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    You are here: Home / Art and Crafts / Fall Crafts for Kids: Cellophane Stained Glass

     

    Fall Crafts for Kids: Cellophane Stained Glass

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    I love when I can repeat a fun indoor activity with the boys, especially a craft project since it's been hard to get them interested in arts and crafts lately. When I first shared our cellophane faux stained glass window art project I mentioned that you could easily adapt the idea to a particular holiday or theme. Well, we did just that for fall!

    Fall Craft for Kids - faux stained glass with cellophane. No contact paper!

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    A lot of window art projects for kids use sticky paper, I love that this one doesn't because sticky vinyl paper is very bad for the environment. Instead, the boys used paint brushes and a sponge roller to apply a solution of dish soap and water and stuck the cellophane shapes right on the glass. Since floppy cellophane is frustrating for the boys to cut, I cut out colorful fall leaves and shapes ahead of time and the boys had a great time placing them to the window.

    Supplies for cellophane stained glass window art project for kids

    Our last window art project had some serious staying power. It was up for months! The colors retained their vibrancy for a long time I only removed it because the colors did fade a bit after a few months (the window gets full afternoon sun), but only one or two bits of cellophane ever fell off. This time the leaves fell off as soon as they dried! I was mortified that maybe this had happened to others who tried the project so I went back and read the instructions.

    Well. Following the instructions is always a good idea. I had barely used any dish soap and what you need is a solution of ⅔ dish soap to ⅓ water. Yup. You need that strong concentration to work. It won't work with just a squirt of soap in a bucket of water.

    Fall Art Project: Faux Stained Glass Leaves

    Sadly, by this time the boys had moved on to something else, so I reapplied all the leaves. (I found it rather relaxing...) They are still up! I love the way the leaves camouflage our less-than-perfect view.

    As I've said before: I fail so you can learn. Always follow the instructions. 😉


    I'm already thinking of fun ways we can adapt this project for the dreary days of winter!

    More window art ideas:

    Snowflake "Stained Glass" Window Project

    Mondrian for Kids: "Stained Glass" Window Art

    14 Kids' Stained Glass Window Projects

     

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    1. Deb says

      October 01, 2013 at 8:28 am

      I found your blog through another blog. You have some wonderful ideas!

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    2. Jackie Higgins says

      October 01, 2013 at 3:16 pm

      Those are beautiful and a great lesson learned. ha. I'm so guilty of just looking at photos on Pinterest and never clicking over to get the directions. It's always a total fail when I forget to actually READ the instructions. 😉 Oh, and I did not know that about contact paper but it is getting harder to find. Maybe that's a good thing!

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      • Erica MomandKiddo says

        October 01, 2013 at 6:41 pm

        I know! I was so embarrassed that I messed my own project up. LOL

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    3. writersideup says

      October 02, 2013 at 12:34 am

      Erica, I absolutely LOVE this idea! You're basically making your own "cling-ons" and I would think this would also be fun to put in obscure places inside car windows, or on mirrors or any slick, flat place if you want something decorative occasionally 🙂

      P.S. Don't be embarrassed! You just learned that sometimes the science "recipe" for this one couldn't be a "dash" or a "pinch," but an actual measurement 🙂

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      • Erica MomandKiddo says

        October 02, 2013 at 12:54 pm

        They would be a nice surprise on the mirror!

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    4. Jeanette Nyberg says

      October 02, 2013 at 9:09 am

      Woah. I think we were doing an almost identical project when you were doing this one. Only we used colored paper and that nasty, murderous contact paper. I guess we'll be using dish soap from now on.

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      • Erica MomandKiddo says

        October 02, 2013 at 12:54 pm

        Well, it's true that contact paper is convenient....

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    5. Natalie F says

      October 03, 2013 at 9:16 am

      I have to find some of this colorful cellophane of these days. So pretty!

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    6. katepickle says

      October 05, 2013 at 8:20 am

      just gorgeous! I love the colours!

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    7. Ness @ One Perfect Day says

      October 08, 2013 at 6:08 am

      So pretty and lots of fun. I'm featuring this post on my Tuesday Tots round up later today. Thanks for linking up.

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    8. iGameMom says

      October 09, 2013 at 12:39 am

      Looks like a fun project. Thanks for sharing at Mom's Library. I am featuring it on iGameMom http://igamemom.com/2013/10/09/7-easy-art-projects-kids-can-do/

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    9. Anna@The Measured Mom says

      October 11, 2013 at 12:37 pm

      Love your window art!

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      • Erica MomandKiddo says

        October 14, 2013 at 7:07 am

        Thanks, Anna.

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