Easy Fall Sun Catchers

When I was planning this activity, I was already writing the blog post in my head and the first sentence was You only need two things to make these easy suncatchers - plastic dividers and leaf-shaped cookie cutters!   Except then I realized the cookie cutters I used last year were ones that I  borrowed from my sister.

Undeterred, I made some leaf-shaped cardboard pieces instead.  You only need two things to make these easy suncatchers - plastic dividers and leaf-shaped cardboard!  I even took a picture:

Except I realized you need something to trace the shapes with.  So, a new picture:

Oh, and you also need a scissors, a paper punch, and some fishing line.  I gave up on the picture taking.  You know what that stuff looks like anyway, right?

And though I'm sure you've already figured out how to make these things, here are the directions anyway (since I already had them written out in my head and all):

Trace your leaf shapes onto the plastic dividers and cut them out.

Use a hole punch and fishing line to hang them in your window.  I don't think my photography skills and/or dirty windows do them justice.

A fun rhyming book to read with this activitiy is Fall Mixed Up.  Pumpkins turn red and apples turn orange.  Hats cover hands and gloves cover ears.  Wolves say, "Meow" and black cats say "Whoo."  It's a mixed up fall!  So depending on the kind of fall we're having, our leaves might actually be falling up rather than down.

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