How to DIY a simple eclipse viewer out of a cereal box if you don�t have glasses . By Sarah Slobin August 20, 2017. Finally tuning in to this totality thing? Don�t have eclipse glasses? If you... There aren�t many elementary school projects I can think of that actually carried over into useful life skills. I�ve never needed to fashion a magnet from a AA battery, or to make parachutes for my eggs, and still don�t know why I had to learn to play the recorder.