The joy of contact paper

We've experimented with a few different activities using contact paper. It turns out it is fun, versatile stuff!

1. SPARKLY WINDOW DECORATIONS

 
Most recently, we made sparkly window decorations. Basically we just cut out squares of clear contact paper. We then decorated them using sparkly paper cut outs and foil shapes. We put a second layer of contact over the top with string in the middle so we could hang them up. Jasmine also liked sticking single pieces of decorated contact paper straight onto her bedroom window.

2. DESIGN YOUR OWN STICKERS

There was something quite satisfying about creating our own pictures with a black marker pen and then peeling them off and decorating with them. For this activity we used pink translucent contact paper.

3. SIMPLE STEPPING STONES

Lastly, something which brought a great deal of laughter to Alex and Jasmine, was the creation of contact stepping stones from their bedroom to the bath. This provided a fabulous distraction from the tedious task of trying to drag them away from playing and into the bath at night. They would walk forwards and backwards along the stepping stones and make up moves for each different coloured spot - including jumping, turning, squeaking etc.

The kids found it hard to trace neat circles on the pink, yellow and orange contact paper so I had to do this and cut them out. However, they were great helpers when it came to sticking them on the floorboards and tiles.