Stain Glass Glue Window Decorations

The shapes you design with the string are endless. It is up to you.
Hearts, stars, circles, eggs for Easter perhaps.

What You Will Need:

• White string
• Thread
• Wax paper
• Tape
• Elmer’s glue
• Paper cup
• Watercolors (reds and pinks)
• Paintbrush
• Scissors
• Glitter (optional)

Put just enough glue in your paper cup to cover a piece of string. Cover each piece of string with glue. As you pull the string out of the glue, use your thumb and finger to go down the string to remove the excess glue.

Lay the string out to form your shape.

Tip: A template shape can be printed in the shape you want. Just place under the wax paper!

Let the strings dry for at least 12 hours.

Important note: It is very important to let the strings dry completely before the next step. If they are not completely dry, the color from the paint will bleed out into the strings.

Once the strings are completely dry, it’s time to fill in the spaces with glue and color them. Fill one space at a time with enough glue to nicely fill the section.

 Mix some watercolor paint into the glue with your paintbrush.

Let it dry for at least 24 hours, and it might even need a little more time beyond that. When it seems completely dry you can carefully remove it from the wax paper.


Tie a knot in your thread so you can hang it. Cut off any extra thread. There may be some extra pieces of glue around the outside of the heart that you will want to trim off.