Thursday, September 20, 2012

Fall Leaf Confetti {Kids Co-op}







As I mentioned HERE we have been really into nature walks lately. We have been collecting a ridiculous amount of leaves, but what to do with them? Crunchy leaf confetti/glitter (I really don't know what to call it)  of course. 

First I placed all of our leaves in a shallow baking dish and let B make a big crunchy mess (this was the highlight of this project). I made sure to take out the stems and veins that you couldn't crunch and  some of the leaves that were not dry enough. We crunched them up as best we could with our hands. I think that maybe a mortar would have worked better or maybe even a food processer to make it extra fine.

I placed our leaf confetti in a salt shaker. We slathered our paper with glue. (Yes, slathered. There is no other word to describe a toddler with glue) and shook our confetti bottle over it. It seemed to work okay but as I mentioned I would have made it finer in retrospect. B started getting impatient with the bottle and decided to just pour it over the glue with  his hands. Works for me. 

The results are really cool, you actually get to see all the various shades of colors the  leaves had. I let it dry and then went over the top of it with craft glue to seal the leaves a little bit more. I also went back and cut out the paper into a leaf shape but you could leave it as is. For older kids I think it would look really neat if you draw with the glue and use the leaves as a glitter project. 

8 comments:

  1. Oh this is such a great idea, love it!

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  2. This is a great idea! I am excited to try it once our leaves start falling. This will be great for my preschool unit on leaves. Hopefully they start falling by then.

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    1. Oooh a class of preschoolers crunching leaves, that sounds like so much fun. I miss the classroom.

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  3. Definitely a great idea!!! So much fun just by looking at it!!! Thanks for sharing!

    You have a real nice blog! And I'm your new follower via gfc :)

    Yours Truly,
    aubzie
    hope you can follow me at Aubzielation and Party Prints & Pieces

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    1. awesome I will be checking out your blog. Thank you.

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  4. What a fun, simple craft that's perfect for fall :). My boys would really enjoy this...if only we had fall leaves already. I'll have to save this for about a month from now.

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    1. We did have to hunt these down we collected them at the park and on walks. Our backyard still has green leaves everywhere. :)

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