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Kids Art Ideas: Stained Glass Effect Drawings

Stained glass drawings

Showing children new ways to use familiar materials is a great way to encourage continued creativity. This stained glass effect transforms the appearance of oil pastel or crayon on plain paper with a reveal stage that young children may just find a little bit magical.

Childhood 101 Kids Art Ideas - Stained glass effect drawings with oilBegin by drawing your image or design using a thick, black permanent marker on plain paper.

Childhood 101 Kids Art Ideas - Stained glass effect drawings with oilAdd bright blocks of colour to your image or design using either oil pastels or wax crayons.

Childhood 101 Kids Art Ideas - Stained glass effect drawings with oilPlace your drawing face down on a piece of scrap paper. Dab a piece of cotton wool or paper towel into a little cooking oil and then rub the oil over the entire paper.

Childhood 101 Kids Art Ideas - Stained glass effect drawings with oilThe oil allows more light to shine through the paper, creating a stained glass effect and making these artworks look especially lovely when hanging on a sunny window. Though you might wish to hang your drawings in a warm spot to allow the oil to dry first.

Childhood 101 Kids Art Ideas - Stained glass effect drawings with oil

Time_to_Create by Christie BurnettDid you know that my book, Time to Create: Hands-On Explorations in Process Art for Young Children, is available via Amazon, Fishpond, The Book Depository and Barnes & Noble.

Time to Create offers easy, accessible art activity ideas for families and educators to explore with their young children. Each activity encourages discovery through a variety of art media, including drawing, painting, printmaking, digital photography, and textiles, and places an emphasis on process over product.

It’s packed with everyday opportunities for children to create and discover, to plan and test ideas, to wonder, and to explore the world around them, and with ideas for fostering creativity, advice for choosing the right art project, and suggestions for minimising the mess, Time to Create will become a favourite handbook for both teachers and parents.

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Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.

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  1. Penny says

    March 21, 2013 at 3:00 AM

    Lovely! They turned out perfect. I can imagine them decorated around our house (until I have to rip them down when we move). They'll make a nice little activity for this Sunday I think!

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  1. Six for Saturday - picklebums.com says:
    March 23, 2013 at 9:14 AM
    [...] time! But here’s an even less messy idea for see-through-ey art from Childhood101 – Stained Glass Effect Drawings And one more see-through-ey (it is so too a word) art idea from Danya Banya – Six types of [...]
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