Our son wanted to be an Imagination Mover for Halloween. He actually wanted to be all of them, but we chose “Mover Scott“. To re-create mover Scott, we need his famous “Wobble Goggles”. They are $20 from Disney, AND they don’t have lights and music. Crazy talk. I decided to make my own. Additionally, we needed a costume. Finding a “decent” one was tough. So my wife decided to make her own.
First off, run “wobble goggles” through your favorite search engine. Pretty much zero information.
With no one to copy off of, I needed 3 things.
1. Goggles.
I bought 2 pair. This set from eBay and this pair from Amazon. I needed to get have a test set, and a good set. Plus, I wanted to find the style that was the closest match. The Amazon pair are the “production” pair. Props to Tammy for picking them out.
2. Something small that would play Music.
I Decided a recordable greeting card would work. I picked up a Superman Card, but the module was just too big. A quick google search revealed that there were many options to choose from. Then I found it! A recordable device from a picture frame. It was already enclosed and made a nice “click” when the button was pushed. Not only that, but I could just Velcro it into the band of the goggles.
3. Lights.
I picked up a set of blue mini led Christmas lights ( I wanted the module to create the flashing effect), and wired 8 into the conveniently pre-drilled holes. I test fit the lights, to see if i could get away with surface mounting, but it looked terrible. Therefore, I had to expand the holes to accommodate the lights, but not by much.
I created two of these setups, mashed the lights back into the holes, hot glued everything in place and added tape and other protection measures.
You may be asking yourself at this point, what kind of juice is this going to take.
A single 2032 “Coin” battery.
Time to sew Velcro into the headband to conceal the wires, hold the battery and cradle the recording device.
Thats it, now to activate, you can re-create the movement just like Mover Scott.
Now on to the costume.
As always, contact me with any questions.
Would you be willing to create another pair of these goggles? I’d be willing to pay you for them ofcourse. I was thinking about doing them myself but have NO idea how you would “wire” the Christmas lights??? Thanks for posting this it is AWESOME! I wish I was more “handy”
Megan
Megan, Sorry for the delay, I am just reviewing comments. I changed the design slightly. I would be more than happy to work on a set for you.
I am going to attempt to create these goggles. I was hoping that you could assist me a little further. I went ahead and ordered the goggles, however I am having a little difficulty finding the sound module. Any additional pictures that you could give me as well as an exact website for the module would be great.
Thanks in advance
John
Would you be willing to make me a pair also. How much would you charge? My son would just DIE for them!!! Any chance you can do it by Christmas? Thanks in advance!
~Cathy
I will do my best to revise the post with more information on the construction process. If you would like me to construct a pair, please email me directly using the contact link above. I will be happy to work with you.