Daily Archives: October 3, 2012

I have wanted to do this craft for a very long time, but I convinced myself that I should probably wait until the leaves turned different colors in order to get the full effect. So after some waiting I finally was able to  collect some leaves after band today I started my craft for this week, which was a Mason Jar covered with leaves that could eventually be used for either a candle holder or whatever anyone wants it to be. I started by buying some Modge Podge (which is just a gloss sealer that can act as a glue) , a jar, and finding some leaves outside of my dorm. The process is really easy, you only have to place Modge Podge on the jar and then take your leaves that have been pressed (it’s supposed to be 32 hours, but I procrastinated and found that taking all of your textbooks and stacking them on top of the leaves works just as well) and place them strategically around the jar. For the most part this craft went smoothly. The only wall I ran into was not pressing the leaves. When they were placed on the jar they had a tendency to stick up, so I resulted in using super glue to keep them in place (and that seemed to work pretty well). Overall, I wouldn’t consider this craft a major success, but compared to previous attempts it worked out pretty well. It is definitely a fool proof craft and anyone can do it if they sit down and give themselves some time. This jar also makes a nice fall decoration that can be used in a house for your parents or even in your dorm room in order to get in the spirit for fall and Thanksgiving. So I advise anyone who is interested in doing this to do it soon, before the leaves are all dead and gross! 🙂 (what it’s supposed to look like is the one with the black background, mine is the other)