LEAF PUPPET
You will need a large fall leaf for this project.

• Glue two “wiggle” eyes on the leaf.
• Then tape or glue a large craft stick on the back for a handle.
• Make one for you and one for your child.
• Have a conversation between your two puppets.
   

SORTING LEAVES

• Go outside and find four leaves from three different kinds of trees and bring them inside.
• Mix up the leaves.
• Sit with your child and discuss the different shapes of the leaves.
• Have your child make three piles, placing like leaves in each pile.

 
FALL LEAF WREATH

• Take a paper plate and cut out the center, leaving a ring of paper.
• Show your toddler how to brush glue onto the paper ring.
• Then have her place fall leaves all around the ring.
• Hang the wreath up on your front door or somewhere else in your home. 
   

PAINTED FALL LEAF

•  Set out some newspaper and lay a large fall leaf on the paper.
• Give your child some paint and have him paint across the leaf, covering it completely.
• Gently pick up the leaf and place it paint side down on a clean piece of copy paper.
• Place another piece of copy paper on top and have your toddler press down on the surface of the paper.
• Then remove the top paper and the leaf, to reveal a painted fall leaf.

 
CATCHING LEAVES

• Go outside on a windy day and stand with your child under a tree with leaves.
• Show your child how to catch the leaves as they fall down from the tree.
• Count the leaves as your child catches them.