We collected some colorful fall leaves on our Science Nature Walk a couple weeks ago that came from many different types of trees. We placed them between wax paper, put them in large books, and left them alone. At the time, I really didn't know what we would do with them, other than stick them in our nature notebook.
So today, we read a book about Canada that had some neat project suggestions. One was to make a suncatcher with dried leaves pressed between wax paper. Ding-ding-ding!!! The bell rang in my head, alerting me to use the leaves we collected from our nature walk! So, we pulled them out of the books, and voila...we now have gorgeous suncatchers! (Had we kept solely with the Canadian project, we would have only used maple leaves, but the others were too pretty not to use!)
Here is Emily placing her leaves just the way she wants them.
And we're pressing with a hot iron.
Emily's finished piece of art.
It's lovely!
The only thing left to do is attach a hanger to it. I'm thinking of having her put brads on each of the top corners and attach a string to them so that we hang it on the window with a suction cup. Although she's think about using her piece of art as a placemat instead. Hummm.....
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