Fall Craft Fun

J did not have her Friday School this week due to a band seminar. Because we typically work through school Monday to Thursday, we used Friday to do some fall crafting.

We started by dying some coffee filters with food coloring to make some pretty fall leaves. I love the way these leaves turned out.

We placed them on wax paper to aid in the drying. Wait until they are completely dry or you may end up ripping them.

I added the leaves to my front door for a cute decoration. I all most wish we made more.

I found this cute idea from Enchanted Homeschooling Mom (link below). Hers turned out so cute....ours not so cute. We started out with watering down the glue and then, thought it wasn't enough. So we used straight up glue. Then, we waited a day for them to dry. When we deflated the balloons, the pumpkins deflated as well. I just threw them away. Pinterest Fail:(

Another project we worked on was a cute pumpkin lantern made from a pickle jar and cut-up tissue paper. We had glue left over from the balloon project and covered the jar completely with glue. J added bits of tissue paper and a cute pumpkin face. Add a battery operated candle and you have a cute fall lantern.

J asked to make a few more of these to put on our steps outside. Now, I just need to get some more jars.

Another project we worked on was this cute leaf. The idea behind it was to practice patterns and such. But it ended being a family tree leaf. J added the names of people in our family and colored each section. She added this to the front door. This idea came from The Crafty Classroom (link below).

This little beauty came from a craft day at the library. It was made with tissue paper and toilet paper....yes, an actual roll of toilet paper! Cute and functional:)

Links

Enchanted Homeschooling Mom - has the yarn pumpkin project.

Real Life At Home - has the mixed media pumpkin project.

Fun At Home With Kids - has the coffee filter leaves craft.

The Crafty Classroom - free template for leaf art project plus a few more ideas.