Showing posts with label Art Project for kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art Project for kids. Show all posts

Monday, April 18, 2016

Faux Stained Glass Vase

This faux stained glass tissue paper vase is super simple to make.

It would make a wonderful Mother's Day or Grandparent's Day gift.
You could even fill it with flowers and give it as a teacher appreciation gift.

A fun art project for any age!

Faux Stained Glass

Faux Stained Glass

If your significant other ever gives you flowers (if their a keeper they do), 
then you have a ton of these plain vases lying around. 
If not your local thrift store or dollar store should have plenty.

You'll need (Amazon Links) :
a vase
optional: flowers

Faux Stained Glass

Choose some fun colors of tissue paper.
You an use patterned tissue paper, but make sure you place a plain one in between


Cut your tissue paper in 1 inch strips.
*A paper trimmer will help speed this step up.


Next, cut those strips into squares.


Grab your Mod Podge.
I like to use the glossy kind to give it the shine of glass.


I like to apply the Mod Podge with a foam brush.

You can either cover your whole vase and work quickly,
or apply Mod Podge to sections as you go.

Tissue paper vase

Apply the squares one at a time slightly overlapping.  
Mix up you colors, so you aren't repeating the same color next to each other.  

Tissue paper vase

Once your entire vase is covered, allow to dry.
After it is completely dry, add a layer of Mod Podge over entire area covered in tissue paper.

Tissue paper vase

Tissue paper vase

There you have it, from plain boring glass to a beautiful faux stained glass finish.

Tissue paper vase

Since we didn't Mod Podge the inside of the vase, it is still safe for flowers.

Tissue paper vase

We hope your mom loves it!

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Alcohol Sharpie Tiles

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Such a fun, easy and inexpensive art project.  We have seen these tiles all over the internet, then a friend taught us how to make them.

You will need:
A cheap (approx. $.30) smooth white bathroom tile (found in your local hardware store)
Permanent markers (we used Sharpie)
Rubbing alcohol (the higher the percentage the better)
A dropper
Clear spray paint or sealant
A table cloth to prevent staining


Sharpie tie dye

Simply draw a design on your tile.
(this design will get ruined, make sure little kids understand that)

Sharpie tie dye

Once you have your design, use the dropper to drop drops of rubbing alcohol onto your design.


Sharpie tie dye

A few drops here or there will look like drops.
However, if you put more drops, the rubbing alchohol with make the permanent marker bleed.
This will either give a ti dyed effect or a crackle effect.


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Be careful not to use too much.  
This is one of those projects that you must find the balance of not enough,
 and too much rubbing alcohol.

The first picture above is too much, whereas the last picture above is perfect.


Sharpie tie dye

This is a fun project, you never know what the rubbing alcohol will do.

Sharpie tie dye

After it dries completely, you can leave it as it is or you can write a fun saying or draw a picture over the design.  We recommend using a black marker for this.

The final step, after it is completely dry and you've added any extra drawing or wording, you will need to spray the tile with a clear spray paint or sealant.

Buy extras, it's addictive and you'll want to do more than one!

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