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How to make glowing window pictures out of construction paper
- Obtain suitable templates. You can find templates in magazines, picture books, in special handicraft books from bookstores or libraries or on the Internet. You may have to have the motifs enlarged in a copy shop. If you have problems with the proportions or the settings, just ask the staff in the copy shops. In most cases, the staff is very familiar with the devices and can give you valuable tips.
- Transfer the template to your construction paper. To do this, cut out the template and place the template on the construction paper.
- Fix the template with the construction paper with some paper clips or with adhesive tape.
- Trace the outline of the template with a pencil.
- Cut out the construction paper design.
- If you want your window picture to look good from both sides, then cut out the construction paper again the wrong way round.
- Now glue colored tracing paper behind the construction paper.
- Now you can hang up the window picture. Fix it to the window pane with some glue or pierce the picture with a needle and pull a thread through the hole. So you can hang the picture hanging freely and floating freely on the thread.
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- Place the template upside down on the construction paper.
- Redraw the template.
- Cut out the picture at the lines.
- Glue the reversed picture behind the already completed picture.
- Now your window picture looks the same from the front and back and also gives a nice picture from the outside.
Finally, you can spice up the frames of your window picture with a little glitter. To do this, apply glitter glue to the cardboard frame and let the glue dry well before you hang up the pictures. or spread some craft glue on the cardboard edges and sprinkle them with scattered stars or other glitter effects.
