Pressed Flower & Leaf Greeting Cards
Ages:6-8, 9-12
Location: Indoors
Skills: Art, Science
What you'll need:
Pressed flowers and leaves
Blank greeting cards
Glue
Clear vinyl with peel-off back
(available in craft stores)
Background:
Your children can make attractive greeting cards
using the flowers and leaves they pressed using
their flower and leaf press.
What to do:
Arrange pressed flowers and leaves on a blank
greeting card. Glue the arrangement into place
and allow it to dry completely. Cut out a piece
of clear vinyl that is large enough to cover
the flowers and the leaves. Stick one edge of
the vinyl on the page and carefully remove the
peel-off backing as you roll the vinyl along
the page, covering the flowers and leaves.
Pressed Flower Picture
Materials Needed:
Flowers
Newspaper
Tissue Paper
Wax Paper
Clear Contact Paper
Instructions:
Press your flowers as described in the Gardening
page: Save Your Summer Blooms.
Once your flowers are ready, cut a piece of was
paper to the size you want your picture. Carefully
arrange your flowers on the wax paper into the
design you want (they will be fragile!). Add a
small dab of glue onto the back of your flowers
to hold them in place. Set them aside to let the
glue dry a bit. Cover your the flowers and wax
paper with a piece of clear contact paper. gently
press to make sure the contact paper adheres to
the all the flowers.
You can now frame your picture with a piece of
construction paper or a real frame if you like.
You can also use it as a cover for a card, a book,
or whatever else you can dream up. Using this
method, you should have your summer blooms well
after summer is gone!
