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Question
You could do this in groups of five or six each.
- Collect flowers that have fallen from trees or plants and bring them to the class.
- Spread these flowers neatly between the sheets of an old newspaper.
- Make sure that the flowers do not touch each other.
- Now put a heavy object on the newspaper. Leave it pressed for ten to fifteen days at one place.
- After this, take out all the flowers very carefully and prepare a scrap book. You can take a used notebook or old newspapers for this.
- You can also use these dried flowers to make pretty cards.
Solution
Do it yourself.
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