Are you in awe of the beauty found in falling leaves? The shapes, colors, and even the smell of fresh falling leaves just call to be picked up and admired. Find some beauties and create this lovely Leaf Rubbing Art.
Leaf Rubbing Art is a simple way to take all of the beautiful falling leaves and get creative. This uses items you have at home already and brings nature to life!
Leaf Rubbing
This super simple and fun activity can be done with little to no preparation!
- Have your little ones collect some leaves of different shapes and sizes.
- Place the leaves backside up on a piece of paper and lay a white paper on top.
- Using fall-colored crayons, remove the paper on the crayon and gently rub over the leaves with the side of the crayon. (It is important to use the side of the crayon for a good result.)
The natural veins of the leaves will make dark lines while the rest is a lighter shade.
Kids really enjoy this simple activity so be sure to have LOTS of paper and crayons on hand.
Here are some items we use:
- White rolls of paper
- White Construction Paper
- Crayons with NO wrapping (easy-peasy)
- Classic Large Crayons (great for little hands)
They can experiment with different colors and patterns.
Once their Leaf Rubbing Art is completed, you can frame and display them for your fall decor.
You might also enjoy these Thankful Themed Coloring pages too!
What kid doesn’t like having their art on the wall, right Momma?
OTHER LEAF ART IDEAS
Leaf Rubbing Art is just one fun way to use God’s incredible colors to get creative. You can turn the leaves into a fall wreath.
You can grab a bag of googly eyes and make silly and fun Leaf people. Or how about trying Leaf animals?
Any of these nature activities will keep kids discovering and observing the outdoors.
Grab my AWESOME Outdoor Scavenger Hunt to get started too.
BOOKS ABOUT LEAVES
Here are some amazing books to educate kids and give them a love to discover Leaves.
Stories about animals with falling leaves are SO fun. Kids enjoy the personification of animals in their own habitat. It really brings the experience to life. Check out the favorites!!
Check out this Complete Changing Leaves Unit Study too.
I hope you find this simple Leaf Rubbing Art activity as fun as my family does. Share a picture in the comments of how they came out; I’d love to see them.
Best,
FALL FUN
There are so many fun things to do in the fall. Visiting a farm. you can enjoy apples, pumpkins, leaves, and corn mazes.
Here is a simple Fall Bucket List to hang on the fridge. This will give you some family ideas for getting out and engaging with this incredible season that God has provided in many areas of the globe.
