Shell Suncatcher Tutorial
Use tissue paper and our free template to make this cute summer themed window decoration
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Equipment
- Contact paper (sticky back plastic)
- Scissors
- Washi tape or sellotape
Materials
- Shell template
- Coloured tissue paper
Instructions
- Print out the shell template (or draw your own if you'd prefer).
- Cut the shell shape out, ensuring that you leave the outside of the piece of paper intact.
- Cut a frame shape out of the piece of paper you cut your shell shape from.
- Cut your sticky back plastic (contact paper) to size. A good way to do this is to place your paper frame on it to check the size is correct. You will need two pieces this size.
- Place the sticky back plastic onto a table and remove the backing paper so that the sticky side faces up. As you would expect, sticky back plastic is extremely sticky and will stick to anything (fingers, clothes) so I would highly recommend that you stick each corner of it down on your table with some washi tape or sellotape. As you can see in the video I do this as I remove each corner of the backing paper. You can then place your paper frame onto the sticky back plastic and put the shell shape face down on there too.
- Add your coloured tissue paper (and any other materials) to your suncatcher.
- Carefully unpeel the second piece of sticky back plastic and then smooth this down over the back of your suncatcher.
- Cut out the frame shape of your suncatcher. It's now ready to display and you can hold this up in a window with a piece of sellotape or washi tape.
Notes
I've printed my shell template onto yellow paper top make it look more like a shell but you can use whatever coloured paper you'd like or you could print it onto white paper and colour it in as an additional activity first.
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