Suncatchers

Today (yes today), we made suncatchers. These do take some prep time, so be aware! It is a good idea to have contact paper, but I didn't, so this is the other way.

First, I cut out many pieces of tissue paper- just into small squares. Then I cut out the frame for the sun catcher. In our case, the boys did spiders and the girls did butterflies. Make sure you have 2 mirrored images of each. Then glue some saran wrap to each of the frames- two pieces per item- one front and one back.




Give those a bit of time to dry.

Then I gathered everything together, including a glue stick.

I put the glue onto the saran wrap, to make it easier for the kids- they were having a hard time spreading it. Then they added the tissue paper pieces.



After they filled the saran area with tissue paper, we stuck the frames together. The older kids did their own, while the younger had some help. We put white glue around the frame area, and then sandwiched them together.


After they dry, cut the access saran wrap (or contact paper), and hang in the window!
(ours weren't completely dry yet- so our saran is still on)