Taking walks on fall days are just lovely. The weather is at that perfect temperature of not too chilly, but not too hot. It’s not quite hat and gloves weather; a sweatshirt does just fine. Me and my little miss have been fully enjoying the weather with lots of walks outside.
She is just starting to learn and grasp the concept of seasons – what that means, and what effects the different seasons have. We often take ‘treasure walks’ as she has dubbed them, where she carries along a little bucket and we collect treasures along the way! Her favorite fall things to collect are of course all the different colored leaves, and acorns as well.
Some driveway leaf collection as we headed out on our walk.
But instead of just tossing the leaves back outside, we like to bring them in for art projects. We started with a collage of leaves this season, using Con-Tact paper.
Bucket-O-Treasures, ready for crafting.
It’s about the simplest craft ever, but she loves it! I give her a piece of Con-Tact paper sticky side up, and she sticks on the leaves in different patterns. This week she made leaf ‘families’ and designated each leaf a title (Baby Leaf, Mommy Leaf, Daddy Leaf, Mimi Leaf – she came up with so many!).
We’ve got a few more fall leaf crafts coming, so keep an eye out in the coming weeks.
Her first leaf collage of the season.
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How fun! I’ve been wanting to do a fall craft with B!
Definitely one reason I like the collages is because they are good for a variety of age groups! Little ones all the way through kindergarten. 🙂