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There are so many things blooming in our yard and all around. Last fall we picked some flowers and leaves to press and will be doing a project with them soon and I might have to start pressing some now for a fall project. But we wanted something that we could do now and not have to wait – so we decided to do flower and leaf imprints on paper and make them into cards. Out to the garden we went….
Flower and Leaf Imprint Cards (the idea came from http://buildmakecraftbake.com/2009/04/how-to-hammered-flower-and-leaf-prints.html )
Items Needed
Flowers and leaves – get many because not all with work
Paper (good drawing or painting paper)
Paper towel
Hammer or rock hammer
Scissors
1. Go to the garden or for a walk and collect flowers and leaves – the more colorful the better.
2. Fold the paper in half so you can determine where you want to place the flowers and leaves. Note: that the flowers and leaves can “leak” so place a piece of scrap paper underneath.
3. Lay the flowers and leaves out on your paper. Stella decided to do one at a time. Some of the flowers we had to cut the stem way down and then lay the petals out.
4. Place a piece or several of paper towel over the flowers and leaves.
5. Hammer over the flower and/or leaves to make am impression. Not all will work
Stella hammering
This leaf did not work
Me hammering
6. Pull the paper towel off, carefully and then peel the flower and/or leaves off the paper – allow to dry.
Flower and leaves used
Flower hammered, before taking off
Flowers taken off, imprint
7. Write your message on your card. (Grandma Jo – if you are reading this, act surprised when you get your card!)
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Great kid’s project!! Grandma Jo is so lucky to have Stella as a granddaughter!! : )
That is very cool! I am going to do this craft with my mentally challenged adults that I work with.
Va.
That will be really fun – the collecting and talking about how things would work on the paper was my favorite part of the project!