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Some mornings (okay, most mornings) Ethan likes to wake up when it's still dark outside. This usually means we have hours until our morning activity or playdate. Is there a better way to kill time than with arts and crafts projects? (The answer: nope.) I mean, this is one project I wish I thought to prep ahead of time because peeling crayons for over thirty minutes at the crack of dawn while sipping my Starbucks was a little bit on the tedious side, but these homemade fall leaves look just beautiful. Anything I can do to convince myself that a typical fall happens in South Florida, I totally will.
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I outlined some basic leaf shapes (or tried to -- I really should tattoo "I'm not an artist" across my forehead since I state that obvious observation so often) onto wax paper and had Ethan go to work laying out the crayon shavings on the leaves where he thought they should go.
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Next you place a blank sheet of wax paper over the top and iron it lightly. It only takes a couple of seconds for the crayon to begin melting together.
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You simply cut out the leaves and fix them to a window. We chose one overlooking my parents pool area.
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And as the sun begin to shine through...
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...the leaves were just so totally pretty!
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This is such a really cute idea :-) We do fall pictures with leaves - you get fall colors, find some nice leaves, put them under a white piece of computer paper, and shade the leaf while it's under the paper :-)
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