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Glass Stained Christmas Window Ornaments Kids Craft

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November 5, 2020

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This Glass Stained Window Ornaments craft for kids is perfect for adding a special touch this holiday season in your home. 

Glass Stained Christmas Window Ornaments Kids Craft

Glass Stained Christmas Window Ornaments Kids Craft

This is an easy kids craft that can be done with your toddler, preschoolers, or kids of any age.

Plus, it makes them feel special when they see their artwork hung in our home.

This year to decorate our windows and enjoy some one on one time we made these window ornaments.

I love how not only are we spending time together, but it’s a great way for kids to practice creativity and fine-motor skills.

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Why Make Your Own Christmas Decorations

One of the best parts of the holidays is crafting and baking with my girls. It’s a special time we spend together bonding, creating, and making memories.

As our kids get older they will want to hang out with their friends. Now that they are young I want to cherish every second I still have with them.

Plus, what child do you know does not love hanging and showing off their artwork?

Glass Stained Christmas Window Ornaments Kids Craft

Materials Needed For Window Ornaments

  • Contact paper (cut into squares) You need two squares for each ornament.
  • Tissue paper (any color or Christmas print)
  • Black or gray construction paper
  • Gold or silver pipe cleaners/ribbon
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors
  • Tape


Christmas Kids Crafts To Make

How To Make Christmas Window Ornaments With Kids

One of the best things about Christmas time is making fun crafts with the kids. When my girls were young we created this fun craft.

I’ve since updated a few of the photos to make sure that you can see how fun it is to create these Christmas ornaments with different tissue paper and prints.

Plus, make sure to check out the step by step video below!

  • Cut your tissue paper into strips and then cut into small squares. 
  • Your contact paper should be cut into large squares. You will need two squares for one ornament.
  • In the video below I showed you how to create the ornaments if you’re doing it with older children. For younger kids, you want to draw a circle as a guideline for your child.

Tips: Be creative. We decided on three different size ornaments for our windows.

Glass Stained Window Ornaments Kids Craft for Toddlers

  • Have your child stick the square pieces of tissue paper inside the drawn circle of their contact paper. My youngest likes mixing colors, so she wanted to do a different shade of the same color on her ornaments.

Tips: If using print tissue paper as I shared in the video make sure that the print side is facing the same way. This way when it’s on the window the print shows through the glass.


Glass Stained Christmas Window Ornaments

  • Lay the second square of contact paper over the tissue paper, sticky side down. You’re basically laminating the tissue paper together.
  • Cut around your marked circles to trace out your ornaments.
  • Using black or gray construction paper cut out small squares or rectangles for the top of the ornament.
  • Cut out small pieces of gold pipe cleaners or ribbon. You need enough to create an ornament loop.
  • Use tape to attach the pipe cleaner to your black square of construction paper.
  • Then tape the black square on your ornament.
  • Tape to sliding glass doors and windows around your home or classroom.

Now you have a faux glass stained window Christmas ornament for all to see!

Faux Glass Stained Christmas Window Ornaments Kids Can Make

Allow your child to help you attach your beautiful Stained Glass Window Ornaments for a lovely Christmas Holiday decoration.

Create different shapes and sizes! Be creative with the type of tissue paper and print you use. The possibilities are endless.

Glass Stained Window Ornaments Kids Craft Decorations

Glass Stained Christmas Window Ornaments Kids Craft

Glass Stained Christmas Window Ornaments Kids Craft

Yield: As many as you would like
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Estimated Cost: $8

Create these Faux Christmas Glass Stained Ornaments Kids Will Love Crafting

Materials

  • Contact paper (cut into squares) You need two squares for each ornament.
  • Tissue paper (any color or Christmas print)
  • Black or gray construction paper
  • Gold or silver pipe cleaners/ribbon
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors
  • Tape

