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  • October
  • Activities, Arts, Early Years Quick Activities, Fall, Middle Years Quick Activities, Plants

Materials Needed

  • Selection of fallen leaves
  • Paint and brushes
  • Paper

Size of Group

any

Age Range

2-10 years

How to:

An easy activity to celebrate autumn is to collect a variety of dried leaf shapes.  Use the leaves for printing by painting them various colours and pressing them onto a page.  For older children, this can be used to encourage the observation of various leaf shapes and to begin learning the names of trees.