Keeping Busy

I've been looking for fun things to do with Kimball to keep us busy and had seen on several blogs the idea to do placemats with pressed leaves. The problem was, they all required contact paper and I don't have any, and don't want to buy any for the sake of saving money and trying to prevent an overabundance of junk. Then, our city sent out a mailer and suggested doing it with wax paper.
They aren't the fanciest looking placemats but it was cheap, super easy and fun. Plus, I don't have to feel terrible when they get destroyed which is just inevitable with a toddler.
We collected leaves last week and pressed them in our phone book. Kimball loved (!) this. He got to carry around a bucket. Then, you arrange everythin on the wax side of the paper, put another piece of wax paper on top (wax side down) and iron them together. The iron melts the wax and glues it all together.
Now we'll have to see if Kimball will be able to grasp the concept of placemats at dinner tonight :).