‘Stained Glass’ Easter Window Decor
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What you need:
- Thin white cardboard (A4 paper is also fine, just not as sturdy)
- Scissors
- A scalpel
- Colourful cellophane sheets
- Glue
- Also required: a cutting mat or chopping board
Activity:
Fold the cardboard over and cut out an Easter egg shape so you have two eggs exactly the same that are joined by a thin spine.
Keeping the egg shapes folded, use the scalpel to create various shapes that will be ‘coloured’ by the cellophane. If the scalpel doesn’t cut through both sheets entirely, keep them together and use the first one as a stencil to cut through the second one. This part of the Easter craft needs adult supervision.
Cut the cellophane into various shapes and sizes — strips, squares, circles, etc.
Separate the two cardboard eggs by opening them out like you would a book and using the scissors to cut the joining spine (you may need to round the edges where the joined spine was so to get a proper egg shape). Glue one side of one of the egg shapes.
Stick on the colourful cellophane however you wish over the egg shape. Don’t worry if the cellophane goes beyond the shape of the egg as you can fix that later.
Now glue the other cardboard egg shape to the cellophaned egg shape. Press both sheets together and smooth over with your hand.
Trim around the outside of the stained glass egg, cutting off any excess cellophane. Hang with Blu-Tack or punch a hole in the top and hang from a curtain rod in front of a window with string or fishing line.
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