DIY 1 -making a leaf owl-
You will need:
- to print out this owl
-leafs
- glue
-scissors
- yarn
- cut out the owl
- use glue on your owl
- take your leaf and rub on it, so that little pieces will fall off
- if you need more leafs to fill the paper do so and make sure they are sticking to your paper
- use two pretty leafs that can be used as the wings of the owl
- you can also decorate the back of the owl with little pieces of leafs
- make a little opening in the head of the owl
- pull yarn through and tigh it together
DIY 2 -fold your own leafs-
You will need:
-folding paper
-scissors
-glue
I have a few pretty folding books for kids,
that i've been using over the years at school.
This idea is from the book 'Het grote
vouwboek deel 2' (it's a Dutch book).
This one is very easy, i made those leafs
last year with 4/5/6 year old kids. The smaller
kids need some more assistence with folding and
cutting ;) Have fun!
step 1
You can use different sizes of folding paper and
any color that you prefer. If your kid likes purple
leafs, go with it ;)
fold it through half, open and half again and open
step 2
fold until the middle
step 3
fold the other side to the middle
and open your paper
step 4
turn your paper and repeat step 2 and 3
step 5
fold open and if you have done it right,
you will have 16 squares
step 6
fold the right downside to the middle, like this
step 7
use your sciccors to make two little cuts
stop at the verticale line
step 8
fold your paper like this
step 9
and fold the one above the same way
step 10
take your scissors again and cut 2 lines
again and stop at the horizontale line
step 11
fold them just like you did at step 8 and 9
step 12
turn your leaf ;)
to finish you can glue a little brown
piece on the bottem.
You can glue them on paper, hang them
on your window or make a garland
from several folded leafs!
Happy crafting!
XO. Vera
