Falling Leaves Hanging

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