How to make an Autum Leaf Mobile

It's so exciting! Autumn is here... the days are cooling down, the acorns are falling from the oak trees and all of the leaves are starting to change into their brilliant yellow, orange and red gowns. The colors of Autumn are so rich and warm, it's hard to believe that they lead us into the starkness that is winter.

 

So, we collect these colors. And we store them for when the colors of nature become pale and bleak. We grab our buckets and baskets and set out into the neighborhood to forage.

We collect nature supplies that we know will not be available in winter. We collect pretty flowers and colorful leaves and press them in our flower press, knowing that we will be using them for many fun activities in the months to come.

To usher in the Fall, we decided to use our first batch of 'pressings' to make a fun leaf mobile.

We needed;

• pressed autumn leaves
• googly eyes
• thread
• glue
• a stick
• a hole punch

 We began by adding two little globs of glue to our pressed leaves.

Then, we carefully stuck goodly eyes onto each leaf.

Suddenly, our pressed leaves became our sweet 'friends'!

We punched little mouths on some of the leaves too.

Then, we punched tiny holes in the 'heads' of our leaves and threaded the hanging thread.

We tied the threads onto a stick.

And then hung our leaf mobile from the overhead beam in the living room. The little leaves flutter sweetly in the morning breeze.

The children are delighted with their creation. Cuter leaves you will struggle to find and they make us all smile!

Happy Autumn crafting,
Blessings and magic,
Donni