This week in our house we used our Nature Walk to find some beautiful wildflowers. The kids decided we would like to make some cards with our flowers to send to others that may need a little cheering up! We all know getting cards and notes can make others smile!
To preserve flowers and not let them decompose, you have to not give them exposure to air! So we sealed our flowers between wax paper and now they will last forever!
Below you will see how we did this. The kids were so excited to mail the cards to friends and family! We also made a bookmark for all that reading we have been doing!
This activity does require an adult to help you use the iron!
Materials: waxpaper, flowers, or petals, leaves, an electric iron, scissors
Procedure:
1. Pick some wildflowers and pull the stems off.
2. Lay the flowers and leaves on a piece of wax paper. ( leave spaces in between and press as flat as possible )
3. Lay another piece of wax paper on top.
4. Use a hot or very warm iron to press the 2 pieces of wax paper together with the flowers
in between.
5. The heat should melt the wax on the paper and seal the flowers safe inside .
6. Now you can cut the sealed paper into any shape you want . Add a pretty yarn or ribbon if you want. Let me know how it worked in the comment section below !
Spread the kindness !
Ms. Lucadou
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