sunglasses craft tutorial! Here’s how to make Princess Bride inspired sunglasses. If you buy any of the craft items from TEMU (their prices are great on crafting things) use my code afe55197 for 30% off (new app users only).

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Directions:

1—Fold up your towel to the width of your sunglasses and wrap your sunglasses around it. This should help keep it flat.

Lay out the letter beads first for placement

2—Use your fingers or a wax pencil tool (you can pick up the alphabet beads with the wax pencil or your fingers) to lay out the alphabet beads (my spelled-out MAWAGE BWINGS US TOGETHAH TODAY) around the rim of the sunglasses OR lay them out where ever you want on the glasses. I do this so I can understand what I want my design to look like before gluing.

The small end of the wax tool is helpful for placement

3—Once you know where you want to place the letter beads, start placing a dot of glue onto the back of each one and glue them onto the sunglasses. I used my fingers to place the beads, and the wax pencil (both ends) to put them in the exact place I wanted them.

4—If any glue oozes out, use the toothpick or the pointy ended cotton swabs to remove the excess.

Once the letter beads are in place, you can then decorate!

5—Add some glue (I just carefully squeezed it out of the bottle) around the letter beads and add your pearls, varying the size and placement of each one. I used the wax pencil tool to grab each one and place them on the glasses.

I used the cream colored iridescent pearls for this project

6—Add some glue around the bottom of the sunglasses on the rim and add some rhinestones and pearls. I added a bunch until the glasses were covered. This is where you could add that “something blue” as I discussed earlier in this article.

This is an easy wedding craft

8—Allow to dry for 24 hours then wear and enjoy!

The completed wedding sunglasses

Did you make this craft or something similar? If so, let me know in the comments below!

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Carolyn J. (C.J.) Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.