4 Fun Ways to Use Laminated Leaves

Collecting leaves for fun, for memories, for crafts, for decoration, but how do you keep them from crumbling or getting wilted?  Use a cold lamination machine like the one from Xyron!  So now that you can keep you leaves as you want them from the day you pick or collected them you can use them in a ton of fun ways.  Here are 4 fun and easy ways to use you laminated leaves.

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Laminating the leaves is super easy with the Xyron Double Sided Laminate refill with the Creative Station or the Creative Station Lite.  Just insert the leaf and run it through the machine, no heat necessary.

Here is a video tutorial to show how easy it is to laminate leaves.

1) Memory Keeping

First way to use a laminate leaf is to just laminate it to keep it for long term.  Maybe it is a tree you planted and want to remember for years to come, or a 4 leaf clover that you found, or a leaf you want to keep as a reminder of a trip or an experience.  Laminating a leaf is a wonderful way to preserve any kind of memory.

2) Leaf Magnets

Laminate your leaf and place some Xyron Magnet Tape to the back of the leaf and turn it into a cute magnet for the fridge or for fun cookie sheet play with the kids!

3) Leaf Face Magnets
Once you have laminated the leaf and added magnets to the back you can now add some google eyes with the Xyron 3" Sticker Maker and draw in a mouth with a Sharpie to make some cute leaf faces!!  You do not have to turn these into magnets, but they do look super cute on a fridge!

4) Present Decor

After laminating the leaves, punch a hole in one end and add to a bit of twine to add to the top of a present instead of a bow for that beautiful rustic look!

So what will you make with laminated leaf?

Supplies Used

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Shareasale Shop at: O	Tailwind Shop at: O	Fiskars Scissors Shop at: AZ | LFL (UK)	Xyron Creative Station Lite Shop at: AZ
Xyron Creative Station Shop at: SB | AZ	Fiskars Scissors 8" Shop at: AZ	Xyron Laminate 5" Refill Shop at: AZ	Jute trim Shop at: AZ
Sharpie Shop at: AZ	Xyron 3" Sticker Maker Shop at: SB | AZ | LFL (UK)	Xyron Magnet Tape Shop at: AZ	Google Eyes Shop at: AZ
Black Craft Mat Shop at: AZ

DIY Colorful Glass Bead Flowers

I love to make little pretty things for my garden, so even when the flowers start to fade in the summer heat I have something pretty to help add a touch of color to my plants.  This little touch of pretty is so easy and cheap you have to make them today.  So go get some glass beads and make some glass bead flowers!

Here is a video on how to make these fun glass flowers!

You start off by etching the glass beading in Etchall Dip n Etch solution to give the beads a tooth for the Sharpie to stick to so it will not wipe off.

The you color the beads that have been etched.  Mix and match the clear beads with colored one, and have some fun with the colors and designs.

Using a bamboo skewer as the stake, glue all the sections of the flower together with Supertite Multi-Grab 360 Glue.  It is water proof and has amazing hold.  Let the flowers set overnight for the best results.

Using 7 glass beads to make a flower, as one for the center and 6 surrounding it, there are so many options for color and design.  This is a simple one with e yellow center and pink petals.

You can also switch out the glass beads that are not etch and change up the colors for each petal for some fun.

On this one I made some fun designs on each petal with a mix of blue and black.

I love the feel of the different colors of green paired with the clear glass beads and the dots in the middle in black.

For this one I just mixed up a ton of fun colors my daughter picked out, she even helped me color the beads for this one!

I just love these I might keep them inside my by desk!!

They even look pretty with real flowers!!

So what crafty fun things do you do with glass beads?

Supplies Used

Interested in the supplies I used in this project?  Most are listed below and some are affiliate links, which generates a me little commission (at not extra cost to you at all) when you click on the link and make a purchase.  Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here.

Shareasale Shop at: O	Tailwind Shop at: O	Etchall Dip n Etch Shop at: AZ | O	Sharpie Shop at: AZ
Non Stick Craft mat Shop at: AZ	Dollar Tree Glass Gems Shop at: DT	Black Craft Mat Shop at: AZ	Supertite Glue Shop at: O
Supertite Multi-Grab 360 Shop at: O	Newton's Nook Donut Die Shop at: AZ	Bamboo Skewers Shop at: AZ