Fall Leaf Tree Luminaries

5 Materials
$15
2 Hours
Easy

With a few dollar store supplies and some things you probably already have, you can make these beautiful Fall Leaf Tree Luminaries that would would be beautiful addition to your Thanksgiving Table or Decor.

Using Wax Paper, a leaf garland from the dollar store, Modge Podge (or glue), wine glasses and battery operated tea lights you can easily make these cute colorful leaf tree luminaries!

Tear off a sheet of wax paper. Approximately 8x10 and lay on a protected surface.

Cut the leaves from the garland and remove the plastic veins. Coat the wax paper with Modge Podge in sections and attach leaves. Overlap the leaves, but leave some space between them for the light to shine through.

Cover with another sheet of wax paper and stack some books on top to flatten out the leaves. After a couple hours, remove the top sheet of wax paper. The leaves should be flat at this point. Depending on how much glue you used, it will still take several hours for it to dry completely. I let mine dry overnight.

Once dry, roll into a cone shape and glue the edge with a hot glue gun. Trim the bottom so that you have a flat surface.

Fill wine glasses with tea lights. Cover with Leaf Tree Cone.

To finish off my trees, I used hot glue to attach a wooden bead to the top and added a raffia ribbon bow. They look very pretty without the lights on.

In low light, they have a beautiful glow.

For more pictures and details on this project, please visit my blog. Hope you and your families have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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  • Deborah Evelyn Deborah Evelyn on Sep 10, 2020

    Has anyone tried this with real leaves? Would it work with real leaves?


  • Guernsey Girl Guernsey Girl on Jul 23, 2023

    Cant wait to have ago at making the Christmas cones they look brilliant.


    How do you get the veines out of the fake leaves. Many thanks.

  • Katen Katen on Aug 18, 2023

    Might sound silly but any reason you couldn’t use parchment paper? I have all materials on hand but wax paper. Too hot to go out but maybe a fall suggestion might make me feel cooler. Thanks for nice idea

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