I’ve seen some really beautiful things made from clear contact paper and tissue paper. This is my idea for a holiday decoration or a homemade Christmas card.1. Cut two rectangles of clear contact paper that match the height of your card, but are several inches wider.
2. Peel the backing off one piece of contact paper. Place it on the table with the sticky side up. Tear strips of colored tissue paper and lay across the contact paper, overlapping edges. NOTE: The tissue paper has a grain to it. Try tearing in both directions to see which one is easier. When the contact paper has filled up with tissue strips, peel the backing of the remaining rectangle and place on the strips so as to make a tissue paper sandwich.
3. Find or create a tree shape that you can use as a template. Trace onto the tissue collage and cut out. Use on a holiday card or punch hole in top and make a row of trees hanging from a string.
2. Peel the backing off one piece of contact paper. Place it on the table with the sticky side up. Tear strips of colored tissue paper and lay across the contact paper, overlapping edges. NOTE: The tissue paper has a grain to it. Try tearing in both directions to see which one is easier. When the contact paper has filled up with tissue strips, peel the backing of the remaining rectangle and place on the strips so as to make a tissue paper sandwich.
3. Find or create a tree shape that you can use as a template. Trace onto the tissue collage and cut out. Use on a holiday card or punch hole in top and make a row of trees hanging from a string.
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We had a blast with this today. Thank you so much.
We made Christmas Tree ones and ornament balls. With the ornament template the children just ripped up various colors of tissue paper and made a collage. They had so much fun.
I think this would be great for Easter eggs in spring, too!
Thanks Daisy,
I did actually first see this idea as Easter eggs that were hanging in a window. Great minds thing alike!
oh, so glad to have found your site.
eager to read more.
this project is wonderfully simple.
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