Tesha sent me pictures of this window hanging she made using leaves and wax paper and I asked if I could share, love this idea. The leaves are fantastic right now so make sure you go collect some while they are still pretty - she picked up these leaves while out on her walks, I always notice the leaves on the ground but rarely pick them up, but now I’m on the hunt for nice ones to copy this idea.
She’s pressed individual leaves before with her grandkids, it’s a great kid craft (although they’ll need help with the ironing part) and they can hang them up wherever; this time she had the idea to press them in the shape of a wreath.
To make it - first collect leaves and put them in a big book or under something flat and heavy to flatten the leaves out. Once you’re ready to assemble the wreath, lay out big sheets of wax paper to form a rectangle roughly the size you want the wreath (or whatever shape you decide to make), overlapping as necessary to have a solid layer of wax paper. Arrange the leaves in a circle/wreath shape, top with another layer of wax paper, completely covering the leaves. Cover with a thin cloth and iron until the wax paper sticks together encompassing the leaves. Trim away the excess wax paper from around the outside of the leaves, and remove the middle section creating the wreath shape. Hole punch the top, add ribbon or twine, tape to a window.
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