Window painting - washable stained glass

I love to paint.
Dimples not so much, but he loves to make mess.
I'd much rather sit calm and focused while doing a painting as a means of relaxation but that is not on the cards with Mr. Dimples.
His idea of painting is all (mainly splatting or hand printing) or nothing.

To satisfy his messy play urge and my love of painting, in the past I've intertwined the two into some pretty fun activities, we've done

Splat painting

Extreme outdoor painting

Bath painting

Glowing bath paints

This time it's window painting,

I made some washable window paint by mixing together paint (kids washable) & washing liquid.
I then put masking tape over the glass sliding door, on the outside of course, to create a tape resistant stain glass look.

Using green, blue, yellow and orange dimples sponged, splatted and painted the sections of glass with the window paint. Yes, his messy play urge was satisfied.  It was lots of fun, but don't worry it will all wash right off.
Once dry you peel the tape away and have your different coloured sections, it looks nice and bright in the morning with the sun shining in through it.

Our window painting was left on for 4 hot days and admired by visitors, then Dimples had lots of fun with a watering can, a sponge, cloth and a window washer getting it off. As soon as the water covered the paint it bubbled up and was so easy to simply wipe clean. The window actually looked cleaner then before!

Happy Adventures :)

Stained Glass Mothersday Book Marks

Dimples enjoyed making these cute stained glass Mothers day Bookmarks for his Nanna's.



What you will need
Materials: Crayon shavings, Cellophane, Laminate sheet, An Iron, Pipe cleaners or Ribbon and some beads.













I cut a piece of laminate paper into thin strips & put the materials out for Dimples then let him choose his colours and much much or how little he wanted to put in each one.








Using crayon shavings and cellophane for the Stain glass design Dimples sprinkled his materials into the open laminate paper and then closed it Ready for me to Iron







I then went over it with an Iron & a sheet of paper towelling making sure the sides of the laminate stuck closed and then heat melted the Crayon shavings.






Once then were stuck together and cooled Dimples punched a hole through the top and threaded a pipe cleaner on (i tied it off & twisted it tight) then he added some more colour with some foam beads.




 Voila. Easy Peasy Stained glass bookmarks.