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Autumn sun catcher


Autumn sun catcher what you need is fall leaves paraffin wax and fishing line. I picked grape leaves and leaves from the park to get a variety. First take your wax and put it in a double boiler pot . Let it melt be sure to not have the water from the double boiler get in the wax it will make clumps.


Once the wax is fully melted and liquid like water take the leaf and dip it into the wax pull it out and let the excess drip off I let my leaves dry on a paper towl

Now be sure your wax is very very hot or otherwise when you dip the leaf it will go on opaque and thick like the leaf on the right as opposed to the leaf on the left. Then once the leaves are dry take some string I want to use fishing line so the leaves look like they are falling . You can use any string you want if the leaves still have stems tie the string around the stem if not just glue gun the string to the leaf. Then just hang them up in your window and voila you have a beautiful autumn sun catcher . This is a fun activity for you and for kids!