Turn your front door or window into a beautiful autumn leaves stained glass with contact paper and leaves! This is a fun craft that brings seasonal color indoors.
Updated August 2022
We’ve made stained glass windows for our front door using flowers before. It’s a fun and lovely way to display the colors of the season. So why not try it with Autumn leaves, too?!
We love gathering colorful fall leaves so much that we’re always on the lookout for them. This is a great way to use all of those collected leaves AND decorate your front door (or window if you have a door without glass).
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How to Make an Autumn Leaves Stained Glass Window
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MATERIALS
- Colorful Autumn Leaves
- Transparent Contact paper
- Black permanent marker (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Cut your contact paper
First, cut your contact paper to fit inside the space you will decorating (window or door frame) and peel off the backing. Sometimes it helps to tape the contact paper to your table or workspace, so it doesn’t curl up.
If your children would like, they can draw on the contact paper pieces with sharpies first, before adding the leaves. - Add leaves!
Next, add autumn leaves face down to the sticky side of transparent contact paper. We’ve found that it’s best to use freshly picked leaves.
Pro tip: From making many flower petal and leaf suncatchers in the past, we’ve learned that after a week or two the leaves and flowers look as though they’ve been pressed and dried, especially if they were thin to begin with (i.e. there isn’t a full flower or layers of flowers but rather flat leaves or flower petals). - Stick to window
Finally, simply stick the contact paper to your window or door. Step back and enjoy the beautiful stained glass you’d created!
The best part about these stained glass windows? When you’re ready for a change, just pull the contact paper off the window and make a new one!
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Aren’t these leaves beautiful with the sun shining through?
More Leaf Art Activities for Kids
- Make Zentangle Leaves with Sharpies
- How to Preserve Fall Leaves and Create Mandala Leaf Art
- How to Make Autumn Leaf Suncatchers
- What to Do with Autumn Leaves
- Autumn Leaf Suncatchers with Paper Plates
Want even more Fall fun?
Check out our Autumn Creativity Pack!
This 34-page printable eBook is full of Autumn-themed art activities, drawing prompts, creative play ideas, and more!
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