Thanks to daylight savings I had an extra hour in my evenings to find something crafty to do! I've been in Christmas mode since we did the 'Operation Christmas Card' event at my house so I thought I'd mix it up and show Thanksgiving a little love!! I found this idea on pintrest.com (what's new, right?) And thought I'd give it a try since I already had all my scrap booking paper out from yesterday's card making. I, also, thought I'd do a tutorial, just in case you were trying to find something to get you in the spirit as well!! Oh yeah, and this will totally be hanging on my front door, instead of my bathroom door. I just have to buy a wreath hanger first!
I, conveniently, had this cardboard lying around from a picture frame my husband took apart and turned into a drawing light table. I used a large mixing bowl to trace a large circle onto and used an exact knife to cut it out. This doesn't have to be very precise since you will be covering the entire thing with paper leaves.
Now onto making the leaves:
- Cut the paper into a variety of sized squares (2 in., 3 in., 4 in.)
- Fold the square in half, good sides together
- Fold the top corners down
- Fold the bottom corner over (as pictured, kind of hard to explain in words)
- Ta Da! You can also add variety by adding some leaves with "veins". Make these by repeating the last step, as mentioned above but start at the opposite corner and work at the opposite angle.
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