I like having ideas in my head to keep the kids occupied when we are out and about. One of the things we like to do is to make leaf faces. Here is one we made at a local park. It’s made of a gum leaf, gum nuts and a wild flower/weed.
Leaf Faces
Using the same concept, we created our own leaf faces with items from our garden. The Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi) leaves are fun because you can make a perfect fingernail slice shape for the eyes and mouth. A small stick is a great tool for piercing leaves too. Any leaf can be used, just look for a shape you like. We added a little seeds for the nose and a flower to decorate.
Leaf Drawing
Materials
Craft glue
A4 Cardboard (for best results) or paper
Drawing materials
Leaf Faces
My daughter (8) used the leaves as heads and drew the rest of the body. I just LOVE her drawing!
Three Friends
The other siblings wanted to join in once they saw her picture. Here is Miss 5’s drawing (almost 6).
Mum and Me
Miss 10 is into dragons so created this picture.
Dragon
Even son (4) gave it a go.
People
I have these pictures stuck all around my kitchen.
Nature Collage
Materials
Craft glue
A4 Carboard (for best results) or paper
Drawing materials
A collection of nature collage materials
You don’t have to stop at leaves; sticks, twigs, clay, flowers and anything else you can find can make for a wonderful collage pictures.
A Tree
Love this one from Musical Al’s son.
Nature Art
Leaf Tracing
Materials
Different shaped leaves
Paper
Crayons
A common activity for kids is to trace the pattern of a leaf by placing the leaf under some paper and rubbing the side of a crayon over the paper to create a patter.
Leaf Tracing
7 Comments
Christie @ Poppy Seed Baby
January 4, 2012 at 11:55 amThose drawings are so beautiful! Love this idea. Can’t wait for my daughter (1) to be able to do this!
Kelly Be A Fun Mum
January 4, 2012 at 9:24 pmThanks Christie! It’s so nice to have pictures of them so they last forever.
Alice
January 4, 2012 at 9:50 pmLove your kids’ art work Kell! Thanks for sharing my son’s handiwork too! It’s brought back some great memories from an interesting year for us. xx
Kelly
January 5, 2012 at 12:36 amWhen I was putting this post together I remembered you sharing one of the pics in the Love the Moment challenges. SOOO creative and very clever really. I love it! x
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