The first time we did a “stained glass” craft, we made a heart for Valentine’s Day {Tissue Paper Stained Glass Heart}. For Easter that year, E made this Stained Glass Egg Suncatcher using the same technique with contact paper and tissue paper but on a slightly different frame.
(E was 2 years and 4 months old.)
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To make a Stained Glass Egg Suncatcher, you’ll need:
- Contact paper.
- Construction paper. {Other types of colored paper work, too.}
- Tissue paper.
- Sticky tape.
- Scissors.
For the Valentine’s heart, I cut a heart shape from the center of a square piece of paper. This time, for the Easter egg, I cut an egg shape from construction paper, then cut out the center about half an inch (or about 1 cm) from the edge. I ended up with a skinny egg shaped frame.
I cut a few more stripes from the same construction paper and arranged everything on top of some contact paper that I’d taped to the table. I’d actually saved the left-over pieces of tissue paper from the previous craft, so E was able to use those.
She dove right in.
Sometimes, tissue paper got stuck to her fingers,
and sometimes, her hands got stuck on the contact paper. And sometimes, she stuck her hands to the contact paper on purpose 🙂 Besides being a craft, it was also a fun sensory experience!
E wasn’t content just using the precut bits of tissue paper but wanted to cut her own.
She was very deliberate and careful about where she placed the bits of tissue paper.
She didn’t have a lot of patience that day, though, so I left it out for the next day.
The next day, she added one more piece of tissue paper, then told me that she was done 🙂
I stuck another piece of contact paper on top to seal the stained glass egg and cut slightly outside the egg frame for a better seal.
E wanted to hang her craft up herself and experimented with placement on the window.
I rolled up pieces of sticky tape for her, and she stuck them on the back of her egg but had trouble getting it to stay on the window. After examining the sticky tape carefully,
she decided to just stick it on the window
and then asked me to hang up her craft.
Do you have toddlers who love matching? I have a book of matching games for them!
In my book Match This! Matching Games for Toddlers, I share 30 different matching games that are perfect for toddlers with a limited number of matches (you can mix and match different sets for a greater challenge) and large cards that are easy to pick up and hold. I’ve included instructions for playing memory and matching games at all skill levels and how to extend the activity with other learning objectives for older kids.
Are you looking for more Easter activities? Here you go!
Full Body Easter Sensory Bin for Babies
Easter Kids Matching Game for Toddlers
Have you made a stained glass egg suncatcher or another stained glass craft? Tell me about it in the comments!
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