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A Glorious Garden: Flower and Plant Art Projects

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Let's Make Some Flowers!

Trees and Leaves

Here are 5 fun leaf art ideas for kids:


1. Paint leaves with different color craft paint and make an imprint on a sheet of paper or a white t-shirt.

2. Use markers to draw a tree trunk and branches or trace the child’s arm and fingers to make the trunk and branches, then glue the leaves on the tree to create their very own ”autumn tree”.

3. Flatten leaves in a heavy book and place them in wax paper (on both sides), use an ironing board and dish towel over the top.  Iron gently over the wax paper at low heat.  This will create beautiful art to hang in the window.

4. Use the different sized leaves to create an object…like a person.  Larger leaf for the body, long skinny leaves for arms and legs, a rounder leaf for the head.

5. Create a book of leaves. Each student brought a leaf to school and glued it to the page that they designed.  The page also included a short sentence about their leaf.  The teacher then bound all the pages together, added a cover and had each student sign it.  It was sent home for each parent to read with their child and then displayed in the classroom.  

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