You know what I love about kids? They are happy just be go outside and play in the wind and the leaves. We have a tree that grows the most GINORMOUS leaves. Add those to a very windy day and the kids ran around having a ball. Here are some other activities to do with leaves…
- Leaf Collection
- Collect as many different kinds of leaves as you can on a walk or in the backyard.
- Use a magnifying glass to compare the shape, colors, edges (some are bumpy, some are smooth)
- Examine the veins in the leaf.
- Leaf Rubbing Garland
- Lay the leaves flag on a piece of paper.
- Cover with another blank paper.
- Unwrap fall-colored crayons and lay them flat to color over the leaves.
- Do several rubbings, then cut them out and hang from a string to make a pretty fall garland!
- OR … try this version with newspaper from Life with Little Ones!
- Pinecone Painting
- Tape a blank paper to the bottom of a box.
- Pick two fall colors and roll two pinecones in each color.
- Place the pinecones in the box and gently rock the box around to make a picture.
- Remove the paper and cut into a leaf shape.
- Simple Leaf Subtraction!
- Cut out a large brown felt tree with bare branches and five fall-colored felt leaves.
- Recite the poem below, pausing after the 3rd line to remove a leaf and let it fall to the floor.
- Notice how quietly the leaves fall, then whisper the last line.
- Continue with the remaining leaves.
{Five} little leaves are hanging on the tree.
Along came a breeze and blew one free.
The little leaf fell without a sound.
There are {four} on the tree and {one} on the ground.