Stained Glass Craft Project

2013 Student Samples

This is a semi-complicated craft that the kids love!  It can also be done around any holiday with holiday-themed templates.  It could be done with any grade level, but it is pretty complicated.

Materials

• Sharpies (Various colors, lots of black, at least the number of sharpies as you have kids unless you want to do this in stations)
• Plastic wrap (1 roll, any brand)
• Heavy duty aluminum foil (1 roll, any brand)
• Paper plates (just the basic cheap kind)
• Tape (any kind, really, it goes on the back.
• Stained glass or mandala templates printed on plain paper (see below)

Preparation

1. Cut aluminum foil and plastic wrap in square or rectangular sheets that are big enough to cover the paper plates.
2. Print mondala and/or stained glass templates on normal paper.

Steps

1. Crinkle up aluminum foil into a ball (not too tight because you'll need to flatten it out!)
2. Flatten out the aluminum foil.
3. Cover the bottom of the paper plate with aluminum foil and tape the corners on the other side.
4. Choose a stained glass template and wrap the plastic wrap tightly around the template.  Tape it on the back of the template.
5. Color the plastic wrap with colored sharpies, starting with the inner portions of the stained glass.
6. Outline the colored portions in black sharpie.
7. Remove the plastic from the template. (Template can be recycled)
8. Cover the aluminum foil plate with the plastic wrap and tape on the same side as the aluminum foil was taped.

Modeling Points

• Color in gentle, even strokes.
• Wait to outline until the very end so mistakes can be covered.
• Work from the center outward so the marker doesn't get on your hands or get smeared.
• Spread the plastic wrap gently with your fingers as you color to prevent wrinkles.

Step-by-step pictures to follow.