| The beautiful colors of fall can be brought indoors to | | | | Each child can make several leaves depending on the |
| give a classroom a cozy and fresh look. Many times | | | | space of the room. |
| teachers buy overpriced fall decorations, but crafts | | | | Bringing the outdoors inside the classroom can also |
| made by the children can be just as colorful and less | | | | include pictures featuring students enjoying the autumn |
| expensive. They look beautiful and give younger | | | | season. You can create a collage on a wall or a |
| children a sense of pride as their work is displayed. | | | | bulletin board using pictures of students performing all |
| Leaf rubbings are a great way to preserve the natural | | | | types of activities outside. The students can bring the |
| beauty of leaves before they turn brown and brittle. | | | | pictures to class, or you could take a nature walk and |
| You can gather leaves before the project, or go on a | | | | snap pictures of students along the way. To enhance |
| leaf hunt so the children can find their own leaves with | | | | the feeling of fall, attach each picture to a pumpkin |
| different shapes and sizes. | | | | made out of construction paper. You can use a die |
| If you want to bring an educational twist to the project, | | | | cutter, if one is available at your school, to create the |
| the children could sort and categorize the leaves once | | | | pumpkins, or you can have the students cut their own |
| they return to the classroom. To create the rubbings, | | | | pumpkins using a template or resource sheet. The |
| place a leaf under a piece of white paper and gently | | | | students can color the pumpkins before they cut them |
| rub the long side of orange, yellow, brown, and purple | | | | out. You can attach the student pictures to the |
| crayons over the area of the paper with the leaf | | | | pumpkins and place them around the room, or create |
| underneath. The students can cut out their leaves and | | | | a bulletin board to display the fall creations. Blending |
| put their names on the back. You can attach a piece | | | | items from nature into your classroom decor can bring |
| of string to each leaf and hang it from the ceiling. They | | | | a touch of autumn to daily activities. |
| give the appearance of falling leaves in the classroom! | | | | |