Step-by-step tutorial
Step 1
The girls and I were collecting leaves on our walk home from school and thought it would be fun to embellish them with metallic markers. So, while I fixed dinner, I set up the girls with their pile of leaves and some metallic pens.
Step 2
They loved experimenting with the different leaf shapes and pen colors. One of my daughters enjoyed making gold and silver leaves by coloring the whole leaf with one pen. It really brought out the vein pattern! Use a light touch; if you press down too hard the leaves will tear.
Final result!
We decided to just play with the leaves and experiment. For our project, we used fresh leaves and they dried and curled the next day. If you wanted your leaves to last a bit longer, try pressing and drying them for a bit first and give them a protective coating of Mod Podge before you decorate them with the pens. Happy decorating!
