"Painted" Leaf Garland

I LOVE fall.  Love.  it.  I love crafts.  The kids love crafts.  But I am a bit of a "real marker"- phobe (along with real paint).  Especially when S eats what ever we are crafting.  Also, real little ones can't get the hang of watercolor painting.  So this is a good craft for little ones- they think they are painting and you know they really are not!
What you will need:
- coffee filters
- markers (we used washable)
- paintbrush with water
- hole punch
- yarn
1.  Fold coffee filter in half and cut off that bumpy edge.  Then cut out a half-leaf shape (of your choosing) on that fold.  When you open up the paper you will see the whole leaf.


2.  Using the markers, draw lines dots and squiggles on the leaf.   You can even do this ahead of time so the little ones don't play with the markers.


3.  Then "paint" the markered leaves with just water.  We also tried dipping the leaves in water and misting them.  "Painting" seemed to work the best.  



4.  Let them dry.  Then hole punch where you want to string them.  Cut the yarn to the length you want and string the leaves on the yarn.   Display proudly.

Introducing...

Yep, another craft blog.  Oh, well.  Here I hope to post craft ideas and tutorials to share with everyone!  I love sewing.  Actually, I love fabrics!!  So therefore I love sewing.  I also enjoy tons of other crafts.  Since I have two little ones at home with me, I also "specialized" in crafts for little children.  Stick around with my new blog and you will get to see and learn how to do all of our wonderful crafts.

I currently have a little shop on etsy.com.  Right now I am selling some gorgeous yoga mat bags and flaxseed eye pillows.  The yoga mat bag is my very own design.  It has taken me several months of making and selling them to finally be satisfied with design.  I can tell you that every facet of the bag has been carefully thought out.  I take great pride in my craftswomanship, too, so all stitching is neat and seams are finished or serged.