Hooray, it appears that spring may have finally sprung. At last we have some sunshine.
In celebration of this the boy and I decided to make some sun-catchers.
This came about from an amalgamation of ideas combining simple collage techniques inspired by A Mummy Too and some beautiful milk container sun-catchers made by My Little 3 and Me.
For this however we used shapes cut from those thin plastic sheets that you find separating slices of some cheese, ours was Bavarian smoked applewood slices from Aldi, but any clear plastic would do.
You will also need:
- Scissors
- Mod Podge glue or similar
- Glue spreader/paintbrush
- Scraps of coloured tissue paper
- Ribbon or string
- Sticky tape
First I cut the sheets into some simple shapes. We used this to practice some more shape recognition as we crafted.
Next W painted one side of a shape with Mod Podge and then stuck on scraps of coloured tissue paper until covered.
We actually did this over several sessions, a little bit at a time, until all shapes were covered. It kept us going for a week or so!
Don’t worry about any scruffy edges. Once dry these can be trimmed back with scissors.
Finally, we attached each shape to a length of ribbon using sticky tape and hung up in the window to catch some lovely sunshine!
For more ideas of simple crafts to do with your little ones why not check out my page and pinterest boards?
They really are beautiful, and I love the idea of using those otherwise useless bits of plastic from cheese! 🙂
I had hung on to them for ages thinking I MUST be able to find something to make with these LOL! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Thanks for linking to our craft. These are so pretty, I love how you’ve strung a few together.
Thanks Emma. Yours were so pretty I had to give it a go 🙂
Oh they are very pretty. Thanks for linking to the Sunday showcase. I’ve pinned to our board.
Thanks Rebecca x
Just catching up from last week and so chuffed I found this. What a lovely idea especially now we seem to have some sun.
Fingers crossed they will get some use 🙂
Those are really cool and bet he loved looking at the sun catcher at work later.
Visiting from the Pinterest pin it linky! 🙂
He did 🙂 Thanks for linking up to the pin it party. I have followed on pinterest 🙂
These are lovely, my daughter will have fun doing this later.
Visiting from the Pinterest linky – you can find me on pinterest @more4mums
Thanks Lynn. Will pop over and find you know. Thanks for taking part in the Pin It Party 🙂
What lovely sun catchers! 🙂 I like how you went with basic shapes as the outline. I found this through the Parenting Pin-It party . . . off to pin now (pinterest ID is grok78).
Yes, we used as a chance to practice a bit of shape recognition too. Thanks for popping by and am off to find your boards on pinterest now 🙂
These look great.
I have pinned
Thanks Karen 🙂
I love crafts that are easy, fun and inexpensive. This is perfect and I have everything on hand. Pinning for future use, thanks!
Hope your little ones enjoy it 🙂
Would wax paper work? I’m not sure what kind of clear paper to use :/
I think wax paper would work for a bit but may curl up at the edges after a while. I haven’t tried it though so not too sure.