I loved doing this autumn activity with Eden this morning! It's great if you have a young preschooler (like Eden, who's 22 months) as they can do a lot of it themselves.
1. I started by cutting out 6 squares (approximately 13cm wide) of sticky back plastic that I found hidden in a box in our spare room - the type you use to cover school books with. I used masking tape to secure 3 of the squares loosely to Eden's craft table, sticky side up.
2. We picked some leaves to use out of the autumn sensory box that we made last week, and placed them on the sticky squares. Eden added some sparkly flower and butterfly confetti as well.
3. Eden experimented and tore up little bits off one of the leaves to stick on too - it looks really good.
4. Once we'd finished our masterpiece, we stuck down the other 3 squares to seal the leaves inside. I trimmed the edges to tidy them up, as Eden had helped me stick. Then we hole-punched some holes, added some ribbon, and taped to the window.
The sunlight shines through the leaves, intensifying the red, orange and golden colours.
It really brightens the room up!
You could take it a step further by decorating and adding a cardboard frame border, or cutting the suncatchers into leaf shapes.
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1 comment:
Love these easy sun catchers. Still waiting for the leaves in our area to change color so we can do this. I am a new follower from It's Playtime. Vicky from www.messforless.net
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