Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Autumn Leaves

Last week, after B headed back to BC, Halle and I stayed behind in Massachusetts for a couple of extra days with his parents. We always love our time there and with all of the wedding planning behind me we had some time to get crafty with B's Mom.

I did some looking around on Pinterest for inspiration and found a great Pin (can't find it now) where you made a tree out of your child's hand print and leaves for them to glue on using on fabric. It was just our luck that B's Mom had a great big box full of old fabric samples in wonderful fall colours. So, last Monday night I sat down and cut out a ton of little leaves from different fabrics so that Halle could pick and choose which leaves she wanted on her tree.


Autumn Kids Craft

On Tuesday before lunch, we all sat around the kitchen table to create a little fall craft. B's Mom traced Halle's hand onto some brown paper to make our tree. (We actually cut out four tree's in total for some extra's).


Autumn Kids CraftAutumn Kids Craft

Next, Halle helped put glue on the back of the tree and we stuck it onto a piece of white paper...


Autumn Kids CraftAutumn Kids Craft

Lastly, we started dabbing glue all over that handprint tree and let Halle go nuts sticking whichever leaves she wanted to it.


Autumn Kids CraftAutumn Kids Craft

Autumn Kids Craft

She only lasted for one tree that first day, but it turned out so lovely and she was pretty proud of it. I have plans to frame that tree and put it out this fall season. 


Autumn Kids Craft

Autumn Kids Craft

It was such a fun and easy craft for all of us, and a great way to use up some scraps of fabric that my Mother-in-law had! Plus it was a nice way to get into an Autumn state of mind (even if the few days following that felt more like summer).

Have you been thinking about fall yet? Have you started any decorating, or maybe some DIY projects for around the house? 
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  1. Such a cute and easy craft! Love that determined look on Halle's face. Obviously she takes her DIYs pretty seriously. :)

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  2. Ahh so sweet, thanks for sharing!! I'll will have to try this with Avery :)

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