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Sunprint Leaves
Homemade Gift Idea: Sunprinting
You might remember making these homemade gift ideas as a child, especially if you were a girl or boy scout. With just a little added creativity like framing, folding them into greeting cards, or organizing them into to homemade calendars these natural creations can make great homemade gifts. Sun prints are those blue and white prints made from placing objects like flowers or leaves on a piece of photo-sensitive paper, laying it out in the sun for a few minutes, rinsing the paper off, and voila, you have some naturally created and inspired art that that kids and adults could make. I have seen these used as framed art pieces.
What you need:
- A sunprint paper kit. Sunprints.org has these.
- Objects to place on the paper. Commonly use objects are flowers, leaves, dandelion seeds. Buy a large sheet and do silhouettes of yourself or your kids. You can also get creative and crumple up the paper to get a neat effect.
- A container of water to rinse the paper off.
The process:
- Arrange your objects on the paper. You might want to place a piece of clear acrylic or glass on top of the objects so they flatten against the paper.
- Lay the paper out in the sun for a few minutes. It will take longer in indirect light, or under an overcast sky. The paper will fade to white when done.
- Place the paper in the water for a few minutes, until the color completely reverses.
- Let dry and you have your homemade gift!
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