Preserve the colors of autumn to brighten your home all winter long.
Materials
- colorful fall leaves
- heavy book for pressing
- clear contact paper
- tree branch
- thread
Instructions
- First, collect colorful fallen leaves. Press them between the pages of a heavy book for a day or two to flatten them.
- For each leaf, cut two squares of clear contact paper an inch or two wider than your leaf. Peel the backing off of one piece and lay it sticky-side up. Place the leaf in the center, then peel the backing off the second piece and carefully place it on top. Punch a hole for hanging.
- Trim the edges of the contact paper, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Hang the leaves from a tree branch with thread. Place the branch in a heavy vase or suspend it from a curtain rod.
