The two light green hands were glued first on top of the candle, with the fingers pointed out. The kindergarteners cut out their handprints and glued them to the bottom of the candle.įor the handprints, I gave very specific instructions to the class during our whole group time. I wanted to give the evergreens at the bottom of the candle a little depth and some pop, so each child’s hand was traced three times on dark green paper, and two times on traditional green construction paper. Students cut a large yellow flame and small orange flame that they would then attach to the top of the candle with a glue stick.įor the evergreen leaves, we used handprints! Earlier in the week, I had traced each child’s hand 5 times. Not this time! We used construction paper to add a flame and a evergreen leaves to the candle. Our window decorations are usually complete once the contact paper is trimmed from the edges. This project was particularly fun for me to experiment with in my kindergarten classroom because it involved mixed media. Each child then cut the excess plastic from their completed candles. Once the rectangle was completely filled with tissue paper, I added a second piece of clear contact paper to act as a seal and keep any stray pieces of tissue paper from falling away. My kindergarteners have completed similar projects several times already so they knew exactly what to do. They were given instructions to only add one square at a time and to try and fill the entire space. When it was time to begin, students returned to their desks and began to fill the rectangle frames with the tissue paper squares. Most of the boxes contained a mix of purple tissue paper squares, and a few boxes contained a mix of pink tissue paper squarers.
I also placed a baskets with 1″ tissue paper squares at each workstation. While my students were away from their desks, I placed a sheet of clear contact paper sticky side up on each child’s desk and gently set a black rectangular frame (which I had prepped and cut ahead of time) onto the contact paper. This window decoration started the same as all others. I receive a small commission each time someone makes a purchase through one of my links, which helps to support the blog.
#STAINED GLASS DESIGN CANDLES FREE#
I’m thrilled to share a tutorial and free template with you on the blog today so you can easily create this window craft with the little ones in your home or classroom. In celebration of the Advent season, my students created purple and pink “stained glass” candles to display in the classroom window. In my kindergarten classroom, we talk about Baby Jesus so much more than we share stories of Santa and his shelf-dwelling elves. I love slowing down with my students to talk about the birth of Jesus Christ and share the true meaning of Christmas. The season of Advent is probably my favorite time of year in the classroom.
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