Nature Collage!

         Today one of our activities was to create a nature suncatcher. Well... that'd be great, if I had gotten the clear contact paper I was expecting rather than the white that I have... so instead we made a nature collage today! The boys and I went outside around our house and picked different things from nature; flowers, grass, leaves, pinecones etc. Then we came inside and while they played I cut the middle out of two paper plates and cut a circle of contact paper(sticky paper) and stuck it to the bottom of the paper plate so the sticky side was up. Next I called the boys over, and they started sticking their stuff down to the sticky paper and putting it just how they wanted it. Again, since I didn't have the right paper, I had to improvise some way to stick something on top of the picture so it would all stay, but I couldn't use the white paper I had, so instead we went with clear packaging tape on top. It doesn't look quite as clean as I was hoping thanks to the tape, but they still look pretty good and they boys had fun which is always the most imporant part!!

Here is the link to what I was trying to do...maybe we'll try again soon!

http://handsonaswegrow.com/craft-for-toddlers-nature-collage-suncatcher/