stegosaurus dinosaur suncatcher

How to make a dinosaur suncatcher

Create your own dinosaur suncatcher with your kids and decorate their bedroom window, or all the windows in your home! I tried this cute project with my three year old and she really loved it (we now have a rainbow one in our bedroom too). She loved painting the glue on the plastic and sticking the paper on, but most of all she loves seeing her art lit up by the sun in her bedroom window.

materials to make dinosaur suncatcher laid out on a table, including, glue, tissue paper, pens, paint brush and plastic

What you need: 

A clear sheet of plastic - I used an old damaged cello bag
PVA glue
Paint brush (not a good one, if the glue dries your paint brush will be ruined)
Tissue paper
Whiteboard marker
Scissors
Sticky tape
I also added a googly eye

What to do:

1. Tear up the tissue paper into small pieces, you can get your child to help with this, or you can cut it with scissors

2. Draw out your dinosaur on one side of the clear plastic with whiteboard marker - I kept the shape very simple, but if your kids are older you can make it more complicated. If you make a mistake you can easily wipe it off.  

Draw out your dinosaur on one side of the clear plastic - I kept the shape very simple, but if your kids are older you can make it more complicated (you can use these simple templates if you like). If you make a mistake you can easily wipe it off.  Paint PVA glue on to the other side of the plastic (the one you didn't draw on) Stick pieces of tissue on the glue

3. Paint PVA glue on to the other side of the plastic (the one you didn't draw on)

4. Stick pieces of tissue on the glue

I twisted up a piece of tissue to use as a smile fill up the dinosaur shape with tissue paper Add googly eyes

5. I twisted up a piece of tissue to use as a smile

Turn it over and wipe off the whiteboard market (if you want the outline to stay, uses a permanent marker) Cut the dinosaur shape out

6. Add googly eyes and let it all dry
7. Stick it to your window with clear tape

Stick it to your window with clear tape stick your dinosaur suncatcher on your window and enjoy the sun  dinosaur suncatcher

You can make any shape you like, we also made a rainbow

 rainbow suncatcher

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