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Stained Glass Planet Earth {Earth Day Craft}

April 18, 2012

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Celebrate Earth Day with this fun Stained Glass Earth craft!

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There are so many ways to celebrate Earth Day and I love teaching Reece and Bryce about our wonderful planet. I think this Earth Day craft is a great way to get the kids involved in creating their own Planet Earth and if the continents are a little irregularly shaped – no big deal! You know how I love to make stained glass projects (for more projects go here and here.)  All you need is green and blue tissue paper, wax paper, and glue for this project. You can make these any size you like!

Start having the kids tear the tissue paper into small pieces – the smaller the better! I recycled some tissue paper that had been used in a gift bag (you know you should save that stuff!). I gave them two shades of green and blue to work with.

Tear off a piece of wax paper that is double the width that your project will be. Spread glue on one half of the waxed paper. You don’t need a lot of glue – just spread it nice and thin.

I showed the boys an image of Earth so they could get an idea of what it looked like from space. Now obviously I didn’t expect a perfect replica but with some guidance I think it turned out great.

Spread glue on the other half of the wax paper and fold over the top of the tissue paper. Smooth out the surface and allow to dry.

Using a bowl or plate (whatever you have really) cut out a circle from a piece of paper that will be used as Earth’s border. Using a slightly smaller circle, cut out the inside leaving yourself with a thin circle.

Apply a thin line of glue to the circle and glue it on to  your Stained Glass Earth.

Trim up the edges so it looks nice and neat (well, mostly nice and neat!)

You can punch a hole in it to hang it up or just tape it to a window or door. Let the light shine in and it looks so pretty!

More stained glass projects and Earth Day fun:

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20 Fun Earth Facts for Earth Day

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Stained Glass Rainbows

Stained-Glass-Cross-Craft

Stained Glass Cross

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Earth Day Activities for the Family

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By Trish - Mom On Timeout April 18, 2012 Crafts, Earth Day Crafts, Kids

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  1. Me Con says

    April 28, 2021 at 4:12 AM

    What some absolutely wonderful ideas for kids to do for Earth Day. You are never too early to learn some ways you can look after the world around us.

    Reply
  2. Gloria @ Simply Gloria says

    April 22, 2013 at 6:28 PM

    Trish, wanted to come over and say congrats on having your project featured on Tori Spellings site!

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    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      April 23, 2013 at 9:48 PM

      Thank you so much Gloria! That was a nice surprise!

      Reply
  3. Tonia@thegunnysack says

    April 18, 2013 at 8:31 PM

    What a fun idea for kids! I Pinned it to my Earth Day board!

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    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      April 19, 2013 at 12:00 PM

      Thanks Tonia!

      Reply
  4. Carrie says

    April 27, 2012 at 7:24 AM

    Thanks for linking up, and… you’ve been featured!

    http://makinglemonadeblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/refresh-your-nest-30.html

    Reply
  5. Aimee @ Classified: Mom says

    April 24, 2012 at 4:52 PM

    What a fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing on The Sunday Showcase!

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  6. Mama Jodi says

    April 24, 2012 at 2:31 PM

    Hey there! I made up a craft today for our character development series that was inspired by your craft. It’s totally different, but your creativity inspired mine, so I made sure to link back so that my readers could be exposed to all you have to offer here. It will be up on my blog tomorrow. Thanks! Jodi @ http://www.meaningfulmama.com

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  7. melissa says

    April 22, 2012 at 11:25 AM

    Thanks for the idea. I linked your blog through mine! Our project turned out great!

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  8. Mama Jodi says

    April 21, 2012 at 11:27 PM

    This turned out so good. Great work.

    Reply
  9. JDaniel4's Mom says

    April 21, 2012 at 4:54 PM

    This is so pretty! What a wonderful project! I pinned it.

    Reply
  10. Kerstie says

    April 21, 2012 at 8:38 AM

    Very cool Earth Day kid craft. My boys would love this.

    Reply
  11. ~ Tami says

    April 20, 2012 at 3:57 PM

    Love this, turned out so cute. I would love to invite you to link this up at our Friday Block Party over at Curb Alert!
    http://tamicurbalert.blogspot.com/2012/04/friday-block-party-2.html
    Thanks, Tami @ Curb Alert!

    Reply
  12. Melanie @ bear rabbit bear says

    April 20, 2012 at 8:04 AM

    What a neat earth day project! So glad you linked to Things I’ve Done Thursday!

    Reply
  13. Balancing says

    April 19, 2012 at 7:57 AM

    very fun earth day project!

    Reply
  14. Artsy VaVa says

    April 18, 2012 at 6:49 PM

    Great Earth Day project!

    Reply
  15. Carrie says

    April 18, 2012 at 4:14 PM

    Oooh, I love it!! We are definitely going to give this a try.

    Reply

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