This craft activity might seem obvious to some, to others they'll think "I remember doing this as a child!" and it may be complete nonsense to the rest of you. Either way, it's such a lovely and simple activity that I wanted to share it.
Remember as a child when you did those Christmas cards or firework pictures involving cut-outs in black sugar paper and ripped tissue paper? Basically it's that! I saw it late last night on Mini-Eco and she explained it so beautifully that I found myself cutting out a butterfly on navy card (no black!) at half past midnight! (She's even got a template to use)
You'll need:
- coloured tissue paper
- black card with shapes cut out
- glue
I am not going to explain any further because it's so simple it's unbelievable! Just make sure you leave it to dry completely before trimming around the edges.
We love it, and it looks so effective with the sun shining through that I'm going to do a bumblee and a dragonfly too.
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I've never made these before! But you know what I'll be doing next week?! They are gorgeous!
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They're such fun, I'm trying to work out what our next one is going to be!
Thought you might like to see the Christmas version?
http://www.theboyandme.co.uk/2012/12/11/christmas-tree-stained-glass-window/
Very cute, my girls would love to try this!
Hope they have fun!
I love this! We'll do these too I think. Thanks for posting it.
My pleasure, they are a quickish activity with minimal effort.
This looks fantastic and as you say is so simple! My little boy is not old enough to make these yet but I love reading things and getting inspiration so I am ready with ideas when he is!
It's such a simple thing to do, The Boy is three next month but I reckon he could have done it well over six months ago.
Very pretty. We did similar for valentines with different shades of pink in love hearts x
That would be lovely, I bet it looked effective. I can't wait to do it at Christmas time with a Christmas tree cut out and baubles.
Thought you might like to see the Christmas version (with a template added)?
http://www.theboyandme.co.uk/2012/12/11/christmas-tree-stained-glass-window/
Wow mini stained glass,window really then! Fab must remember this idea. So simple too!
We made a robot today…..I may write it up in a bit…..still deliberating! X
Such fun, try it with B and I bet he loves it.
That's so pretty, and looks a lot of fun. Going to have to attempt it with the niece!
Hope she enjoys it.
coolest version I have ever seen
Love it!! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, we're going to try a bumblebee and a dragonfly next.
This is gorgeous. I love it. x
Thanks!
This is gorgeous – I am sure Emilie would love to make one of these.
It's absolutely the easiest thing to do, and so much fun. I wonder if she's already done something similar in school.
It looks fab. I just wish I had tissue paper. Better go on the hunt for something to use.
You did good missus, well done!
I've got a challenge for you (with a template added):
http://www.theboyandme.co.uk/2012/12/11/christmas-tree-stained-glass-window/
This is gorgeous, perfect for this time of year.
Many thanks, I've got a Christmas version here:
http://www.theboyandme.co.uk/2012/12/11/christmas-tree-stained-glass-window/