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handprint leaves with sticks
Pinecone Bird Feeders
Supplies:
- Pinecones
- Peanut butter
- Birdseed
- Twine
Instructions:
- Cut twine for each pinecone just long enough to tie around the top so it can hang from a tree branch (anywhere between 1-2 feet)
- Tie the twine around the very top part of the pinecone BEFORE adding peanut butter and seeds
- Cover the pinecone(s) in peanut butter using a spatula
- Pour some birdseed on a paper plate and roll the pinecone around
- Hang your pinecones near a window so the kids can watch the birds enjoy!
Paper Plate Apple Pie
Supplies:
- Apple (cut in half)
- Paper plate
- Brown, red, and green paint
- Brown construction paper
- Scissors and glue
Instructions:
- Cut the construction paper into 4 strips the length of the inner part of the paper plate
- Put half of the apple piece in green paint and stamp the center of the plate a few times
- Repeat with red paint and the other piece of the apple
- Paint the outer, rigged edge of the plate with brown paint
- Wait for the paint to dry and glue the strips in a criss-cross pattern over the apples
Glow-in-the-Dark Pumpkins
Supplies:
- White pumpkin(s)
- Glow-in-the-Dark paint
- Sponge-tipped paintbrush
Instructions:
- Splatter that glow-in-the-dark paint all over the pumpkin in any design you wish!
Coloring Sheets
Supplies:
- Coloring sheets
- Markers / crayons / colored pencils OR
- Leaves and sticks
- Glue
Instructions:
- Print out the sheets and either color with fall colors such as orange, red, yellow, or brown OR
- Find leaves and/or sticks that match the shape of the leaves on the sheet and glue them on!
Autumn Tree
Supplies:
- Fall leaves
- A large piece of paper
- Brown marker or crayon
- Glue
Instructions:
- Collect leaves from outside
- Use a brown marker or crayon to draw a large tree with branches on your piece of paper
- Allow your child to glue the leaves to the tree
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Leaf Painting
Supplies:
- Leaves
- White paper (cardstock works best)
- Washable paint (preferably green, red, orange, and yellow)
- Paintbrush
Instructions:
- Collect leaves from outside
- Place one leaf at a time on your paper
- Paint around each leaf with your brush
- Carefully remove the leaf from paper to reveal the silhouette
- Repeat the process until your paper is full of leaf silhouettes
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Leaf Rubbings
This is my family's favorite fall craft with leaves!
Supplies:
- Leaves
- Large piece of white paper
- Assorted colored crayons (with the wrapper peeled off)
- Watercolor paint
- Cup of water
- Paintbrush
Instructions:
- Collect leaves from outside
- Place leaves under your paper
- Using the crayons, slowly rub over the top of the paper to reveal the outline and details of the leaf
- Cover the whole paper with leaf rubbings
- When you're done fill all the leftover white areas with your watercolor paint
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Amy Romback is the publisher of Macaroni Kid East Lansing-Okemos-Haslett, Mich.
