Put it on thickly and be sure to get your colored glue all the way up to the edges of the black lines. Use a blunt paintbrush and add your colors where you want them. You will be surprised at how easy it is to add pigment to clear glue.

Use about a tablespoon of clear glue to one or two drops of acrylic paint. Once it is dry, you can go over it with a craft blade and correct any shaky lines or errors.Īdding color to your Faux Stained Glass project:įor the next step, use a small muffin tin to mix up your colors. Once all of the lines have been drawn in, allow it to sit overnight to dry completely. Try not to have shaky hand syndrome like I do, but even if you do, it can be fixed. The glue is now ready for the next step.Ĭarefully squeeze the glue onto the glass, following the lines of your pattern. You will be surprised, but it doesn’t take a ton of paint to change your white glue to black. Add enough black paint to make a solid color. Add about a teaspoon of black acrylic paint and stir it with a wooden dowel. Take the bottle of white glue and dump just a small bit out so that there is room to add color to it. This is important as it gives the paint and glue something to adhere to.

Spray the glass with clear acrylic spray. I took my thrift store find apart, and set aside the frame for later. I checked the Chinese calendar to see if maybe this was the year of the peacock, and it turned out to be the year of the rabbit. Why? I have no idea, but they are being incorporated in several projects this month. I love the color blue and lately, I have been drawing peacocks. Start by enlarging your pattern in the same size as your sheet of glass. Peacock pattern (or page from a coloring book).This post contains affiliate links to Amazon.

These stained glass projects were made by one of my readers using coloring book pages! Want to know how to make Faux Stained Glass? Faux Stained Glass Peacock Or, you can use a large sheet of glass and draw out a detailed pattern. This project is relatively child friendly and a page from a coloring book can be used for your pattern along with an 8×10 photo frame. One of my specialties is creating unique patterns like the Majestic Peacock Pattern used in this tutorial. This easy stained glass project is even more fun with a good pattern. Love new innovative craft ideas? I found a way to create faux stained glass using only acrylic paint and glue!

Stained glass design on glass jar