Tools

  • Scissors
  • Tape

Instructions

    1. Cut your tissue paper into strips and then cut into small squares.
    2. Your contact paper should be cut into large squares. You will need two squares for one ornament.
    3. In the video below I showed you how to create the ornaments if you’re doing it with older children. For younger kids, you want to draw a circle as a guideline for your child.
    4. Have your child stick the square pieces of tissue paper inside the drawn circle of their contact paper. My youngest likes mixing colors, so she wanted to do a different shade of the same color on her ornaments.
    5. Lay the second square of contact paper over the tissue paper, sticky side down. You’re basically laminating the tissue paper together.
    6. Cut around your marked circles to trace out your ornaments.
    7. Using black or gray construction paper cut out small squares or rectangles for the top of the ornament.
    8. Cut out small pieces of gold pipe cleaners or ribbon. You need enough to create an ornament loop.
    9. Use tape to attach the pipe cleaner to your black square of construction paper.
    10. Then tape the black square on your ornament.
    11. Tape to sliding glass doors and windows around your home or classroom.

Notes

Pick a special spot to hang your ornaments. Make sure it's on a window or door and watch the light come through to create a faux stained glass window ornament.

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Faux Glass Stained Craft Window

Faux Stained Glass Window Ornaments

I hope you enjoy these Christmas crafts the kids will love to make. It doesn’t take much time and it’s the perfect budget-friendly craft.

You don’t need expensive materials to create a fun faux craft with your kids during the holiday season. All it takes is a little bit of imagination and a whole lot of wanting to create something fun.

These faux stained glass window ornaments can easily be recreated with different types of crafts. The magic in this craft is using the contact paper to create the light coming through your paper.

Glass Stained Window Ornaments Kids Craft - simplytodaylife.com

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Victoria is a mom of two beautiful girls and wife to a supportive husband living in sunny Florida! She's on a mission to help moms create purposeful motherhood without the chaos. She loves to share simple family-friendly recipes, inspirational parenting tips, and ways to create habits for a peaceful home.

Comments

  1. Ashley says

    December 9, 2014 at 8:29 pm

    Very pretty!

    Reply
    • abccreativelearning says

      December 10, 2014 at 7:14 am

      Thank you Ashley!

      Reply
  2. The Little Tourist says

    November 20, 2015 at 9:56 am

    This looks like such a fun craft!

    Reply
    • abccreativelearning says

      November 30, 2015 at 10:00 am

      Thanks so much!

      Reply
  3. kelly says

    November 22, 2015 at 6:13 pm

    I’m a mom who volunteers at a school and does crafts with kids at recess and love doing crafts with my kids and kids i watch.

    Reply
    • abccreativelearning says

      November 30, 2015 at 10:00 am

      That’s so much fun Kelly! Have a wonderful week!

      Reply
  4. Amy says

    December 14, 2015 at 8:36 am

    We will be making these today!!! Thank you!!!

    Reply
  5. Pamela Mantich says

    December 18, 2016 at 2:38 pm

    My pretoddler class tried this. The only change I made was to make the ornaments in the shape of bells (one larger than the other) then glued them together. They are beautiful!!!

    Reply
    • abccreativelearning says

      December 22, 2016 at 4:00 pm

      Oh, I’m so glad! I bet they turned about wonderfully! Hope the kiddos had a great time making them! Merry Christmas!

      Reply
  6. Julie says

    December 13, 2017 at 7:04 pm

    I am going to try making these with my seniors in my memory care unit! I feel like this is simple and pretty that could be a very successful experience! Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
    • Victoria says

      December 18, 2017 at 1:54 pm

      Oh, what a fantastic idea! Thank you for stopping by!

      Reply
  7. audrea says

    November 21, 2018 at 6:23 am

    I love this idea…but I am confused about the contact paper! 1st…I assume I am using clear contact paper. In the initial step…do I remove the backing from the contact paper and have the child affix the tissue to it? Then overlay a second piece over the top of the tissue.

    Reply
    • Victoria says

      November 26, 2018 at 9:20 am

      Hi Audrea! Yes, you got it. You want to get clear contact paper to adhere the paper on so that when you add the second layer it’s see-through on both sides. Hope you have fun creating these!

      Reply
  8. bn100 says

    November 21, 2019 at 1:42 am

    cute holiday idea

    Reply
  9. Eason says

    November 21, 2020 at 3:42 am

    Great and simple idea! I think I can prepare with my kid for the upcoming Christmas holiday!

    Reply

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