Cut your contact paper First, cut your contact paper to fit inside the space you will decorating (window or door frame) and peel off the backing. Sometimes it helps to tape the contact paper to your table or workspace, so it doesn’t curl up.
Vibrant Fall Leaf Silhouette Window Art
Here’s another terrific fall leaf craft that kids of all ages will love. It’s a fun and creative art process, a silhouette project, and a window decoration all rolled into one fun project.
A fun and fascinating process
To make these leaf silhouettes, we’re using a process that we call scrape painting. You may have seen this process shared on the blog a few years ago when we made our fall napkin rings and this fall garden collage.
Scrape painting can be enjoyed by kids of all ages from toddlers right through to teens. The process involves “scraping” complimentary paint colours together with an expired credit card or gift card. This produces a lovely blend of colours which you can frame as abstract art, use as a backdrop for another art project or cut into smaller pieces like we’re doing today.
Translucent paper
Scrape painting can done on any kind of canvas, but to make our sun catchers, your canvas needs to be translucent so the sun can shine through it and illuminate your paint colours. We’ve found that wax paper and parchment paper both work well.
You can see just how pretty our finished leaf silhouettes look in our dining room window. They add such a happy pop of colour to the room when the sun is shining, and even on a dull day, they really brighten the window.
Let me show you how easy they are to make.
How to Make an Autumn Leaves Stained Glass Window
- Colorful Autumn Leaves
- Transparent Contact paper
- Black permanent marker (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
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Cut your contact paper First, cut your contact paper to fit inside the space you will decorating (window or door frame) and peel off the backing. Sometimes it helps to tape the contact paper to your table or workspace, so it doesn’t curl up.
The best part about these stained glass windows? When you’re ready for a change, just pull the contact paper off the window and make a new one!
Aren’t these leaves beautiful with the sun shining through?
More Leaf Art Activities for Kids
- Make Zentangle Leaves with Sharpies
- How to Preserve Fall Leaves and Create Mandala Leaf Art
- How to Make Autumn Leaf Suncatchers
- What to Do with Autumn Leaves
- Autumn Leaf Suncatchers with Paper Plates
Want even more Fall fun?
Check out our Autumn Creativity Pack!
This 34-page printable eBook is full of Autumn-themed art activities, drawing prompts, creative play ideas, and more!
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