Coffee filters have been used less and less since the arrival of all modern coffee machines. Do you also have coffee filters in your kitchen cabinet? Don't throw them away! If you wet them, the smallest children can color them nicely. The filter paper sucks the colors out of your felt-tip pen, and the “run out” of the colors gives a nice effect.

After drying, cut the filter bags into a heart shape, and cut a circle around it from plain paper. By laminating the whole, you finish it! Then stick it against the window so that the light shines through it nicely. 

Another variation could be that you punch a hole at the top with the hole punch. String through it and then it's a nice pendant. You could also cut the circle loose with a hobby knife. Then punch holes so that you can make the parts together with a piece of iron wire (sandwich bag shutter). It is then movable, when you hang up. 

Required: Coffee filter bag, felt-tip pens, scissors, white sheet paper and laminator. Idea and photos submitted by Childparent Anja from Ede. Child parent Anja offers small-scale, professional care for your child. - Website: Child Parent Anja

Leitz iLAM laminating machine.   Easy to operate by means of a single switch and processes standard 2 x 75 micron covers.   Smooth lamination with excellent results, no complicated settings. Compact model, doesn't take up much space and available in 4 colors.

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