Indoors · Arts & crafts

Contact-paper suncatchers

Stick petals, leaves and coloured tissue between clear contact paper and hang them in a sunny window.

  • Ages 2–8best for 2–6
  • Under 30 minabout 10 mins of prep
  • Prep on the dayplan below
  • Under $20about $6
  • At home (inside)on a hot day
  • Some helplow mess

Plan it

Good planning makes a good day. Tick things off as you go.

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You'll need

From home

  • Scissors
  • tape
  • flowers and leaves from the garden
  • tissue paper scraps

To buy

  • Clear contact paper
🪄 Wizard's tip

Start with a quick garden walk to collect 'treasures'. Toddlers love that it's their own flowers in the window.

How to do it

  1. Peel the backing off a sheet of contact paper and tape it sticky side up.
  2. Press on petals, leaves and tissue pieces.
  3. Cover with a second sheet of contact paper.
  4. Trim into a shape and tape it to a sunny window.

Younger kids: Pre-tear tissue paper into squares; they just press pieces on.

Older kids: Cut a shape frame first (a star or a butterfly) and plan a colour pattern.

⚠ Safety Supervise scissors with little ones.

Builds CreativityFine motor skillsNature connection

Clean-up 5 minutes.

Make it a bigger day Pair with a nature scavenger hunt to collect materials.

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Contact-paper suncatchers