Preschooler gift ideas

Suncatcher for Mothers day

Suncatcher is becoming our favorite as it is simple but fun enough for both my eight year old and three year old to work together. It is difficult to find projects which they both enjoy. They both love suncatchers. We made this beautiful suncatcher for Mothers day.

Mothers day gift idea for kids

Materials needed: (affiliation links are used)

1. Contact paper

2. Color tissue paper (colored gift paper from dollar store)

3. Black construction paper

4. Scissors

5. Template

Method:

1. Take the printout of the template. We didn’t use the template. I created one later to share with you all.

2. Cut out the letters and the heart from the template.

3. Arrange and trace them with pencil in the black construction paper.

4. Remove the inside portion of the heart (it is too scary to read this line!). To add more interest to the suncatcher, we drew a smaller heart inside and cut that out.  We again attached the small heart inside the bigger one when we used contact paper.

5. To remove the letters, we poked a small hole near one end. We inserted our scissors in the hole and cut out the letters.

6. Using tape, attach the contact paper to the work area with its sticky side  facing up. Stick the cut out black construction paper on that.

7. My preschooler had cut tissue paper by then. Both of them started attaching the tissue paper to the  construction paper.

8. Once they are done, I covered the work with another piece of contact paper.

9. Attached the suncatcher to the window with a piece of tape.

Preschooler gift ideas

I did not take any pictures as the entire project was directed by my eight year old. I was busy doing my work. They were finished by the time I realized. Ouch!

These suncatchers  that we had done earlier have step by step pictures and  should give you better idea.

1. Shamrock suncatcher

2. Butterfly suncatcher

Every time I cross the window, it brings smile on my face. It would make a perfect gift for mother’s day!

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