F is for Fall

We did a lot of crafty activities for the Fall/Autumn topic. We also did some leaf/tree identification with the trees in our yard. We focused mainly on trees due to time constraints, but we will "study" the fall harvest this weekend when we go to a farm for some apple picking and pumpkin patch activities.

Making a Fall tree. The trunk and branches are her arm and hand. The leaves are her fingerprints. Carl liked this one so much that he took it to work to proudly display at his desk. :)

This version of a tree reminds me of the rising sun. It has a certain Zen-quality that I like.

This was a simple art project in which Lily added torn paper "leaves" to a tree form.

This picture shows a couple of the projects we did with leaves that we collected on a neighborhood walk. Behind her is the "stained glass" leaf college that she made. She arranged the leaves within a construction paper frame on one piece of wax paper, then we covered it with another piece of wax paper and ironed it together (steam setting).

The second project that she is holding is a face that she drew on a paper plate and then added leaves for hair. She also made a picture of our family (including baby brother) using leaves as bodies; I just didn't get a picture of it.

Lily came up with this project all on her own. She painted one leaf different colors and then pressed it on paper and repeated the process several different times. The leaf impressions really turned out quite pretty. I then cut out the leaf shapes and arranged them on the construction paper.