Early in autumn, the boys and I collect lots of different kinds of beautifully-colored leaves from around the farm to dry. We place one leaf per page in a book and then put a heavy book on top of the lighter. After a week or so, the leaves are taken out and stored in a plastic bag for use in various projects like this one. I recently showed Eli how to pin-prick a leaf with his name so that light shines through when hung in the window.
To make one: take a dried leaf and place on a pile of scrap paper. Using a pin of some sort or a thumbtack, pin-prick dots on the leaf in the form of the letters in someone's name. You can go back over it then and make the holes slightly bigger to allow more light to shine through. Names which contain lots of straight letters are the easiest, but it's fun to try and make name leaves for the whole family to hang in the window.
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