Crafting with Kids - Leaf Creatures

Fall is far and away my favourite season.
The weather is a bit cooler, the air crisper - the smells of leaves and mowed grass just delectable.  You can sleep with your window open - no air conditioner, no furnace.

Plus, there's so many fun things you can do in the Fall….

like create leaf creatures!
(not-so-subtle intro eh? lol)

First - you have to go for a walk with your kids.
A great excuse for you to walk off some of the Thanksgiving feast of last weekend, get a bit of fresh air and get the kids outside and off the iPad.

Let them choose all sorts of different leaves - you don't have to have any specific creatures in mind - just get colours and shapes and we'll work from there.

This step you (the parent) will have to do - you'll need to place the leaves between sheets of waxed paper and iron.

This is the only way the leaves will last.  If you don't do this, they will dry out and crumble in a day or two.

Layer it so you don't wreck your ironing board or iron;  towel or newspaper, wax paper, leaves, wax paper then towel over top.
Press to melt the wax into the leaves.

This step only takes a minute or two and the leaves are cool right away so the kids can get crafting without too much of a wait.

The idea came from a photo I saw in pinterest of a fox - so that's what I started with.

I used punches and scrap paper to make up the eyes - but a sharpie marker will work equally as well.

Where does the nose go on a fox?
I went low, but it kind of looks like a goat to me?

The dark one - somehow looked like a moose with the long nose.

Add a few details to give your leaves character and glue down!

I think a page FULL of all sorts of leaves and creatures would be spectacular!

The girls and I are off to collect more leaves!

Have fun!

  

Have a great one!
  
 




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