Fall is my favorite season. There's something about the colors, the sounds, and the smells that are just so mesmerizing to me. So I look to celebrate those sensory experiences with my kiddos as much as I can. We took to our yard, cluttered with many shades of leaves to create our latest craft: fall leaf suncatchers.
Here's how to do it...
Materials you'll need:
leaves... real or fake
clear contact paper
construction paper to cut a frame (if desired)
One of my favorite parts of this project was watching my son go through the leaves, one at a time, to find ones that were "just right" for his suncatcher. He gathered them up in a plastic tub. I didn't limit his time while selecting leaves. Once he was done, we headed inside where I had taped a 9"x12" piece of contact paper onto his work space. At first, he strategically placed leaves down, then resorted to just dumping them out and rearranging them as he saw fit.
Here's how to do it...
Materials you'll need:
leaves... real or fake
clear contact paper
construction paper to cut a frame (if desired)
One of my favorite parts of this project was watching my son go through the leaves, one at a time, to find ones that were "just right" for his suncatcher. He gathered them up in a plastic tub. I didn't limit his time while selecting leaves. Once he was done, we headed inside where I had taped a 9"x12" piece of contact paper onto his work space. At first, he strategically placed leaves down, then resorted to just dumping them out and rearranging them as he saw fit.
Once he'd placed all of his leaves where he wanted, we worked together to fold the contact paper over to seal it shut. I cut a frame out of the construction paper of his choosing and he glued his suncatcher inside of it. After we taped it up on our back door, we were able to see all of the beautiful colors and textures that the sun revealed as it shone through.
4 comments:
Love this idea! I am now your newest follower via the Creative Bloggers' Hop. I hope you will follow me, too! Blessings to you!
Really great! Kids just love leaves! Nice to turn them into something pretty!
If you have a chance I'd love for you to join momstown arts & crafts Halloween craft linkup!
http://momstown-artsandcrafts.momstown.ca/node/431
I love the frame you added! Thanks so much for linking up to Made by Little Hands last week, I am going to be featuring you tonight so I hope you come by, check it out and grab a feature button!
Hope you had a great weekend!
Michelle
www.delicateconstruction.blogspot.com
Oh this is so cool! We just made leaf sunchatchers a couple weeks ago, although I haven't blogged about it yet. We did tissue paper and cut the contact paper in the shape of leaves. (ish) I LOVE that you used real leaves. I should have done that!
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