Crafts : Kaleidoscope Table : Home & Garden Television

Create a painted glass tabletop based on the colorful, geometrically-fragmented image seen through the end of a kaleidoscope.

Materials:

round glass tabletop
kraft paper
clear, heavy acetate
red, blue and yellow acetate
permanent marker
translucent red, blue and yellow glass paints
small to medium paintbrush
felt feet

Figure A

Steps:

Start with rounded glass tabletop. Position the tabletop on kraft paper (figure A) and trace the shape. Cut out the traced pattern.

Figure B

Fold the round cutout piece of kraft paper and divide into eighths like pie wedges (figure B). Crease paper heavily, and unfold.

Figure C

Take a piece of heavy clear acetate at least as big as one of the wedges, and with permanent marker, trace the wedge shape onto the acetate (figure C).

Figure D

Cut pieces of blue, red and yellow acetate into random geometric shapes (figure D).

Figure E

Take clear acetate wedge and colored acetate shapes to color copy center and place the colored pieces on the clear acetate wedge in a pleasing pattern (figure E). Make eight copies onto copy-ready acetate (available from most copy centers) then cut away excess from acetate shapes.

Position the eight wedges of copied acetate on another piece of acetate that is slightly larger than the tabletop. Tape wedges in place to form a circle.

Place the glass tabletop on the large complete circular acetate pattern.

Figure F

Use yellow, blue and red translucent glass paints to recreate the pattern, applying the yellow paint first and building on the design (figure F). Remove errant wet paint with a cotton swab, or with a razor blade after paint dries. If desired, overlap the primary colors to create secondary colors.

After letting the paint dry (approximately 1/2 hour), apply felt feet to protect the glass and place tabletop, paint and feet side down, on the table frame and enjoy.

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