The Chocolate Muffin Tree: contact paper

Friday, November 30, 2012

Contact Paper Ornaments

Want a quick way to make ornaments with your children? Well, make some Contact Paper Ornaments. They are so easy to make. My daughter loves to draw so this was a fun way to incorporate her drawings into some fun tree decorations.

For Contact Paper Ornaments you'll need :

-White paper or card stock

-markers or crayons

-contact paper

-hole puncher

-wire or pipe cleaners

First, start drawing lots of fun Holiday or Winter themed ideas onto white paper or card stock. We did this together. I started to draw, and then my six year old joined in. Lots of Christmas trees and candy canes.

Santa and reindeer.

Then after you have a bunch of drawings, cover each side of the drawing with contact paper.

Lastly, cut around the drawings, punch a hole, and then add wire or pipe cleaners for hanging. They are ready to hang or to be given as unique gifts that I know many people will truly LOVE!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Contact Paper Fall Leaf Garland

Contact paper is always FUN and I decided to preserve some Fall leaves with it and ended up creating a garland! I think it turned out pretty! It makes such a whimsical Fall decoration! Before putting the leaves on contact paper, I pressed them in books to flatten them out for a few days.

When the leaves were flattened, I placed our leaves on the sticky side of the contact paper and then put another sticky sheet on top. C is still fascinated with the "stickiness" of this paper! Maybe I should have her just explore a sheet fro sensory sticky play?

Then, after sticking the two sheets together with the leaves between, I cut around the leaves, leaving an edge around them.

Then, I punched two hole through the bottom part of all the leaves. They kind of look like ghost leaves!

Next, I strung the leaves with yarn. You could use a pretty ribbon too. I'm sure there are other ways this garland could be spruced up? What do you think? This garland looks really pretty against a window with the light shining through the leaves!!!