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Stained Glass Heart Craft

Use this as a craft you can hang in your window or make it as a card for a special friend.

Optional:  use clear contact paper instead of waxed paper.  This is a bit more expensive, but eliminates the need for glue so is not as messy.

Materials:

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waxed paper

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glue

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tissue paper (pinks, reds, whites)

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construction paper

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scissors

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glue stick
    

Directions:

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Tear tissue paper into 1 inch squares (ish)
  

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Take a square piece of waxed paper
  

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Glue the tissue paper to the waxed paper in a random fashion.
  

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Let dry

bulletTake a piece of construction paper and fold in half.
  
bulletCrease well

  

bulletFold in half again, but this time, don't crease it very much (the less you crease it the better, but young children may need it creased quite well)

bulletCut out a half heart shape.  You can do this freehand or draw it on for small children to cut out.
  
bulletCut the waxed/tissue paper creation so it fits inside.
  

bulletOpen up the construction paper.
  
bulletUse a glue stick to trace around the heart shape on one side of the construction paper 
  
bulletGlue the waxed paper down.
  
bulletTrace around the other heart (on the other side of the construction paper) and around the edges of the construction paper and fold down so the waxed paper is sandwiched.
 

 

 

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