Then we got a huge piece of paper (big roll of paper, 2 pieces stuck together and held down with pots and pans!) and drew a tree and the word Autumn. Then we mixed up some red and green paint (A good opportunity to chat about colour mixing and discuss all the combinations you can use) and got painting!
While it was drying we went out for a walk and collected lots of autumn leaves from the ground and I also made a few myself by chopping up appropriately coloured paper. Nothing quite like a nice crisp Autumn walk! Depending on the age of children you could chat about colours of the leaves, or the types of leaves and the trees they come from.
Later that afternoon we glued the leaves on to the paper....
Songs we sang while doing this -
"Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down.
Autumn leaves are falling down, on the ground.
Get a brush and sweep them up, sweep them up, sweep them up.
Get a brush and sweep them up from the ground" (To the tune of London Bridge)
"In the autumn the leaves change colour, leaves change colour, leaves change colour.
In the autumn the leaves change colour, red and gold and brown.
In the autumn the leaves change colour, leaves change colour, leaves change colour.
In the autumn the leaves change colour, then they all fall down" (To the tune of round the Mullberrybush)
We will also be adding various Autumn creatures.
Potato print hedgehogs -
Cut out a triangle from half a potato and use this to print spikes on to the hedgehogs
The owls on the tree -
All ready for some leaf printing after a cold autumnal walk to collect leaves!
Dipped the leaves in paint then printed them. When dry they were just out and added on to the tree as the falling leaves.
The finished tree -
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