First, kids will strengthen their fine-motor skills by using scissors to cut collected leaves. Then, they will tap into their creativity by turning those leaves into beautiful works of art! Read on to see all the ways that we used cut-leaf scraps.
How to Make Leaf Collages with Kids
Materials
Method
- Begin by heading outside and collecting fallen leaves.
- Then, have kids use scissors to cut the leaves into an array of shapes and sizes.
- Rosie and Jewel loved this and were seriously cutting leaves for an hour! Talk about a boredom busting win!
- Once the leaves are cut the creating can begin!
Making Fall Leaf Collages
- Have kids glue cut pieces of leaves onto paper to make art.
- The possibilities for creating are endless, and seeing what Rosie and Jewel came up with was so much fun! Here are some of their creations.
Of course, mom had to get in on the fun. I just couldn't resist making a few leaf creatures, too!
Extend the Fun
- Make self-portraits with leaves.
- Paint with leaves.
- Make ghost leaves.
- Make leaf lanterns.
- Try the leaf chromatography experiment.
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