DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Tissue Stained Glass Poppy Craft

Use this as a craft you can hang in your window or on the fridge.  We made ours a red and green poppy, but you could make white with a black center or any other colors you like -- I know in some places, a white poppy is used.

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.

We also have a wax paper and melted crayon version of this stained glass craft.

Materials:

• waxed paper,
• glue,
• tissue paper (reds or whites and greens or blacks)
• construction paper (we used black)
• scissors,
• tape

Instructions:

• Tear tissue paper into 1 inch squares (ish).
• Take a square piece of waxed paper.
• Glue the red tissue paper to the waxed paper in a random fashion.
• Let dry.
• Print out the template.
• Use a couple of small pieces of tape to temporarily tape the template onto a piece of construction paper.
• Cut out the inside of the poppy to make a hole in the paper (I cut a circle in the center to get Kaitlyn started and then let her cut out the rest of the shape.
• Glue or tape the waxed paper to the back of the construction paper so the colored tissue paper shows through the poppy shape.
• Add a couple of pieces of green tissue paper to the center of the poppy

Template      (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions