You can see more from Mandy Mae on her blog . Stained glass has enhanced buildings since the Middle Ages and continues to captivate architects and design lovers today. Hoping to inspire mothers to take action in making a positive influence in the lives of their children with simple DIY, crafting, thrifting, and teaching projects. Mandy is a wife, mother, teacher, and frugal-DIY-enthusiast. Written by About a Mom contributor, Mandy Mae. We just couldn’t wait to hang our beautiful sun in our window! It was the most beautiful, slightly cloudy, breezy day for the backdrop to our new Tissue Paper Stained Glass Art for Kids! We simply glued them to the back side of our sun and then flipped over our sun to reveal our creation!
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If there are any final details to add to your design that didn’t require tissue paper, then now is the time to do so! This is where we added our sun rays. If it does start to pull apart just add more glue and press down as needed. Be sure to not cut too close to the outer black line of the shape. Before placing the vellum on top of your design, you must cover the inside of the 2nd piece with glue so that when it is placed on top of your stained glass art, it will “seal” your hard work!Īfter you’ve sealed your stained glass art then you can carefully cut off the access vellum paper. I also found that overlapping the tissue paper adds for depth and color to the design! *Be sure to use at least 2 colors of tissue paper or more*Īfter you’ve completely filled in your shape with tissue paper squares, then you are ready to add the second piece of vellum. Add glue as you go since it does dry fast. Very quickly place layers of tissue paper squares filling the inside of your shape. Then you will fill the inside of your shape with glue.
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Place your design on top of one sheet of vellum.įor the sun, we decided to remove the rays and add those very last since they won’t require any tissue paper.īegin by gluing down your black strips of paper to the vellum. In the end, we decided on a sun since we LOVE the sunshine these days! You can make any design your heart desires! Just simply use the construction paper and cut out strips of paper to create your stained glass design. I began this project not really sure what shape I wanted to make. Use laminating pouches and place your design directly into the pouch and then laminate (adult supervised).Use 2 large pieces of white tissue paper (be careful to not tear it as you apply the adhesive).
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**TIP** Make sure there is space between the colors or they start to look brown from blending together. You can also premake some and have them in different stacks by color.
STAINED GLASS DESIGN KIDS WINDOWS
A great activity to do with your kids when your stuck inside is to make wax paper stained glass creations! These are very easy and are great to display at your windows for your kids to enjoy! All you need are crayon shavings, waxed paper, and a clothes iron.īefore starting you can have your child create crayon shavings by sharpening their favorite colors onto a sheet of wax paper.