Pretty colored leaves are one of the very best things about fall. This fun fall leaf décor piece brings the outside colors inside by making a large leaf shape from small layered leaves.
MADE BY: SAMANTHA TAYLOR | TIME: 30 MINUTES
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE | SIZE: 12” ROUND
Supplies:
- Glue Dots® Permanent Glue Squares
- Piece of Wood (I used a 12” round piece of wood)
- Paint or Stain
- Patterned Paper or Card Stock in Fall Colors
- A way to make small leaves (die cutting machine, template, or stencil)
- Paint or stain your piece of wood and set aside to dry while you cut leaves. I used a walnut stain.
- Cut small leaves from paper. My small leaves are about 2” each. I cut 10 – 15 leaves from 4 different colors.
- Optional step 2 different ways: If you don’t think you can free form a leaf shape use a large leaf template (mine is about 10”).
a. You can attach your template to the wood with Glue Dots® Permanent Glue Squares and then attach your small leaves directly to the template (covering it up completely).
b. Or, you can use Glue Dots® Removable Glue Squares to hold your template in place while you trace around it. Then you can remove the template and fill the traced shape with small leaves.
- Use permanent Glue Squares to attach small leaves to the wood base, forming a large leaf shape. Grouping the squares towards the center of the leaf leaves room to layer additional leaves under or over leaves that are already adhered to the base.
Notes: Glue Squares® are great for this task, as they are formulated to stick well to both paper and wood. If you don’t have a way to cut leaves, you can buy bags of paper or fabric leaves at many craft stores. If you want to hang this décor, you can drill a hole at the top and hang it with ribbon or twine.