FUN FALL LEAVES
Grade:
K-2
Age:
4-8
Subject:
Arts and Crafts
Submitted by:
Sandra Picano, a teacher at F.K.Sweet Magnet in Ft. Pierce, FL.
Objectives:
To see the natural beauty in a fall leaf.
What You Need:
- Construction paper
- Red, green, yellow and orange paint
- Paint brush for each color
- Safety scissors
What You Do:
- Cover table with news print.
- Have supplies ready and in individual trays, with paint brushes for each color.
- Also have a sink or soapy water bucket and paper towel close at hand for clean up.
- Have students paint one hand using each color, until the entire hand is covered.
- Press hand on colored or white previously cut paper.
- This technique will make some beautiful fall leaf shapes.
- Once dried, have the students cut out their hand prints.
- Use them to border a chalk board, or design a large "word" tree and change it through the seasons.
Recommended Books:
In November
by: Cynthia Rylant, Jill Kastner
Poetic language and lovely oil paintings evoke the traditional and seasonal activities that occur in November.
