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!

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

tissue paper

Mod Podge

foam brush

optional: flowers

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.

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.  

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.

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

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

We hope your mom loves it!

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Throwback to a craft we made several years ago for our bathroom.  I wanted to make a craft with hand prints and couldn't think of one.  While talking to my sister, she told me of a cute bathroom she visited in a restaurant.  On the walls they had painted "Please Wash Your Hands" and the entire wall was covered with hand prints.  Light bulb moment, that would be super cute on a board with our kids hand prints.  I loved it so much, I made one for both bathrooms.

I just cut board to fit the spot I wanted to display the hand prints. 

 Painted the boards to match the bathroom. 

 I measured each child's hand to make sure the spot was big enough. 

 I used a Sizzix die cutting machine to cut out the words and mod podged them on.  You could even use vinyl lettering for this.  I just tried to make the saying match the number of kids or you could do all the family members.

  I painted the kids hand with a sponge brush, and carefully applied it to the board.  If you are worried the hand print will get messed up, you could always make a few on card stock and mod podge your favorite, or scan it into your computer and cut it out in vinyl.

I hot glued ribbon on the back to hang it.

Would make a great mother's, Father's, or grandparent's gift.

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