Our children are often obsessed with windows. They can spend hours peering against them, whether that be in the car or in our home, looking out into the garden at what’s going on in the world.It could be a sign of daydreaming, it could be simply wanting to go out exploring. Either way, when their hands and snotty noses go pressing up against your new bifold doors or windows, it can be a little frustrating.
That said, there are also ways to embrace our little ones’ joy for windows, particularly through arts and crafts. Great for those rainy days or to celebrate traditions like Halloween and Christmas, using windows for creations can be fun and a little bit different to perhaps what they may do at school or elsewhere. So if you’ve got big, accessible windows here are five craft activities to enjoy with your children…
Stained Glass Sun Catchers
Using the likes of tissue paper and contact paper, creating crafty stained glass windows that catch the sun can be a brilliant sensory experience for children, particularly for younger ones.
Start by creating a design with the materials on the floor before transferring to the windows. To do this, suction cups or adhesive hooks can be good for this.
As the sun shines your child will then be able to see the various colours illuminating the room, in what can be a thrilling experience.
Seasonal Window Clings
Puffy paint, a mixture of shaving cream, food colouring and child-friendly glue can be perfect for adding to windows and creating seasonal window clings.
Ideal for Christmas and Halloween especially, you can draw all manner of scenes. Do this onto plastic sheets or parchment paper and then once try peel them off and stick them to the windows.
They’re easy to clean off and can be a great way to entertain kids and get them into a season spirit, whether it be Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter.
Paper Snowflakes
A much simpler option that can be brilliant for seasonal decor is creating paper snowflakes that can be hung on string or ribbon and dangled down from your windows.
You can get as creative as you want with these, adding glitter or various other Christmassy shapes and silhouettes.
What’s more, you’re not limited to the winter. In Autumn you could look at creating more autumnal scenes, while the same can be applied to Summer and Spring when the likes of daffodils and sunflowers arrive.
Washi Tape Window Art
Washi tape window art is also good fun for creating patterns and creating all manner of designs. You can allow your child’s imagination to run wild with it, with them able to create the likes of letters, window decorations and more abstract creations.
Importantly, washi tape comes off easily and is available in a variety of different colours.
Fingerprint Window Characters
Finally, a child’s imagination can run just as wild with fingerpainting.
Using washable paints, fingerprint window characters is a great crafting activity to do as a family and you can even theme it to create the likes of a window zoo, monsters or anything else your child shows an interest in.
It allows your child to bring their favourite characters to life, and can be an especially good activity during those wet weekends when getting out into the garden or going to the park is very much off the cards.
