How to Make Children's Suncatchers
A suncatcher craft sheds light and color to lift your spirits on cold, dark dismal days of winter, or celebrates the return of sunny summer days. Making easy children's suncatcher crafts requires few materials and lets the children express their creativity, as no two suncatchers are exactly alike. The shimmer and shine of a colorful suncatcher will bring smiles to the faces of your visitors.
Things You'll Need
- White glue
- Plastic lid or other small mold
- Colored tissue paper
- Paint and paintbrush
- Awl
- Ribbon
- Scissors
- Paper plate
- Construction paper
- Clear self-adhesive paper
- Waxed paper
Instructions
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Pour a thick layer of white glue onto a plastic lid and let it dry completely. This may take a few days, depending on the climate in your area.
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Paint the dried glue with designs or cut out shapes from tissue paper and glue them to the dried disk. Make recognizable objects or creatures or simply a colorful mosaic. Let the design dry. Pop the disk out of the mold.
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Punch a hole with an awl in the top of the disk. Tie a ribbon through the hole to hang the suncatcher in a sunny place.
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Tips & Warnings
Another suncatcher craft option is to cut a window out of a paper plate or a sheet of construction paper. Cover one side of the window with clear self-adhesive paper and fill the opening with pieces of colored tissue paper on the sticky side. Seal it with another sheet of clear self-adhesive paper.
Alternately, use glue to seal the tissue paper between two sheets of waxed paper. Let it dry, and cut flowers, butterflies, crosses, stars or other shapes out of the colorful sheet.
