I recently pinned a post about making your own window clings out of glue tinted with food coloring.
We decided to give it a try. I bought some food coloring and enlisted Brianna to help me shake.
It takes a while for glue and ANYTHING to mix.
But eventually, it was ready to use.
I printed a couple of coloring pages,
Stuck them in page protectors,
(drew a candy corn) and away we went.
Eli came up with the brilliant idea of sliding his paper down a little and fitting TWO bats on the same page protector.
Really, this was just a genius way for me to get the kids to wash a window willingly. I'll have to tell them we're making "back door clings" next time. :evil laughter:
We had a hard time getting them to stick, so Eli resorted to taping his up.
After letting them dry about 3 days prior to putting them up, I decided maybe they were a little too thick?
They kind of curled a bit, and were generally unruly. All in all, I'd say this was another pin-flop for us. Although, I'm not opposed to the idea of trying again, if I can find different directions and make changes to how we do it. I'd love for it to work. It would be cute to change them out regularly.
Like I said, I think I live a Cake Wrecks life in a Pinterest world.
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteI've since seen some other pins using puffy paint instead, so I'm thinking we'll give it another shot. Snowflakes, maybe?
DeleteI replied to your post on my tutorial. We had the same issue with them not sticking till we used a wet paper towel to dampen them before sticking them to the window. http://wemadethat.blogspot.com/2013/09/halloween-window-clings.html
ReplyDeleteWe did get the first one wet, but I think we got it TOO wet, as it started to leave glue smears on the window.
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ReplyDeleteAlso, I loved this! I want to try it with my boys! :)
Katie
I added your button! Thanks, that will remind me to check back in with your site from time to time. :)
DeleteI hope your window clings turn out better than ours did! Now I'm "stuck" trying to figure out what to do with all this colored glue!