Fall leaves preservation craft using glycerine and water. Preserve beautiful fall colors the way florists do it!

Fall leaves preservation craft using glycerine and water. Preserve beautiful fall colors the way florists do it!

Here's what you need

Variety of colorful still on their branches

Newspaper

Lightweight hammer

Large jar

Glycerine from the drug store

Hot water

Instructions

Go for a walk together when autumn leaves are in full color.

Talk about how the weather changes and the beauty in nature.

Collect the prettiest leaves on small leafy branches that you can find.

Take them home and spread them out on the newspaper. Work outside on your picnic table if the weather is nice.

Break apart the ends of the branches by pounding them with the lightweight hammer. This allows the branches to absorb the water and glycerine mixture more easily.

Stir together in the jar one part glycerine and three parts hot water.

Stick the branches with leaves in the mixture and set the jar on the table as a beautiful fall centerpiece.

In less than a week you will see the leaves start to change in color and in texture. They will become soft and pliable.

Now you can remove the leaves from the mixture and use them in or on a beautiful

The leaves will remain pliable indefinitely!