Almost a wordless post today as I think the slides speak for themselves. Go for a walk, collect some natural goodies and see what you can make. Use glue, bluetac or stickytape if you want to fix your pictures in place.
happily shared with Childhood 101 and ABCand123 and Kids Get Crafty and Upcycled Awesome and The Mad House
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Great idea! I’ve been thinking of doing something like this with my kids when we read Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. It would be a great activity to go with that book if you’ve never read it.
Hi Polly – that sounds like a great match.
Some great ideas there – thanks
We did leaf rubbings on to paper, foil & cellophane
http://www.lucy-locket.com/craftSept.html
Lovely pictures Lucy, thanks for sharing them. Foil is a great idea for rubbings – and great to do a mixture of materials so the children can compare the differences.
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Oh Cathy, these turned out wonderfully! Really like how you played with all the different colours and leaf shapes!!
And thanks (as always) for linking up to Kids Get Crafty
Maggy xx
Brilliant! I host a linky party on my blog http://www.thetshirtdiaries.com and would be honored if you would link this tutorial up!
Thanks for the invitation Robin – will pop over for a visit.
So fun! I love all the creations.
Thanks Kelly – we had fun making them
This is a wonderful video filled with great artwork. I love the use of nut caps.
some really beautiful pictures there
Thanks Amanda. I liked that the we didn’t stick them all down so we could move the leaves and transform them into something else.
[...] Meni has SO many wonderful autumn crafts on her blog, you must go and take a look. It was really hard to just pick a couple. But in the end I went with the one that made me smile the most – I love these leaf pictures. It feels like doodling with nature and then eternalising them by taking these wonderful photos. Isn’t the bat just too crafty? And how fun is the leaf umbrella? Go take a look at all the fun! Cathy a Nurture Store also, has some lovely ones for you here. [...]