How To Make A Pressed Flower Sun Catcher

I remember getting a sun catcher making kit as a small child as a birthday gift and the project captivated my imagination. So many years later I still remember making the sun catchers and the delight I had when I hung them up on my bedroom window. With winter here I wanted to recreate that feeling and the craft idea using the pressed flowers I collected in my flower press last spring.

This project is very affordable and simple to make. Young children may need help with cutting out their sun catcher shapes and taping the edges, however, this is a project that all ages can enjoy together. Adults will experience the whimsy and wonder of creating this craft to brighten their winter days. It is also a fun project you can make year round using seasonal flowers and leaves all year long.

 

For this project, you will need:

 

• Pressed flowers or leaves (make your own or find through craft stores or Etsy)
• Copper tape
• Acetate sheets
• scissors
• Clear glue
• A sharpie pen
• Twine
• Stencils to make shapes

 

How to make it:

 

One. Take two sheets of acetate and trace the shape you want to make onto the top acetate sheet. You can make your own stencils with found objects around your home like cookie cutters, jar lids, or even pancake molds. You can even make your own stencils out of cardboard or thick paper to achieve the sun-catcher shape you want.

I used a heart shaped pancake mold to make my sun catcher shaped like a heart. The heart is perfect year round, although it also makes for a perfect Valentine’s Day craft, decoration, or gift. You can make your sun catcher in any shape. My personal favorite shapes for suncatchers are ovals or even classic rectangles.

 

Two. Cut out your shapes, making sure to keep the two sheets together so they are the same size and shape once cut.

Three. Gently wipe off your fingerprints and dust from the acetate sheets before laying out your pressed flower/leaf design.

Four. Gently tack down your flowers and leaves with a small dot of clear glue to keep them in place. Once done, put the other acetate cutout over it to sandwich the flowers or leave in the middle of the suncatcher.

Five. Take your copper tape and seal the edges all around your cut outs. If your sun catcher has rounded edges, you will need smaller pieces of tape to gently make your way around the edges. Tape all the edges until you tape around the entire circumference of your sun catcher.

 

Six. Cut a piece of twine to make a loop for your suncatcher in the length that you desire. Using the copper tape, tape down the ends onto your sun catcher to make a loop to hang it on a window.

Enjoy the beauty of the sunlight coming through the flowers.

 

Please forgive the appears of these old 1800s windows on our rental home. They collect so much dust and also a lot of condensation during the winter. Because I am on the top floor I cannot clean them from the outside. Still, there is a charm to these antique window panes and the old glass.

 

Bonus: You can also make a stained glass effect with colorful sharpie markers if you wish to add some pops of color and designs in between your sun catcher before you tape it together.

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