Saga of the Suncatchers
May 12, 2007 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Arts and Crafts
You were laughing at me, weren’t you? I mentioned that I was all nostalgic for the suncatchers of my youth with all of the little colored crystals that melted in the oven, and you just laughed at me, didn’t you? 
So, we finally made the suncatchers that the kids received in their Easter baskets. Man, what a mess that was! I’d forgotten how easily those little crystals jump out of those little metals frames. My 6 year old actually did a great job with hers, but I slightly bumped it when putting it in the oven. Oops! I wasn’t, however, going to have her start over again for a second time! Those crystals aren’t easy to separate.
My 3 year old, after mixing the crystals, decided he would just put all the colors together for his frogs. Don’t know that you could really find any species like that in nature. 
In the end, I decided that any suncatchers that we make anytime soon will be like the flowers pictured above, made of plastic and painted. I think those will be more practical for the near future.
What childhood crafts did you love that you now realize were much harder than you remembered?
