Monday, January 20, 2014

Stained Glass Art with Kids

by Jenny

~LOVE Through Art~
Window Cling Stained Glass Art
 
 
 
We started a Fruit of the Spirit~A Homeschool Study and we spent quite a bit of time on LOVE. Because we knew we needed it. And because Jesus did.
 
'Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself."'
 
If you are following our study so far, here's my original post Fruit of the Spirit~A Homeschool Study, then We Made a Giant Tree to display all of our fruit verses. We started with LOVE ( All Ya Need is Love... ) and our art for this 'fruit' was Window Clings from stained glass paint.
 
These window clings are super easy to make. All you need are colors of your choice of stain glass paint, liquid leading and page protectors. The stain glass materials should all be located together in a craft store. This stuff looks a lot like puff paint. You'll want to start with the liquid leading and trace the shape you want right onto the page protector. Then let it dry completely. We let ours dry overnight.
After they're dry, fill in with the paint colors making sure to cover the entire surface and use the tip to pop any air bubbles. Again, you'll want to let these dry completely. At this point we peeled them off the page protectors and slapped 'em right on the window. Buuut...if you want to move yours around you may want to cut the page protector around your shape and use tape to secure it to the window. They're not super moveable- they might be if they are super thick but the thinner they are the easier they rip. That's it. Super simple. Have fun making tons of decorations! You could make some for each holiday, for school, or just for fun!

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