Posted: 7-23-2025 Written by Charm
It's no secret that I LOVE BEDDY BYE EYES! They're some of my most favorite ponies ever, and my goal is to build a huge army of them. I believe they have a certain cuteness about them, especially if you are looking at the unicorn or pegasus pose headon... their cuteness is to DIE FOR, awww... Sure, most people think they're creepy... With realistic, blinking follow me eyes that might look a little uncanny, the added fact that those eyes can rust, turning a bloodshot scary red... No wonder people tend to dislike these little ponies. Ulitmately, it's a blessing because it means Beddy Bye Eyes are rather cheap, and therefore easier to get your hands on.
But unfortunately for our little Beddy bye eye friends, because they aren't very well liked, it is Not Easy to find resources on how to repair, restore, or customize them with their eyes in tact. In fact, it's very likely that if you try to google how to take beddy bye eyes out to fix them, you will instead come across those tutorials of "How to remove bbes so you can sculpt over their faces and turn them into non beddy bye eyes", which means the person making the tutorial has no interest in keeping the eyes in good condition or replacing them afterwards... Those tutorials have their place and I completely understand not liking BBEs, but it still makes me a little sad, lol. "Aww, poor babies... No one loves you enough to make a tutorial for how to help your broken eyes :(" So today friends, I am here to change that.
Here are the topics we will be going over today:
1) Cleaning rusty Beddy Bye Eyes
2) Replacing missing Eye Lashes
3) Removing Beddy Bye Eyes
4) Beddy Bye Eye Mechanics (How it works, with insight on possible repairs)
5) Getting Beddy Bye Eyes back into the head
Let's get started!
To clean Beddy Bye Eyes that have rusted, you do not actually need to remove the eyes. You can clean the eyes while they are still in the head.
You will need: A small bowl to hold liquid in, white vinegar or your choice of rust remover (I use white vinegar because it is easy to access, cheap, and safe to use with pony plastic. It might not get rid of serious staining, so if you want to use a stronger rust remover, PLEASE test it first to make sure it doesn't damage the pony plastic. You always want to be careful with chemicals and ponies! Acetone is not safe for the plastic inside of the eyes.), and an old toothbrush.
Pour the white vinegar into the bowl, enough to submerge the eyes. Place the beddy bye pony's face into the white vinegar, and use the toothbrush to gently scrub the rust away, trying your best to avoid messing up her lashes. You may also want to let the head sit in the vinegar for a period of time if your rust is especially bad. Sometimes, a pony's eyes will be so badly rusted, that the eyes will be stained yellow even after the rust has been cleaned. I am not a perfectionist, so as long as the rust itself is gone I try not to fuss too much over a little staining since it is normal if the eyes are rusty for years.
Another interesting phenomena I've noticed after cleaning a pony with vinegar, sometimes it will dry strangely in a way that stains the area surrounding her eyes a dark black color? Never fear if this happens, because it can easily be cleaned, just stick her into the vinegar again. To prevent her from drying this way, I like to get a small cloth and manually dry the eyes, which can help prevent it from drying strangely.
If you find yourself with a beddy bye eye that is missing its eyelashes (Why do kids even cut them off!?!?) This is easily replaced too. At a beauty store or even just your local walmart, look for fake eyelashes. I tend to go for the smallest ones I can find, just because that is easier than buying a bigger one and trying to cut it into the correct size. It is also useful if you can get the stick on ones so you do not have to hassle with glue. But once you get your fake eyelashes, use your fingers or some tweezers to position them correctly over your baby pony's eyelash line. The is a hole where the eyelashes go. Using a toothpick you can press the ends of the eyelashes into the eye, and then you can apply some glue to the toothpick and press that in too if you want it to be nice and secure. I don't know if you can find eyelashes that look like the originals, but these longer lashes are rather cute!
