I love fall time. There's so many pretty colors and the weather is perfect for nature hikes. Last week my girls collected a bunch of gorgeous fall leaves while exploring in the park. We took some home to sketch in our nature journals and to use for a fall themed descriptive writing activity. Afterwards we stuck them in books to press and dry. Today we pulled them out a used them for making autumn themed paper lanterns.
How To Make Autumn Leaf Paper Lanterns:
For this craft you will need:
-A variety of autumn leaves (real or artificial)
-Contact paper
-Construction paper
-School glue
-Flameless tea light candles
First you'll need to take a nature walk in your neighborhood, the park, or even your backyard, and collect some pretty autumn leaves. Bring them inside and stick them inside a couple heavy books and set them aside for a few days to dry flat.
To get started on your lantern, cut two identical rectangles of contact paper 12 inches by 9 inches. Peel the backing off of one of the rectangles of contact paper and lay it down, sticky side up.
Arrange your leaves on the sticky contact paper.
Then peel the second piece of contact paper and carefully place it over the first, sticky side down (both pieces should have only their non sticky side exposed now).
Glue the two short ends of the contact paper together, making a cylinder.
Cut strips of construction paper 1 inch thick and 12 inches long. Glue these strips along the top and bottom edge of the cylinder.
Now just place your lantern over a flameless tea light candle and turn it on.
They look really neat in the dark!
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For this craft you will need:
-A variety of autumn leaves (real or artificial)
-Contact paper
-Construction paper
-School glue
-Flameless tea light candles
First you'll need to take a nature walk in your neighborhood, the park, or even your backyard, and collect some pretty autumn leaves. Bring them inside and stick them inside a couple heavy books and set them aside for a few days to dry flat.
Arrange your leaves on the sticky contact paper.
Glue the two short ends of the contact paper together, making a cylinder.
Cut strips of construction paper 1 inch thick and 12 inches long. Glue these strips along the top and bottom edge of the cylinder.
Now just place your lantern over a flameless tea light candle and turn it on.
If you enjoyed this post, check out:
-Simple Autumn Leaf Craft
-Corn Plant Watercolor Resist Craft
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I love these! Simple and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you! They were fun to make :-)
Deletethose are quite pretty. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks :-)
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