Easy Stained Glass Windows

We made stained glass windows today with construction paper, colorful tissue paper, and clear contact paper.  No mess, no fuss.  Without glue we saved a lot of headache and clean up was easy too!! 

We made our initials, hearts, flowers and whatever else came to mind.

Let the sunshine in!

How To:  1. We folded a piece of construction paper in half.  Cut out your shape, like a circle or heart.  Then cut it out again inside your circle or doggie bone, so that you have an outlined shape.  See photos above.  2.We cut strips of black to insert into the design (if wanted) like in the leaf and 3 petal flower.

3.  Now start ripping or cutting the different colors of tissue paper until you have a nice pile to pick from.  4. Measure a piece of contact paper to fit your design, peel off the paper and place on the table sticky side up, carefully lay the shape you have created on the contact paper starting at one end until it lays flat.  Cut away all of the unwanted contact paper.  It should only have the sticky side on the inside of your shape.  5.Now start randomly placing bits and pieces of the tissue paper on the sticky surface, trying not to get the same color right next to itself.  See examples.

When you are finished you can tape them in the windows of your bedroom, or anywhere.