Preserve the colors of autumn to brighten your home all winter long.

Materials

• colorful fall leaves
• heavy book for pressing
• clear contact paper

• tree branch
• thread

Instructions

1. First, collect colorful fallen leaves. Press them between the pages of a heavy book for a day or two to flatten them.

2. For each leaf, cut two squares of clear contact paper an inch or two wider than your leaf. Peel the backing off of one piece and lay it sticky-side up. Place the leaf in the center, then peel the backing off the second piece and carefully place it on top. Punch a hole for hanging.

3. Trim the edges of the contact paper, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Hang the leaves from a tree branch with thread. Place the branch in a heavy vase or suspend it from a curtain rod.

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