What you will need
- ‘Real’ or paper leaves for hanging
- A stick or small branch
- Scissors (and glue if you are using paper leaf shapes and sticking them back to back)
- A needle and clear thread
- Lay your leaves out on the table under the branch in the order you would like them to hang
- Cut a length of clear thread and tie a generous knot at the bottom
- Thread from the bottom leaf with a stitch at the top of the leaf
- Go back over the same stitch to secure
- Repeat until you have all your leaves on the thread
- Tie a loop at the top of the thread to hang over your branch
- Repeat until you have threaded up all of your leaves
- Add the strings from the middle to allow for positioning of the top hanging thread
- For balance, attach the top hanging thread when you have filled the middle third of the branch
- Continue to add your strings of leaves to fill the branch
- Leave space in between the strings so that the leaves can twirl
Hang your leaves in a window or above a radiator
and watch them as they appear to gently fall…
and relax!