Make a lovely Autumn leaf crown from leaves collected on a walk! A fun art and craft activity for fall.
We were at the park yesterday and collected some gorgeous fallen leaves from “the orange tree” as C described it.
I gave C a strip of white card and she coloured it with some Autumnal colours.
Then she applied lots of glue using a glue stick along its length.
And carefully stuck some leaves all the way along it.
Then, when it was dry, I measured it to fit her head and stapled it together. Easy!
She said “I’m the Queen of the park!”
This activity goes really well with our 5 a day book choice of Red Leaf Yellow Leaf!
Learning Links:
- creativity: combine materials, use materials to represent/ create something new, create in 2 and 3 dimensions
- knowledge and understanding of the world: investigate the world using all of the senses, talk about objects from the natural environment
- motor skills: use tools appropriately and safely, fine motor sticking and placing skills
Cakie: 37 months
Aaaah what a lovely crown! Very cute indeed.. has been on my to do list for a while.. mine is slightly different though!
And I love the book. Always a fabulous choice! 🙂
Maggy
brilliant- we’re just back form a leaf-walk!
how pretty and fun! i’ll be doing this for sure with my preschoolers for next year’s fall leaf unit.
What a sweeties!!! There is nothing cuter than an Autumn crown – nothing!!! My daughter made one last year – you can scroll down this post to see her in her royal glory!!! http://www.se7en.org.za/2010/06/08/saturday-spot-the-autumn-table-and-se7en-million-autumn-crafts
How sweet! I’ve been wondering what else we could do with all these leaves.
I absolutely love this precious photo. I think all Princesses should wear an Autumn leaf crown!!!
What a great idea – we have some great colour ones in the garden and even some card – can see a crown coming this week
We did this also. thanks for sharing