Tissue Paper Stained Glass
Try out this easy and customizable stained-glass art project at home. Hearts are featured below, but you can use whatever shapes and corresponding colors you choose.
Materials
Directions
Cut pink, red, and white tissue paper in approximately 1/2 to 1-inch squares.
Fold a sheet of construction paper in half. Use your pencil to trace a half of a large heart on the folded side. Have your child cut along the outline.
While the heart is still folded, make a parallel cut about 1" inside the heart. This will be the window frame. Save the inside heart cutout to make a smaller version later.
Open the heart and center it on a piece of contact paper.
Have your child place the squares of tissue paper inside the heart on the contact paper. Encourage her to keep the tissue paper within the window frame.
When the heart is filled with tissue paper, place a second piece of contact paper over the whole thing. Be careful not to make any air bubbles.
Cut away the excess contact paper. If you leave a little bit around the edge of the heart, it will stick together better.
Have your child tape the heart on a window, or you can punch a hole at the top and hang it with string.
Wee Folk Art is run by the mother-daughter team of Kimara Wise and Michelle Bonney. With the "wee folks" in mind, most of their crafting is focused on children. However, they do throw in crafts for the home and self, or recipes, just to keep it interesting. They love working with natural materials and are ever mindful of respecting the environment. Visit them at Wee Folk Art!
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