Autumn
CraftsToddlersKindergartners7 Comments
Of course, after George did the apple tree craft, he wants to do another one.
He goes in these streaks a lot. Often its with water activities… but he does it with painting a lot too.
This time its apple trees.
I usually try to switch it up a little so we don’t get bored, and hopefully to get him interested in another aspect or technique. But repetition is great for young kids.
So we made another fall tree craft. This time on the window!
This time we used contact paper and we made it a (very large) suncatcher window decoration!
With a piece of contact paper on the table, sticky side up (and taped down around the edge), George got busy making a collage with fall colored stuff. (Stuff means whatever I can find… this time it was yarn, tissue paper, scrap piece of paper, and glitter of course, all in greens, reds, yellows and oranges.)
He ripped and cut. Mostly cut because he’s a scissors fan.
The yarn was fun for him to cut (I remember when Henry had so much troubles with cutting yarn… didn’t seem to bug George at all. Oh, how they differ.)
It took awhile, but when we finally had the piece of contact paper pretty full and George was done, I topped it with another piece of contact paper to sandwich all the stuff inside.
With this kind of collage, its great to have gaps so it sticks together better. Also, adding glitter makes it hard to stick, so if you really want it to stick well, skip the glitter.
I cut very simple leaf shapes out of the sandwiched collage. Very simple. (No oak or maple leaves here… just simple leaves!)
I also cut a tree trunk out of two pieces of brown scrapbook paper and taped them on our window in the play room.
The boys then took turns adding a leaf to the tree with a piece of scotch tape (wow, kids get really excited about piece of tape)!
To be completely honest, this took several days to add the leaves because my kids don’t take turns very well… and well, there was a lot of fighting involved. So we stopped in the middle of it, several times.
But now we have a fun fall tree to have on the window for my favorite season!
Need more inspiration for fall tree crafts for the window? Check out my Pinterest board dedicated to just stuff for windows! Its one of my favorite Pinterest boards I have!
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Kelsy says
Where do you find contact paper? I have looked for it multiple times, and no luck.
Sarah says
I found mine at Wal-Mart in the aisle with drawer liners and such another area to try is the craft section.
Sarah @ How Wee Learn says
Such a great idea – a beautiful way to brighten up the indoors! And I am absolutely obsessed with contact paper. So this is just feeding my addiction! I actually just did one similar using fall leaves and cutting out my wee ones name.
Jamie Reimer says
It’s easy to be addicted to! I’m addicted to window crafts!
JDaniel4's Mom says
I love all the textures on the tree! What a wonderful way to bring fall inside.
Jamie Reimer says
Thanks :)