This DIY rainbow stained glass window is beautiful and easy to make! Use a crayon and watercolor resist art to make your own stained glass.
Updated February 2025
If you’ve got a door with glass in it or a window you’d like to decorate, here’s an easy way to make a rainbow stained glass window!
We love to decorate doors and windows, depending on the season. Sometimes we use fresh flowers, sometimes we use colorful leaves, and sometimes we make our windows look like there’s a snowstorm inside!
But this rainbow window might be our favorite. It’s a lovely way to bring lots of color into your home.
Here’s how we made it:
Rainbow Stained Glass Window
MATERIALS
- A sheet of easel paper
- Oil pastels (or crayons)
- Liquid watercolors (or regular watercolor paint)
- Paintbrush
- Vegetable oil
INSTRUCTIONS
- Make scribble art
First, give your kids a sheet of easel paper and have them scribble all over the sheet with oil pastels (crayons would work too).
- Trace the rectangles
We used a piece of paper the size of the window panes as a template to trace each rectangle.
- Paint the rectangles
Have your kids paint in the rectangles with rainbow colors using liquid watercolors
. Watch as the oil pastels or crayons resist the paint, leaving vibrant designs.
- Create your stained glass
After the paint dried, we cut out the rectangles, painted the back of each with vegetable oil, then stuck them to the window panes.
And now we have a wonderfully colorful rainbow stained glass window for our front door!
More Stained Glass Art Projects for Kids
- How to Make Tissue Paper Stained Glass
- How to Make a Flower Stained-Glass Window
- How to Make an Autumn Leaves Stained Glass Window
- How to Make Melted Crayon Stained Glass Art
- How to Make Stained-Glass Heart Art with Black Glue
- How to Make A 3D Nature Suncatcher
