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Home » Holiday Fun » Easter

Tissue Paper Cross Craft

Published: Mar 5, 2021 · Modified: Feb 18, 2024 by Audrey · This post may contain affiliate links

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Text that says, "Easter cross craft." Below the text is an image of a cross made from construction paper, tissue paper, and contact paper.

This Tissue Paper Cross Craft is a great activity to make for Easter or Sunday school. You need just a few supplies and it is super easy to set up for little ones!

Tissue Paper Cross Craft in a window.

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Easter is almost here and I wanted to share a fun cross craft that is simple to put together and uses just a few supplies. Not to mention it looks really pretty too. My kids really loved how it looked in our window.

Tissue paper cross craft hanging in a window.

If you need more ideas for Easter, you might also like these Easter Dot Marker Pages, Easter Paper Plate Wreath, and Easter Sensory Bin!

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  • ❤️ Why you’ll love this craft
  • ✂️ What supplies are needed to make this craft?
  • 🖍️ How to make this craft (step by step guide)
  • ⭐ Tips for this craft
  • 📓 FAQs
  • Tissue Paper Cross Craft

❤️ Why you’ll love this craft

  • Ease: This craft is easy to set up and uses just a few supplies.
  • Great for a variety of ages: This is a fun craft to do with toddlers, preschoolers, or even school aged children. This is a great craft for preschool, Sunday school, or to do at home.
  • Fun: Kids will love this craft. They may need help cutting the cross out but they can great creative with placing the tissue paper.
  • Scissor skills: This is a great way for kids to practice their scissor skills by cutting the tissue paper into squares.

✂️ What supplies are needed to make this craft?

The supplies needed to make a Tissue Paper Cross Craft.
  • Construction paper: I used black for my cross but you can use whatever color you like.
  • Contact paper: This is what helps us have the stained glass effect.
  • Scissors
  • Tissue paper: I used light spring colored tissue paper. If you need more ideas for the tissue paper be sure to check out this Easter Sensory Bin!
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🖍️ How to make this craft (step by step guide)

Printable instructions are below.

Steps 1 through 4 on how to make a Tissue Paper Cross Craft.

Begin by cutting a cross out of a piece of construction paper (image 1). Use a pencil to make an outline, if needed. Next, fold the cross in half (image 2).

Cut the middle out of the cross (image 3). Cut a piece of contact paper big enough to fit the cross on. Peel the paper and place the cross on it (image 4).

Steps 5 through 8 on how to make a Tissue Paper Cross Craft.

Cut squares of tissue paper in several colors out and place on the contact paper (image 5). Cut another piece of contact paper and place it on the side without contact paper (image 6).

Cut the contact paper off of the cross (image 7). Hang in your window (image 8). We used tape but you can use tacky adhesive or tape a string on.

⭐ Tips for this craft

  • Set everything up beforehand. I think when doing crafts with little ones, setting things up beforehand makes the craft go a lot smoother.
  • You can use these instructions to make hearts or Easter eggs to go along with your cross.
  • Be careful with the contact paper. Go slow so you don’t get bubbles on your cross.
  • We used tape to hang ours in the window but you can add a hanger, if you like.

📓 FAQs

How do you make tissue paper look like stained glass?

Cut the tissue paper into squares and then use contact paper to laminate the tissue paper. Place in a window so the light will come through.

How do you make a cross suncatcher?

Cut tissue paper into squares, add to an outline of a cross with contact paper. Seal with contact paper then cut out. Hang on a window.

Other Easter activities:

  • An Easter themed sensory bin made from shredded tissue paper and small egg and carrot toys.
    Easter Sensory Bin
  • Easter Dot Sticker Activity
    Easter Dot Sticker Activity
  • Easter dot marker pages
    Easter Dot Marker Printables
  • Text that says, "Easter Decoder Game." Below the text is a mock up of an Easter themed secret message printable to decode.
    Easter Secret Message Printable
Tissue Paper Cross Craft in a window.

Tissue Paper Cross Craft

Audrey
This Tissue Paper Cross Craft is a great activity to make for Easter or Sunday school. You need just a few supplies and it is super easy to set up for little ones!
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Active Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 15 minutes mins
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Equipment

  • Scissors

Materials
 

  • Construction paper
  • Contact paper
  • Tissue paper

Instructions
 

  • Begin by cutting a cross out of a piece of construction paper. Use a pencil to make an outline, if needed.
    Construction paper
  • Next, fold the cross in half.
  • Cut the middle out of the cross.
  • Cut a piece of contact paper big enough to fit the cross on. Peel the paper and place the cross on it.
    Contact paper
  • Cut squares of tissue paper in several colors out and place on the contact paper.
    Tissue paper
  • Cut another piece of contact paper and place it on the side without contact paper.
  • Cut the contact paper off of the cross.
  • Hang in your window. We used tape but you can use tacky adhesive or tape a string on.

Notes

Step by step photos are included above in the post, if you needed.
Be careful with the contact paper and go slow. If you don’t get it right, it can cause bubbles in your cross.
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Comments

  1. Amber says

    March 06, 2021 at 3:26 pm

    I would have never thought about this. What a great activity for Easter. So fun!

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  2. Becca says

    March 06, 2021 at 12:14 pm

    5 stars
    Fun craft idea for kids! I’ll be trying this out with my kids, for sure.

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  3. Amanda Jean says

    March 06, 2021 at 9:51 am

    This is so different! I need to try this with my daughters ! Thank you !

    Reply
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