Please.... I need a fall art project FAST!

[Michelle My Bell]

I am teaching art to two different groups of kids. One group is ages 4-6. The other group is 7-9. I have planned out all my projects, but I just can't do a project this week that involves paint. I planned too many with paint and I need a break! The project can also be crafty instead of artsy.

 

If anyone has any suggestions, blogs, websites would be great as I am highly visual, books etc... that could give me project ideas I would be forever in your debt!

 

Thank You in advance!

[leighp]

For the 4-6 year olds maybe trace the arm and hand on a piece of cardstock, cut out and glue to another sheet of cardstock. Cut out small mosaic squares in fall colors and let them glue all over for leaves. I do this with my daughter every year and use it as fall art in my kitchen. We usually do fingerprint leaves, but we have done the mosaics.

 

The only suggestion I have for the older kids is painting. Sorry!

[leighp]

Here is a visual link for you.

 

http://crafts.kaboose.com/fall-fingerprint-tree.html

[Mrs Mungo]

http://familyfun.go.com/autumn/fall-crafts/

 

http://www.marthastewart.com/crafts

 

http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/kids-fall-crafts

 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/fall.shtml

[Food4Thought]

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/search/label/fall

 

We're doing the fall leaf butterflies this week - third project down. :)

[Mejane]

If your leaves are turning, leaf collages on waxed paper are always fun. My kids loved taping them in the windows; they look like stained glass. (Of course, adults should do the ironing.)

[leighp]

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/search/label/fall

 

We're doing the fall leaf butterflies this week - third project down. :)

 

Great site! Thanks for sharing!

[Murmer]

for the 4-6 you could do a wreath of leaves...basically collect a whole bunch of leaves and glue them onto a paper plate that has the middle cut out...it was way fun for my dd to do

[Sparkle]

I did Hammered Leaf Printing with my 4-H kids a couple of weeks ago.

You need:

Newspapers

Wax paper

Fresh leaves

Scotch tape

Hammer

100% cotton fabric in white or light color - i.e. t-shirt, floursack dishtowel, handkerchief, bandana

2 tubs or buckets of warm water

Salt

 

Gather your leaves* - the fresher the better. Each child needs 10 or 12.

Lay down several sheets of newspaper**. Cover with a sheet of wax paper. Lay your fabric down, right side up. Arrange your leaves, right side down, on the fabric how you want them, then tape in place with Scotch tape. Cover with another sheet of wax paper. Take your hammer and hammer over all the leaves. The color will transfer from the leaves to your fabric. Remove the wax paper, leaves, and tape.

 

Mix 1/2 cup of salt in 2 gallons warm water. Soak the fabric for 10 minutes in the salt water bath to set the color. Rinse in clear water. Wring and allow to dry.

 

*I looked for leaves with interesting shapes, such as ginkgo, maple, violet, coleus, etc.

 

**Make sure you have enough newspaper under your fabric, particularly if you are hammering on concrete, so your fabric doesn't tear.

[joannqn]

Check out artprojectsforkids.org. She has a bunch of great projects. Try the fall label on the left hand side.

[jacqui in mo]

http://deepspacesparkle.blogspot.com/2009/02/glue-and-chalk-tropical-bird-lesson.html

 

Use the technique described to draw fall leaves with glue (outline form) Looks really pretty.

[Michelle My Bell]

Thanks so much everyone! You inspired me and gave me great links. We went with one from Art Projects for Kids.

[Suzanne in ABQ]

I would make bird feeders out of pinecones, peanut butter, birdseed, and string.

 

Just have the kids tie a string around the tip of the pinecone (ponderosa or other "open" cone). Then, have the smear peanut butter all over it, and roll it in birdseed. When they get it home, they just have to hang it in a tree, and then watch to see the birds come feed.