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Eye patches are the clichéd form of pirate eye-covering, but non-pirate people in the real world wear eye patches all the time. Many people wear them to cover a missing or hurt eye. Others wear them temporarily to protect their eye after surgery. What can a person do with their eye patch after their eye has healed up? It's not like they are going to join a pirate ship or the cast of a soap opera any time soon. Are they? Here are some ideas.
1. Donate them to a Pirate Ship or the Cast of a Soap Opera Kidding, kind of. A theater group could probably use your cast-off eye patch as long as the eye patch wasn't covering some infectious eye disease. Many patches are machine washable. Check the manufacturer's recommendations. They are also great for Halloween costumes.
2. Marksmanship A lot of marksman practice shooting while wearing an eye patch over their non-dominate eye. If you know a rifleperson, ask if he or she can use a spare eye patch.
3. A Clothes Patch Have a hole in your shoes or black trousers? Why not use the eye patch as patch to fix that hole? The patch material isn't going to feel or look right, but if you're fixing up some gardening clothes, an eye patch may be just the thing. Clothes aside, you can use them to patch lampshades, blankets or stuffed animals.
4. Make a Slingshot Make a slingshot with an eye patch. Cut holes in the sides of the eye patch. Run surgical tubing through those holes. Find a V-shaped stick to attach the tubing to. Load marble into patch. Pull back. Fire.
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