Crunchy Leaf Pictures

The other day I saw a great idea on one of the blogs that I follow. Crunchy Leaf Pictures

We had to try it out!

So we took a walk on the wild side - DOWN INTO THE WOODS.

It was just me and the 3 preschoolers and their bags for the leaves. We traipsed down across the yard and down to where I KNEW there were tons of leaves. I was a little worried about snakes under all of those leaves. We do live out in the country.

Then we pretended to get lost in the woods. At least I knew where we were - my family bought the place over 20 years ago. But for kids who were walking through grass and brambles nearly as big as they were... WOW.

They couldn't wait to tell about their big adventure - oh, and they did remember to pick up the leaves - but we just barely had enough!

We opted to do it outside.

I figured they could crunch the leaves inside the bags - there was still some coughing, sneezing, and eye rubbing.

Kendra came out to help, and brought old computer paper and glue.

I put patterns and shapes that we have been learning onto the paper.

At first we tried scooping out the leaves onto the paper - but that didn't work.

Then we noticed that stuff was falling out of the hole in Joel's bag. And putting holes into the other 2 bags was just the ticket. It was sort of like cake decorating.

They had a blast, and were very ready for their naps after that.

Unfortunately, the only finished product I have to show is Joel's. The other two went home with their proud owners.

We also tried glueing whole leaves into paper plates at Cubbies on Sunday. The idea being to frame a little picture - but the leaves really took over. I wonder how they turned out?! But I'll have to wait until Wednesday to find out!