Stained Glass Art

Child Friendly Stained Glass Art
  Have old frames around? Let your children create one of a kind stained glass images to hang in your home or give as a gift. The aluminum foil backing reflects light through it as if it were a window.

St. Joseph and Jesus by Stanley
Mary and Infant Jesus by Mikayla

1. Make a line drawing, choose a coloring page, or pick from below and print. Any words must be a mirror image (flipped).
2. Put drawing under glass of a picture frame. Trace on top of glass with black permanent marker (above left) or leading paint (above right).
3. Color in with other permanent marker colors (above left) or with glass paints/markers (above right). Dry.
4. Turn over and put in frame. Put a piece of aluminum foil behind the picture. Close frame.

Toddler Friendly Suncatcher
 
1. Cut out a large piece of Clear Contact (tape-like) paper. Remove wax sheet and have sticky side up on table.
2. Cut or tear out squares of colored tissue paper. Place as you wish on the contact paper.

3a. Cut out images of anything from black construction paper, including a frame if you wish.  Add these black silhouettes on top. Some ideas later in this post.
  [or 3b. Wait until after step 4, then draw on the outside of the project with black permanent marker.]
4. Cover entire project with another sheet of contact paper, wrapping around edges to seal.

5. Cut if necessary, then …. Hang in your window!

OR Just color it on paper and hang it!

Mary and Jesus colored by Melissa

Coloring Sheets Perfect for this Craft:
LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2
 
LEVEL 3

LEVEL 4


Thank you to Illuminated Ink for your inspirational drawings, and to all other websites who have offered these wonderful images for coloring!

SILOUHETTES for my suncatchers

Featuring my friends, my family and me!

A: Using Natural Light = Put a piece of white paper on your window/patio door. Have someone stand outside when the light shines in and trace their shadow onto your paper. Or trace the shadows that appear on your walls.

The Shadow painting by Edmund Blair Leighton

B: Using light bulbs = Turn off the lights. Stand in front of a dry erase board and turn on a spot light / desk lamp to cast your shadow on the board. Pose and use props!!! Then Trace! Turn on the light to see your creation and color in!


C: Use computer software = Select the outline of yourself. Fill with area with black and the rest be white. Use the digital eraser to highlight areas of interest, such as a necklace or fabric edge. Add black to enhance your image or add other silhouettes to the picture.



D: Trace someone's shadow on the driveway, then make a whole scene around it from your imagination!