brasilmom Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Greetings, What projects have you used with your 3yo that was great? I am in need of some fall project ideas. Would you mind sharing yours? Thank you. Be well Miriam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiegirl Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 We made leaf mobiles for our schoolroom. The boys collected various leaves and then we pressed them until they were dried and as flat as "Flat Stanley." Then they each found sticks in the shape, thickness, and length that they wanted for their mobile. We used leather pieces and hot glue to secure the framework. One made a triangle and the other made a cross-bar type framework. Used hot glue and fishing line to hang the leaves. Beautiful!... and we still have them hanging and everyone who enters our schoolroom usually comments on them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brasilmom Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 Thank you for the cool idea. Off hunting leaves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demal Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Lots of fun stuff at the Crafty Crow blog: http://belladia.typepad.com/crafty_crow/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tara~ Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 my boys loved making leaf placemats... press some leaves then sandwich between 2 pieces of clear contact paper ... easy peasy! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayle in Guatemala Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Apple and Potato prints are fun! Crayola has a lot of great seasonal art activities on their website. You can also enter what you have for art supplies and it will give you a lot of different things you can make with those supplies. It also has an e-mail list you can sign up for that gives you coupons, new projects, and other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 My daughter called last night and told me about the craft project she did with her kiddoes. DGS is 5 and DGD is almost 2. She helped them trace their forearm and hand. They cut it out and the hand part became the top of the tree. They then glued tissue paper leaves on the hand part. Just take a small square of tissue paper and twist it in the middle. Glue the twisted part to the hand and color the trunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 A neat idea for showing the colors that are hidden in plants: Choose various plant leaves and flowers and make an arrangement on a piece of cardboard. Cover with a piece of washed muslin. Pound with a hammer, but not too hard, allowing the colors to come through. Remove the piece and frame it, make it into a pillow, wall hanging, etc. The colors won't be what you'd expect! Orange flowers may show up as blue-grays. Greens may be yellows, etc. If you don't pound too hard, you'll get lots of nice detail and the flowers on your piece will look like they're water colors painted on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathy in IL Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I drew a big apple and had them glue scraps of red paper on it. I drew a cob of corn. Use different colors of paint to make fingerprints on the cob like kernals of Indian corn. Use green tissue paper to complete the corn cob. Have the children pick kernals off a dried corn cob. Paint with the cob. Put leaves under a sheet of paper and color over it with crayons to make a crayon rubbing. Paper plate apple - Each child gets a white paper plate, and fingerpaints it red. When it's dry, we add green paper leaves and a brown stem, and glue real apple seeds to the center. - Supply each child with a piece of white paper and instruct them to paint it using red and yellow paint. they may mix the paints to create orange. Allow the papers to dry, then flip the papers over and draw leaf shapes on the back for the children to cut out. Have them cut out the leaves. You may then: - Have them make a leaf mobile - Have them glue them onto a piece of paper for a leaf collage - Hang them from the ceiling Paint pumpkins. Stamp paint pumpkins with fist. Add a green paint vine Paint a branch on paper and glue leaves on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanna Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 we did a leaf collage, a leaf wreath, a leaf sponge paint (where we tape the leaf down and sponge paint around it...then lift it up), we did a leaf rubbing.... and we collected various leaves/berries etc.... Can you tell we just got done L week for MFW K! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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