Laminate your own ‘stained glass’ pictures and let the sun shine in.
Little and big kids will enjoy making their own window decorations with a laminator and coloured acetate or cellophane.
It’s so simple, all you need is:
Laminator
Laminator pouches
Coloured acetate or cellophane
Scissors
Paper punches
What to do:
There are no limits to what patterns and pictures you can create!
Cut, paper punch or tear shapes out of acetate or cellophane.
Open up the laminator pouch and lay down your design then close like a sandwich.
Feed the pouch into a pre-heated laminator.
Ta da! Stained glass window pane.
Tips:
I found it much easier to paper punch the cellophane sheets sandwiched between two sheets of normal white paper. Otherwise the paper punch blades rip and tear the cellophane. I didn’t try it with acetate, which is a little thicker, so do a test cut first.
It may help to feed the laminator pouch through the laminator with a sheet of normal white paper underneath – this will stop the pouch buckling.
Laminator, laminator pouches and coloured cellophane sheets.
Open up the pouch, lay your design down, close like a sandwich then feed through a pre-heated laminator (place a piece of normal white paper underneath the pouch before feeding it in, it’ll help it go through more smoothly).
Laminated Stained Glass Window
Torn and cut cellophane makes lovely stripy designs.
If using cellophane, sandwich between two pieces of normal white paper before paper punching, this will cut through the cellophane smoothly.
Use the paper punch offcuts to make interesting shapes and designs too.
Laminator, laminator pouches and coloured cellophane sheets.
Open up the pouch, lay your design down, close like a sandwich then feed through a pre-heated laminator (place a piece of normal white paper underneath the pouch before feeding it in, it’ll help it go through more smoothly).
Laminated Stained Glass Window
Torn and cut cellophane makes lovely stripy designs.
If using cellophane, sandwich between two pieces of normal white paper before paper punching, this will cut through the cellophane smoothly.
Use the paper punch offcuts to make interesting shapes and designs too.
