Skeletonizing Leaves
- Washing soda
- Bleach Leaves
- wire
- Steel pot
- floral tape
- Dull knife
- glycerin Add 1 tsp. of soda to quart of water and leaves. Boil for 30 minutes. Let stand and cool. Scrape and brush pulp off carefully. Add 2 Tbl of bleach to 1 quart of water. Add leaves and soak one hour till white. Remove, rinse, and put between paper towels in book for 24 hours. Leaves to use: magnolia, holly, ivy, Maple, beech, oak, avocado
Painted leaves To preserve the color longer in fall leaves: Gather colorful leaves, spray with an acrylic sealer, string and hang. That is all there is to it.
Pistachio Shell Flowers
Paper bag owls
Paper plate leaf flowers!
MAKE A TREE
MAPLE SEED DRAGONFLY
