Falling into fall…
I can’t believe it’s November already!
I don’t know about your house…
But around here, the leaves, they are a-falling.
Seemed like a great time to gather the boys and take in some nature.
So we went outside and got ourselves some of those fallen leaves to turn into our very first East Coast Fall…
Autumn Leaf Book!
Would you like to make one? It’s so easy and a great way to occupy the little ones for a bit. Check out what we did…
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
Contact Paper (I keep a large roll on hand)
Glitter
Leaves, sticks, and other autumnal themed paraphernalia
Construction paper
Hole punch
Yarn
Stickers
WHAT TO DO:
Send the kids out to gather the goodies. Let them fill up their bags to the brim full of good outdoorsy stuff.
While the kiddos run themselves ragged outside get to work on cutting out your contact paper. I cut a bunch of pages 9 inches long so that when I folded them in half they’d be 9×9 .
Cut your construction paper into 9.5 x 9.5 squares. (As a closet scrapper I always loads paper, stickers, and cutting devices on hand.)
Next tear back half of the backing off the contact paper. 
When the kids come back inside set them up at the table with their leaves and pages.
Stick the leaves down on the sticky side of the contact paper.
Let them decorate with leaves, sticks, glitter, stickers, etc.
Now peel back the remaining paper and fold it over the page.
Now you have your first page.
Repeat until you run out of leaves.
Finally let the kids decorate the construction paper for the front page of their books.
Stack your pages in the order you’d like and place their front page on top, and a second piece of construction paper on the bottom.
Using your hole punch, punch 2 holes through all your pages. One and inch from the top on the left, and another an inch from the bottom on the left. String your yarn through all the holes and tie a bow.
Voila…a book to keep forever.
If you’re feeling really crafty, you can take a picture of your kids searching for leaves and add it in too.
Happy Fall, all!
Stay tuned later this week for some yummy fall recipes. We’re making some
and
An Incredible Pumpkin Dip.
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Very cool!
We had a leaf-raking-jumping-throwing day yesterday. Fun for the kids, work for us
That is all Alex has been asking to do. We will have to get right on it!
What a great idea with the contact paper!
That’s a really great project! You’re on top of things this fall!
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Cute idea! The leaves just aren’t the same down here…
Wasn’t that fun! I used to do that with the kids when they were little. We have books of leaves to identify various types of trees, books of mushroom spore prints, etc. etc. It is just a fun thing to do and years later they will evoke such nice memories of fun autumns past. Keep up the good work, Mom.
Looks like a really fun project and activity for the kids. We also have lots and lots of leaves to rake and bag.
What a great activity. I love Fall leaves!
Can’t wait to check out your recipes. Do you have some good ideas for holiday treats for the teachers? (That are easy to make for the cooking challenged…lol)
What a great idea for the kids!!! I love it…. I wish we had fallen leaves here….the desert lacks that part of fall sometimes!
oh, too cute!!
Happy Tuesday!