How to Make a Face Shield (Homemade)

We are Jack and Sophia and are seniors at Edina High School. We wanted to help out the community with the growing fears and concerns of the Coronavirus. We reached out to local hospitals and learned that one of the many things they are in short supply of are face shields. We talked to local doctors and have come up with an easy design that will work for them. The feedback we received was that they worked and needed more. We wanted to share this video in order to show and inspire others in the community to help the people who are tirelessly working around the clock to care for all of us during this epidemic.

**NOT FDA OR CDC APPROVED**
(ask doctors before making masks to find out if they are okay with homemade masks)

DO NOT MAKE IF SICK OR HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ANY SICKNESS


Materials needed:

Clear Plastic Vinyl: 8 mm / 20 gauge thick (shield is 12” wide and 10” tall with curved edges on the bottom)
joann.com/20-gauge-vinyl-54in-clear/7973274.html

Green foam: 1/2 inch thick and comes in roll that you cut by the yard (cut into 9 1/2 inch long rectangle with 1 3/4th width(roughly the width of a ruler))
joann.com/airtex-0.5-16-oz-high-density-foam/21…

Elastic: 3/4th to 1 inch wide, non roll or fold over elastic
(measure 12 inches, and 1 cm dot in from the end on each side to line up with edge of vinyl when glueing)
joann.com/3-4in-non-roll-elastic-18-yds-white/7…

Scissors

Dry erase marker

Rag to wipe away dry erase marks

Glue gun or something of equivalent strength

Sanitizing wipes