Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Fall Leaf Garland


I had so much fun making Halloween Garlands with the kids I decided to make garlands of Fall leaves too. Painted with watercolors I think they are rather pretty. Paint the paper and allow to dry before you fold and cut, or paint after they are cut out.




These are my hand drawn leaf shapes but it would be fun to use real leaves as inspiration. Cookie cutters or even a leaf stamp would work very nicely.




Fold paper into fourths, trace a leaf shape onto it and cut the leaves out taking care not to cut through the folded edges leaving a section intact. Paint, color or decorate anyway you would like. I connected mine together with a strip of tape. I used two sided tape to attach them to the doors.

Click here for a picture of the template I made.Save the image to your computer then print it at full page for a template if you like; turning and adjusting to make sure that the leaves go all the way to the edges of the paper folds on each side. It doesn't print at exactly the right size. When I learn how to make printable PDF's that print the correct template size, I'll add that link here as an update. Anyone out there that can advise me on that?



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15 comments:

  1. I like how you painted your paper first before cutting. Finishing each individual leaf would be kind of tedious, I think, and the leaves wouldn't look so realistic. Very pretty! I'm sure the grandkids loved the pumpkin garlands you made with them, too.

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  2. I love this idea. I believe I'll give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
    Sharon

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  3. I love this idea. I believe I'll give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
    Sharon

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  4. What a fun project. Turned out great!

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  5. Your garlands are beautiful! I've been thinking about getting some Halloween decorations put up and these would be perfect!

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  6. Beautiful! I've done paper doll strings with the grands but never thought about extending the concept.

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  7. Oh wow, the leaves look great painted like that! Thanks for sharing this at The Fun In Functional!

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  8. Super cute-- my kiddo LOVES to do holiday crafts. Thanks for sharing at Pin It Thursday!

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  9. That's a great idea. I know painting then cutting works best for my little ones. Thanks for sharing. Found your post form the Craft & Tell party.

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  10. Thanks for linking up on Saturday Show and Tell. I hope you'll be back again this week with more great stuff.
    -Macknezie
    http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com

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  11. Hi Connie,

    Thank you for linking it up and sharing it with us in our Crafty Showcase the past week! Your post was picked as a favorite by our Bowdabra Designers. You are being featured today!

    Stop in to see your feature.
    http://bowdabrablog.com/2012/10/19/feature-friday-bowdabra-top-crafty-showcase-picks-19/

    We are now following you on Pinterest, too, and invited you to our exclusive Feature Friday Bloggers board. We have invited all of our Featured bloggers. Feel free to use this board to pin anything FUN!! We repin and so do the others in the group!

    Thanks again and don't forget that the new linky opens at midnight Friday-Thur. Noon! We'd love to see more from you!

    Have a great weekend,
    Susie @Bowdabra

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  12. These are wonderful! You should enter them into Craftbaby's Challenges, Halloween Decor Challenge: http://www.craftbaby.com/contests/32/halloween-decor

    and Fall Decor Challenge: http://www.craftbaby.com/contests/31/fall-decor

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  13. Cute garland! TFS!! Here is what I shared for your party this week: http://craftybrooklynarmywife.blogspot.ca/2012/10/happy-halloween-evil-queen-costume.html

    Happy Halloween!!

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