How to make EASY Faux Stained Glass | Step by Step Tutorial

Here's a step by step tutorial on how to turn Dollar Tree picture frames into faux stained glass 😍
This is a great project for spring/Easter that kids and adults will both love! 🎨
#easycrafts #eastercrafts #tutorial

What you will need:
~Picture Frame- I used two different sizes from Dollar Tree
~Simple pattern (can be hand drawn or printed- see below)
~Craft paints (I used glass paint but you can use any water based paint you have!)
~An old paint brush (Don't use your nice brushes when painting with glue!)
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Project Steps:
1. Clean off glass with rubbing alcohol to make sure glue and marker will stick.
2. Put your pattern inside the frame. Taping it in place so it doesn’t move around can be helpful.
Use permanent marker to trace your pattern onto the FRONT of the glass (the side facing out of the frame).
3. Take pattern out of the frame and remove glass
4. Turn glass around so that the BACK side of the glass is facing up. The lines you traced should be on the side facing down.
5. Take a small amount of clear school glue and mix a drop (very small) of water based paint (or food coloring) into the glue.
6. Take your old flat brush and brush on a thin layer of the glue/paint mixture onto the glass where you want your pattern to be colored. You should be painting it on to the opposite side that your pattern is traced on.
7. Continue to fill in your pattern until all the color is where you want it to be.
8. Let glue/paint dry
9. Flip glass around so that the lines of your pattern are facing UP.
10 Decide which method you want to use for your lines. 1. Permanent marker or 2. Glue
11. The quickest method is to take your permanent marker and just retrace your lines to make them thicker and clean it up. *tip you can use a cotton swab with rubbing alcohol to erase lines or “oops” as needed”
12. The glue method is taking some white school glue (I would use a bottle only half full) and mixing black acrylic paint into the bottle.
13. Then take the bottle and carefully squeeze out the glue along your lines. This needs to dry over night but will turn into a thinker raised pattern…some people have used puffy paint if they want the lines to really stick out!
14. Once the lines are dry put the glass back into the frame with the lines facing out.
15. As a final step I took some crinkled tin foil and covered the back of the frame to give the final effect of stained glass. I suggest watching the video to the end to see how cool this really looks because it changes the entire look!
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[freebmestewart]

Instagram brought me here! Thank you for sharing your creativity, and for taking the time to make this tutorial. I'm definitely going to try this project with the grandkids!

[hannahobrochta]

Love how this looks I’m thinking about making one for my Mary Kay lady because she been giving people a lot of different things for her customers. I get to see her Monday night:)

[WillyLuedtke]

I did something like this back in 3rd grade art class. One difference we did was we put black glue lines first and then filled in the color once it dried. Another was we did it on a glass jar like a mason jar or glass condiment jar so they could be used as a flower vase. I'm 38 and my mom still pulls the ones we made as kids out every Easter.

[elainetaylor]

Awesome result. The the finished result with the foil is amazing, it really makes it pop. Thanks for sharing.

[richardreynolds]

The crumpled foil backing is a fabulous trick I didn't think of (DUH!). Going to use it on my next project.

[MissionaryArtists]

This looks so fun, I have to try this!

[jacquelinestrand]

We did this at the library and i had so kuch fun. I'm planning on teaching my grandkids. Thanks for a great video

[mommylikesme]

Great communication skills. Learned a lot. Thanks.

[OneHopeHeaven]

I LOVE the final effect with the foil! It's Gorgeous! I'd have to see the "leading" (black outline) in person to decide which in like best

[ellesuzanne]

a fellow craft lover pointed this out to me, I love how the foil makes it look. your explanation is so helpful. can't wait to try it out. thinking of starting off with a strawberry.. will make the seed markings right on the glass before painting over them. thx for creating such an informative, fun video.

[gorthamora]

wow thanks Emi... You are marvellous...looking forward to see more exciting projects of yours dear/

[CodeCastieL]

I did this in elementary school . Thank u I was trying to find the method .

[jenkidder]

I tried this for the first time last night. It turned out pretty good

[olgasanchez]

Very pretty, I loved how it turned out. I will definitely try this. Thanks for sharing.

[Balders]

Hi Emily, just found your fantastic video after looking for some inspiration for a little project, and this was by far the best example I’ve seen. Great video, such enthusiasm and energy. Many thanks for sharing, I’m half way through my first attempt just waiting for that paint to dry. 👍

[mariehampton]

❤❤ This is the best video I've seen on this yet.!

[elainehales]

Instagram also brought me here, what a brilliant idea the stained glass effect is!

[terilemaster]

That’s awesome! I’m definitely going to try this ❤

[phsagar]

Wow. Loved the project, ❤
So well explained and presented.
I’m going to try it with my granddaughter. (Will have to be very careful with the glass).
Thank you. That was Amazing.

[joyce]

Wow do to learn this 😊thanks for sharing