To kickoff the season of Fall we thought you and your child might just fall for this fun and decorative craft! One of the best things about the Fall season is the leaves turn beautiful colors of red and brown and gloriously shower the ground. Now you can take the example of those stunning colorful leaves and decorate your wall with your very own leaf wreath!
Fall Wreath
What you will need:
- A few pieces of colored paper (green, yellow, orange, red, brown)
- A black marker
- Scissors
- A paper plate (any size but not too small)
- A glue stick
- First, cut the center of your paper plate out. Don’t worry no need to be perfect!
- On your colored sheets of paper, draw different shaped leaves. To get an idea of what kinds of leaves to draw, take your child on a nature walk and try to find as many leaves as you can. When you get back, try to recreate the shapes of the leaves on your colored paper.
- Cut the leaves out.
- With your black marker, draw the veins of the leaf on your paper cutouts. Here is what your cutouts should somewhat look like:
- Now that you have your leaf cut outs, use your glue stick to put a little bit of glue on the backs of them, one at a time. Stick each leaf onto the paper plate like below:
- Continue sticking the leaves all around the edge of the plate until it is completely covered. You have now made yourself a beautiful fall leaf wreath to hang in your house and enjoy!
Feel free to get creative!
We also think it makes a cool goofy hat.....haha
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