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    You are here: Home / Art and Crafts / Cellophane Craft for Kids: Colored Glasses

     

    Cellophane Craft for Kids: Colored Glasses

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    Need a quick distraction or craft for your toddler or preschooler? These diy colored "glasses" are nothing fancy, but lots of fun. They will give your kid a new, colorful perspective on the world! For more quick ideas visit my Indoor Activities for Kids list. 

    boy looking through diy colored tubes made with cellophane and cardboard

    Note: this post contains affiliate links that may earn commission.

    We love cellophane. We've used it for window art, to learn about color mixing and in art projects and the leftover sheets were perfect for this craft project. My son loves these colored "glasses" we made. Now, he wanders around the apartment exclaiming, "everything is purple!" or "everything is green!"

    Materials

    You likely have everything you already need for this project, except perhaps for the cellophane. It's not expensive, but if you don't want to buy it, watch for products that may come pre-wrapped in colorful cellophane, like flower bouquets or gift baskets.

    • Cardboard paper rolls
    • Cellophane
    • Rubber bands
    • Scissors

    MORE: Clever Ideas for Color Activities for Preschoolers

    Instructions

    The instructions are so simple! I bet you can figure it out just from the photo, but here they are, just in case.

    Step 1. Cut 2 squares of cellophane in different colors

    Step 2. Place cellophane at one end of the cardboard roll and secure with a rubber band. Repeat on second roll.

    Step 3. Have fun looking at the world with a new perspective!

    Your child may want to swap out the original colors for new ones. Since the cellophane is not permanently affixed to the cardboard roll, that's easy! Simply slip off the rubber band and put on a new color!

    More easy color projects:

    • Single color art exploration
    • Color bag "smushing"
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    Comments

    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
      • Nahily says

        November 23, 2021 at 5:37 pm

        My little sister loved it we even painted it.🤗

        Reply
        • Nahily says

          November 23, 2021 at 5:40 pm

          Now it is a total mess.😮

          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
    5. Eshal says

      November 23, 2021 at 5:43 pm

      This was so fun 🤩 but I had to wait till we finished some toilet paper rolls😠.😁🤗

      Reply

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