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Cellophane Craft: Colored Glasses

March 23, 2012

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Need a quick distraction or craft for your toddler or preschooler? It’s nothing fancy, but lots of fun. You can easily give your kid a new perspective on the world by fashioning colored viewers. For more quick ideas visit my Indoor Activities for Kids list. 

Toddler and preschool activity :: make colored glasses out of cellophane
We love cellophane. We’ve used it for window art, to learn about color mixing and in art projects. My son loves these colored “glasses” craft we made. He wanders around the apartment telling me how “everything is purple!” or “everything is green!”

What you need:

  • Cardboard paper rolls
  • Cellophane
  • Rubber bands

Easiest craft instructions in the world:

Cut squares of cellophane, affix to roll with rubber band.

Have fun looking at the world with a new perspective!

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by: Erica posted in: Art and Crafts, Toddler 7 Comments

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  1. Kelly at Little Wonders' Days says

    March 23, 2012 at 11:19 am

    My kids would love these colored lenses. I'm off to check out your list of other ideas!

    Reply
  2. MaryAnne says

    March 26, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    I love this idea! Next time I have colored cellophane…

    Your list of ideas is incredible!!!

    Reply
  3. oneperfectdayblog says

    March 29, 2012 at 11:27 am

    Love this! We have cellophane lying around, (we share your obession I guess)and I'll be pulling this idea out next time we're stuck indoors on a rainy day! Thanks for linking up to the Weekly Kid's Co-op. Each Friday, I feature my favourites from the week's link up. I would love to feature this post. Would you be happy for me to do that and use the above image on my post? I would link back to this post and your homepage. I hope you will consider it!

    Reply
    • Mom and Kiddo says

      March 30, 2012 at 9:29 am

      I would love it if you featured this post. Thanks!

      Reply
    • Ness says

      March 30, 2012 at 11:45 am

      Yay! Thank you. The post is up now. :))

      Reply
  4. Jessika S says

    May 15, 2018 at 1:54 am

    Best place to get cellophane for cheap?

    Reply
    • Erica says

      May 17, 2018 at 6:45 am

      I buy mine at Amazon. There is a link in the post.

      Reply

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