Kid Craft: Stained Glass Pasta Window

A couple of weekends ago illness crept in and cancelled our travel plans. Of course, the youngest in our family was still full of beans and wouldn’t settle for a day in front of the TV to recuperate (she won’t even stay still for an episode of her favourite show) so it was up to me to find something low key that would keep her quiet and occupied.

I turned to the pantry for an idea or two. Oh yes – Kid Craft –  Stained Glass Pasta Windows! I had all the ingredients, it didn’t involve the oven and it was something I knew she could do herself. BINGO! It’s something so easy I think we will make it a regular activity.

Materials:
Contact Paper
A box of Dry Lasagne sheets
4 ziplock bags
4 food colouring bottles
Baking paper
Plastic gloves
Masking tape
Black permanent texta

Method:

1. Place 1 sheet of lasagne on top of 1 ziplock bag with 1 food colouring bottle
2. Break the sheet of lasagne into pieces (around the size of a 50 cent piece) and put them in the ziplock bag.
3. Once each ziplock bag is full of pieces, add a few drops of food colouring. Close the bag and shake it so the food colouring soaks across each piece.
4. Lay out a large sheet of baking paper. Put on your gloves. Open 1 bag at a time and lay the pieces out on the baking paper. Leave them to dry. Remove your gloves.
5. Once the lasagna pieces are dry you are ready for the next stage. Cut a piece of contact paper to the size you desire your stained glass pasta window to be. Peel back one side and using masking tape to fix it to your table. Pull back the remaining backing paper and apply masking tape to the remaining three sides.
6. You are now ready to apply the pasta! Start by applying a single shard to the middle of the contact paper. Press it down firmly so it bonds. Using the same principle as you would for a mosaic, add pieces around the central piece. Continue until the contact paper is covered with pasta.
7. When completed, apply a second piece of contact paper across the top of the first. This will seal your pasta. Make sure it sticks. You may need to use tape around the sides.
8. Now use a black text to colour the gaps between the pasta.
9. Voila! You now have a sheet of Stained Glass Pasta. You can now use tape or blutac to fix it to a window in your house to enjoy.