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SPONGE PAINTED LEAVES
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Cut out large leaf shapes. |
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Place globs of red, yellow, and orange paint on a paper plate. |
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Give your child some one inch sponge pieces to dip into the paint and paint their fall leaves by pressing paint all over them. |
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Encourage your child to paint each leaf with more than one color of paint. |
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FALL FINGER PAINTING
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Set out some finger painting paper for your child. |
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Place globs of red and yellow paint on the paper. |
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Encourage your child to finger paint through the globs and around his paper. |
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When the paper is dry, cut large leaf shapes out of the painted paper.
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CRUSHED LEAF MOSAIC
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PAINTED LEAF MOSAIC
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Follow directions from activity above, but after collecting
and slightly drying the leaves, have your child paint the leaves
with tempera or watercolors. |
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Then dry completely, and continue as above.
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| LEAF PEOPLE |
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Have your child collect 2-3 large fall leaves. |
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Have him glue the leaves onto one or more pieces of paper. |
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Then, give him a black marking pen and have him draw arms
and legs coming out of the leaves to create leaf people. |
LEAF RUBBINGS
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Have your child collect 2-3 fall leaves. |
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Help her to tape the leaves to the top of a worktable.
[Roll the tape, so that the sticky side is out, then place
the tape under the leaf and press it onto the table.] |
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Next, have her lay a piece of white paper over the
leaves and rub over them with the sides of unwrapped crayons.
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LEAF PRINTS
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Have your child collect 1-2
large fall leaves. |
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Then, have him lay the leaves
on top of a piece of newspaper. |
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Give him some red and yellow
paint to paint across the leaves. |
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Next, lay a piece of white paper
on the table and have your child pick up their painted
leaves and lay them up-side down on the white paper. |
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Have your child rub his hand
across the back of the leaves, transferring the
paint to the white paper. |
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Remove the leaves and hang up
your child's leaf prints. |
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