1)This step can be skipped. Instead of painting coffee filters in fall colors, just use crepe paper with fall colors.
However, this step took about 45 minutes of intense concentration on the painting. 45 minutes of sitting still is a miracle. 45 minutes on step one, is cause for me to do the happy shimmy. There was also conversation about fall colors, color mixing, opacity..... etc.
Look at the beautiful coffee filters colored:
2) Scissors - cut up the filters or crepe into tiny pieces.Again, you can probably tear it by hand, but cutting with scissors develops those fine motor skills. And kids just love scissors:
3) While they are busy cutting, draw your leaves on some wax paper. I did not trust my free-hand maple leaves, so I traced it from something I had printed off the internet beforehand.
4)Glue the pieces onto the wax paper:
5) Cut out the shape of the leaves. I had to help with the cutting at this point. Maybe I should have chose an easier shape:
6)Tape the leaves on a window:
I think it is so pretty....
3 comments:
Oooh, so pretty!!! I even think I have everything on hand!
Here's another quick project BBJ did in Joy School two weeks ago (with my friend) - fold a piece of white paper in half. Open it up. On one half of the paper, drop crayong shavings into whatever shape you like. Fold the paper back up, and go over it with an iron. When I put her butterfly up on the window, it looks just like stained glass!
So pretty :) I've been looking for "leaf" crafts to do with Ernie- this is next on our list!
This is such a cool craft for fall. They turned out beautifully.
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