Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Window Art
Materials:
Glue (Best to use a
clear glue... elmers clear, modge podge, rubber cement)
Assorted gems/tiles
etc
Picture frames
(ours were purchased at Dollar Tree)
Foam Brush
The
Invitation
I put the light box
out, but this does NOT have to be done with light. My daughter just chose to do
it this way.
Assorted gems.
These were all
purchased at the dollar store except the two cups on the left and right hand
side. Those are translucent tiles that were purchased HERE The
tray was also purchased from Dollar Tree.
Assorted picture
frames... purchased at Dollar Tree
Take the backing
off the picture frame and just leave the glass.
Dumping the glue.
Spreading it
out.
Placing on
gems
We placed the gems on so you can
see the front of the frame. However, if you want your objects behind or in front
of the glass is up to you. For the gems we did them in FRONT of the glass. We
did this for two reasons. 1. I wanted the girls to be able to feel/touch their
creations. 2. The dollar store frames are not the thickest/best quality in the
world. A few of the gems were bigger than the actual thickness of the frame. I
wanted the hanging to be flat up against a
window/wall.
A few pictures down, you will
see some leaves we did. Those are BEHIND the glass.
Also, if you are going to hang them on the wall you can just leave the backing on if you don't want a see-trough effect.
Also, if you are going to hang them on the wall you can just leave the backing on if you don't want a see-trough effect.
Finished.
My daughter used a
TON of glue. You do NOT need to use this much. The thinner the application the
better the translucent result. Also, these were originally done with white
elmers glue. A clear glue will give you the best result.
By the end of the
day we ended up doing SIX of these! My daughter loved it. :-)
We used translucent
tiles/gems etc because I plan on hanging these up in the window. You do not
have to use something translucent. You can also just do a plain mosaic to hang
on the wall (keep the backing on). Put your own creativity into it and work in
your child's interests. You can even just paint on the glass if you really
want to (see my youngest's painting below)! So many different options for this.
It also makes it very easy to display the artwork! :-)
She later on asked
to use leaves. We didn't have any dried leaves handy so we ended up pulling
these off one of the plants in the play room. If you use decoupage glue or
modge podge it will work great with dried, pressed leaves. Not only will it
preserve your leaves, but it would create a wonderful window hanging. When the
leaves start changing color around here we definitely plan on doing this again!
AK's son did this
one. This was completely child guided. HE CHOSE to use the halloween gems.
:-) Halloween gems were purchased at Michael's Craft Store.
My 19M old daughter
would rather paint... so we painted. This is acrylic paint.
I superglued
suction cups onto the back of the frame to hang them on the window.
This was a total experiment for us. Still learning! Next
time we will use a clear glue. These were done with white elmer's glue... so you
can see the results we got. We have created quite a few more since this post.
I will post more pictures with our new results. :-)
My daughter
couldn't wait to hang them up!
Here some we have
been working on the past week or so. :-)
Clear Elmer's glue
on left.... regular Elmer's glue on right. Big difference!
Keep in mind the
heavier the object you put on/the bigger the frame... the heavier the picture is
going to be. You may have to adjust your hanging method.
RL
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Donna :) :)
I'm so excited to try this with my toddler! Thanks for the idea!
@Crystal We did them so you can see the front of the frame. However, if you want your objects behind or in front of the glass is up to you. For the gems we did them in FRONT of the glass. We did this for two reasons. 1. I wanted the girls to be able to feel/touch their creations. 2. The dollar store frames are not the thickest/best quality in the world. A few of the gems were bigger than the actual thickness of the frame. I wanted the hanging to be flat up against a window/wall.
The leaves we did so they would be BEHIND the glass. Hope that made sense!
Also, if you are going to hang them on the wall you can just leave the backing on if you don't want a see-trough effect.
One of our readers suggested using a hot glue gun or gorilla glue, etc. to secure the glass to the frame before you start so it doesn't leak. I thought that was a good idea. :-)
RL
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