![]() ![]() ![]() I think this is my favourite piece of art that they have created to date. ![]() Later on they came back to it again and I had to get a taller bench out for them to reach the top. The next morning they were back up at the window sticking and cutting, still in their PJs! I had to get the step stool out for them to reach the top. There wasn't enough time to cover the whole window before bedtime, but this is how far they got. I think they were excited to see it grow as a piece of art, and really wanted to cover the whole window. My five year old wanted to add details to the shapes with black sharpie, so at this point the tasks kind of split up with me and her cutting, her drawing on them and my four year old doing most of the sticking. At this point I started cutting more shapes for them like hearts and flowers and leaves. We made pretty good headway with it, and when our three little friends went home, my two wanted to continue. I helped them find gaps and paste down little rogue edges that were sticking up. That's how we started off with all three window panels having art on, but then they gradually moved the pieces on the side panes over to the middle one. Even once the glue had dried it was pretty easy for them to peel a lone one off to restick it. The kids didn't just stick the bits of tissue paper up, they peeled them off and rearranged them and moved them about. These glue pens are just water soluble glue, so I will be able to wash it all off the window with water when I need to, although I think it's so gorgeous that it'll be staying up as long as possible! I guess the project was kind of like a kid's version of decoupage really. I got out the pack of coloured tissue paper we had and the girls helped me to rip up bits and then they started to glue them onto the window with the glue pens. They just have clear school glue kind of glue in them, and a fabric tip that the glue squeezes out through like a pad for dabbing glue on. We used to use them as kids in the UK, but I'd not seen them out in the US before now. They ranged in age from two to five years old, so I couldn't do anything too structured, and I wanted something that everyone could contribute to regardless of abillity, like with the autumn leaf rubbing banner.Ī while back the pharmacy near us changed from a Longs to a CVS and they had a clearance sale during the transition where I picked up these neat glue pens for 25c each. I had five little girlies together on Wednesday, and wanted something that they could work on as a team. I know there are a bazillion different craft projects for kids around the web that make use of light streaming through coloured tissue paper for a stained glass effect, but they are mostly on a small scale. ![]()
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