This glass sun catcher is beautiful! Kids of all ages will love making this glass sun catcher, and the best part is, both younger children and older children can make this craft. This suncatcher craft is a great way to recycle some items in your home and is totally budget-friendly.

Glass Gem Suncatcher Craft

It’s beautiful and sunny outside! You can also take advantage of all that sunshine with pretty homemade sun catchers. If you’re not familiar with what a suncatcher is, it is a see through material turned into a decoration that disperses the suns rays throughout a room.

And here’s an easy way to make a unique glass gem sun catcher from materials you may already have around your house.

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Supplies You Need To Make Glass Gem Suncatchers:

• Plastic Yogurt container lid
• Clear Elmer’s Glue (cloudy will work too, but will dry a little opaque)
• String or Thread
• Suction cup window hooks (optional- you can just tie the string to the window latch instead)
• Glass vase gems

How To Make a Glass Gem Suncatcher:

Step 1

Fill the Yogurt container lid with glue.  

Notes:

You’ll probably want to put in more than you think you need because the glue shrinks significantly as it dries. (Good thing kids like to squeeze out glue!)

Step 2

Arrange the glass gems in the lid. Encourage your kids to fill the whole space; it looks prettier.

Step 3

Squeeze a bit more glue on top. (This will help the gems stay in and not fall out after it dries)

Step 4

Allow the glue to dry for 3-4 days. Peel out of container.

Step 5

Find a section of the sun catcher near the edge where the glue is relatively thick.  

Step 6

Push a threaded needle through that area. Figure out how low you want the sun catcher to hang and tie a knot there.

Step 7

Hang your new sun catcher on a window that gets lots of sun or in a dim room that needs brightening up!

Craft Notes:

**Remember, this is not a good craft for children under three without adult supervision because the glass vase gems are choking hazards.

More Glass Gem Crafts From Kids Activities Blog

For more projects with glass gems, beads and marbles, check out these posts from the other Quirky Mommas:

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• Toddler Activities: Scooping Marbles
• Oh so many fun perler beads ideas

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How did you glass suncatcher turn out?