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Earth Suncatcher
How to Make an Earth Day Craft

By Sherri Osborn, About.com

Instructions to make a suncatcher that looks like the Earth.

Materials Needed:

  • Clean Margarine Bowl Lid
  • 2 Bottles of Glue
  • Wax Paper
  • Yarn

Instructions:
Find a picture of the planet Earth and use that for a pattern. The 2 bottles of glue should be about 1/2 full (it is okay if there is more). Use this Colored Glue Recipe and make the glue in one of the bottles blue. Make the glue in the other bottle green. Put the squeeze tops back on the glue bottles.

Carefully squeeze the glue into the lid to create a picture of the earth. Use your picture of the earth as a guide as to how much blue and how much green to use. Don't worry if you don't get it exact! Make sure you fill the lid completely with no gaps. Set aside to dry. Depending on how thick you make it, it could take up to 24 hours!

Once the glue is dry, it should easily pop out of the lid. set your earth on a piece of wax paper. Use a nail to poke a small hole in the top of your glue earth and then let it sit on the wax paper over night to get firmer. You can then tie a piece of yarn through the hole and hang your earth in a window!

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