Tiffany Stained Glass Hearts Kindergarten February Art Project West Mercer Elementary Art Enrichment Program

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Lesson Overview Time: 1 hour Medium: tissue paper stained glass Volunteers: 4+ Project Overview/Skills – Use tissue paper to create stained glass flowers and plants in the style of Louis Comfort Tiffany

Tiffany Stained Glass Materials Red construction paper 12”x18”- 1 sheet per child Contact paper roll, cut into 12” sections- 2 per child Tissue paper, – Some cut into ½ into squares – Collect squares into ziplock bags by color- shades of yellow together, green etc. – Some in larger bits for cutting round shapes Heart punch – Punch x3 with red paper for each kid- this can be done in class from the corner of their red paper Sharpie pens Paint cups for holding tissue paper squares- 1 for each color family per table group Blue tape to hold down contact paper to desk Red heart template- hearts can be cut out by adults or by kids

Today’s Project Make a stained glass Valentine in the style of a Tiffany lamp

Louis Comfort Tiffany He is most famous for his stained glass He helped decorate the White House He made new colors of glass instead of painted glass

What shapes of glass are used?

Step 1- Cut red heart Trace heart shape inside and outside Cut out heart outline Cut out heart inside

Step 2- Contact paper Peel off backing Tape down contact paper at the corners so it won’t curl, sticky side up Place the red heart on the contact paper

Step 3- Choose colors What kind of plant do you want to create? – Green lily pads – Yellow daffodil – Blue/Purple wisteria – Yellow laburnum – Pink/red peony – Red tulip – Fruit tree

Step 4- Make shapes Put many small squares together to make a larger shape Cut shapes to make rounded shapes

Step 5- Fill in background Choose a color not used in flowers or leaves for background More than one shade of color ok

Step 6- Heart Punch Add small hearts in gaps

Step 7- Happy Valentine’s Day Write on red paper in Sharpie Happy Valentine’s Day to… Your name

Step 8- Contact paper #2 Place contact paper on top Cut out heart shape