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Stick Art

Total Time Needed:: 1 Hour

Ages: 12 months and up

To make a winsome window decoration, take up a collection of natural beauties -- leaves, grass, flower petals, and ferns work well -- and help your child arrange them on the sticky side of a piece of clear Con-Tact paper. (You may want to tape down the Con-Tact paper to keep it from moving.) When he's done, place a second piece sticky-side down on top of the objects and press to seal it. Trim the edges (we cut ours into a circle), punch a hole in the top, and hang it in a window with a short length of ribbon.

Be sure to check out our other nature-craft ideas for your toddler.

Materials

Nature objects found on a walk (leaves, grass, flower petals, and ferns work well)
Clear Con-Tact paper
Tape

Scissors
Hole punch
Ribbon

Instructions

Take up a collection of natural beauties, and help your child arrange them on the sticky side of a piece of clear Con-Tact paper. (You may want to tape down the Con-Tact paper to keep it from moving.)
When he's done, place a second piece sticky-side down on top of the objects and press to seal it. Trim the edges (we cut ours into a circle), punch a hole in the top, and hang it in a window with a short length of ribbon.