DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Stained Glass Heart Craft

Contributed by Leanne Guenther

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.

Tear tissue paper into 1 inch squares (ish).
Take a square piece of waxed paper.
Glue the tissue paper to the waxed paper in a random fashion.
Let dry.
Take a piece of construction paper and fold in half.
Crease well.
Fold 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).
Cut out a half heart shape. You can do this freehand or draw it on for small children to cut out.
Cut the waxed/tissue paper creation so it fits inside.
Open up the construction paper.
Use a glue stick to trace around the heart shape on one side of the construction paper.
Glue the waxed paper down.
Trace 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.