Easy Fall Leaf Crafts for Kids to Decorate Your Home This Season
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Fall has arrived and very soon scattered leaves will cover the ground with a bright carpet. This is a time of inspiration for many people. And what could be better than taking advantage of its gifts? What can children make with leaves? How to do leaf art with kids? We have these awesome and easy fall leaf crafts for kids that will keep your child occupied on a rainy evening!
Easy Fall Leaf Crafts for Kids – Fun Projects for the Little Ones
Working with natural material has a positive effect on the development of the child, his imagination and thinking. Easy fall leaf crafts for kids are a great opportunity to spend time with your child and collect colorful leaves during a walk in the park.
You need to keep in mind that it is difficult for smaller kids to stay focused for a long time, so you need to be patient and offer them a simple and easy craft project. Hopefully our ideas will be of help and you will have a pleasant pastime with the children.
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Leaf Painting for Kids
This is a very easy craft for children and a lot of fun for the small ones.
Materials:
- Fallen leaves
- Watercolor paint
- Paint brushes
- White paper
Let the kids paint the leaves in colors of their choice. Take the painted leaf and turn it on the paper. Press to make leaf prints.
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How to Make a Leaf Owl?
Materials:
- Fallen leaves
- white cardboard
- owl’s eyes printable template
- Paper glue
Instructions:
- Print out the owl’s eyes on a white sheet of paper. Then carefully cut out the eyes.
- Glue the leaves onto a sheet of white cardboard so that you get a recognizable silhouette of an owl.
- Then glue on the eyes and beak.
- Draw the owl’s legs with a black marker.
DIY Fall Leaf Men – Front Porch Decorating Idea
Materials:
- Fallen leaves
- A wooden base
- A skewer
- Apples
- Googly eyes
Instructions:
Drill a hole into the wooden base, insert a bamboo skewer into the hole and glue it. This will be the leaf man’s to footing.
String the colored leaves onto the skewer.
After you have lined up enough leaves, put an apple on skewer. That will be the face of the leaf man. Glue googly eyes on the apple.
Arrange the finished leaf men as outdoor fall decoration on the front porch or a garden bench.
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Easy Fall Leaf Crafts for Kids – How to Make a Leaf Caterpillar?
Materials:
- Fallen leaves
- Chestnut
- A small wooden bead
- Wire
- Googly eyes
Instructions:
Collect the fallen leaves.
String a small wooden ball on the wire.
Fold the end of the wire back and then wrap it.
Thread the leaves onto the wire in a row.
When your caterpillar is long enough, drill the chestnut and put it at the end of the wire.
Add a small wooden bead to it. This will be his nose
Glue the eyes. Your fall leaf caterpillar is ready!
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DIY Fall Leaf Crown
Materials:
- 15-20 fallen leaves
- A strip of cardboard paper
- Double-sided tape
- Craft glue
Instructions:
Fold back the stem of a large fallen leaf and secure it with glue to match the height of the crown you want to make.
Attach the fallen leave to the cardboard using glue.
Glue leaves from one end of the cardboard to the other.
Add smaller leaves and overlap them if you like.
When you have covered the cardboard with leaves, measure the child’s head and glue the ends of the paper strip with double-sided tape or craft glue.
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Crayon Leaf Rubbings
Materials:
- Leaves
- Thin paper
- Crayons
Instructions:
Place a leaf with its bottom side up.
Place a sheet of paper over the leaf.
Gently rub the area over the leaf with a crayon.
Remove the leaf from under the paper.
Make more leaf rubbings with different colors.
Fall Leaf Tree
Materials:
- White construction paper
- Crayons
- Glue stick
- Fallen leaves
Instructions:
Draw a tree on the construction paper.
Have the child color it.
Glue the leaves to shape the crown of the tree.
Easy Fall Leaf Hedgehog
Materials:
- Colored pencils or crayons
- Glue
- Hedgehog template from
- Leaves
- Scissors
Instructions:
You can draw a simple hedgehog or find a coloring page on the Internet and print it.
Let the children color the head of the hedgehog
Glue the leaves, in the same direction to resemble the quills of a hedgehog. Make sure to overlap them.
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How to make fall leaf animals?
This is how to make fall leaf fish
Easy fall crafts for kids – make different animals
Cute fall leaf lion
Watercolor and snail art
