With a stack of colorful marbled papers from the last post, my young artists were ready to make autumn leaves.
Using a simple cardboard stencil we cut out colorful leaves from our papers.
I gave them each a large piece of white cardboard and told them to make a background for their trees. We used the Neocolor watersoluble crayons. We love these because they go on smoothly and blend easily.
The little guy was marching to his own tune, as usual.
The 9 year old made a lovely gradient blue sky and green hills.
They blended their colors with damp paper towels.
My young Mary Cassatt painted a trunk and branches with chocolate brown acrylic paint.
After the backgrounds were blended they began adding leaves with all purpose glue.
I sketched a tree for my young Jackson Pollock to work with. Then he got to work gluing on his leaves. He told me his leaves were “falling down and down and down.”
The trees turned out great and they both enjoyed this art project a lot!
I hope you’re seeing beautiful fall colors (real or hand-made) wherever you are.
Beautiful! What a fun idea, the art is remarkable. What I love most is the joy on their faces! Now that is priceless and a true work of art~ ;D
How sweet! What precious children! They are very blessed to have you for a mom!
This is a very great idea!
I “Pin” it for my children!
Anna
@Anna –THANK YOU! 🙂
You always have the most creative and fun projects. I’ve never heard of those crayons, so I will have to check them out. Your children are adorable and appear so proud of their creations.
I think those autumn trees should be framed for sure! Beautiful colors.
I have GOT to do this project with my kids. They would LOVE it! Thank you so much for sharing!
What a great project Scarlett and perfect to keep kids occupied and doing something constructive! It seems as though all I hear these days in my house is Computer games, Playstation, Spongebob…We are going to do this project Saturday – I can’t wait! The pictures your children did turned out beautiful – I love the mixture of Autumn colors for the leaves. Very imaginative! We are def. getting those colors – off to Michaels Friday and I hope I can find them! Have a beautiful day 🙂 xo
@Sherri –Awesome! Ya’ll have a blast and enjoy your Saturday! So glad you liked this project! 🙂
I absolutely love this! What a great idea. 🙂
Ohhhh, I love this project! They each turned out beautifully and I love how each one is different. It showcases their individuality! 🙂 Thank you for sharing another great project. 🙂
beautiful! And I love making my own paper like this. And the first photo of this paper is gorgeous!
what a great project, I love how the leaves turned out!
Stop it! This is so AWESOME! First of all, your babies are so beautiful – and they are so happy and proud of their beautiful work! I love the photos and details and little hands in the shots – and I LOVE the first and last artistic shots. You are such a beautiful inspiration!
Thank you too for your sweet comment – I KNOW right? It is so hard for me to let go – I really am going to work at it. We can only try 😉 xoxo
How fun to have a house full of artists! The kids pictures are beautiful! t.xoxoxo
Someday we’ll do the beautiful paper and all, but for this year I used a bit of your idea to make Evan (3) some colorful paper leaves and a tree background. I had him tell me things he’s thankful for and I wrote those on the leaves, which he then glued to the tree. He enjoyed the gluing, and I loved hearing what a very creative 3-year-old thinks to be thankful for! Thanks for the inspiration. You and your family are often in my prayers!
@Robyn –Thanks so much for stopping by! Your idea is awesome! You should start a blog. 🙂 What a great project, you are such a good mama to those boys! We appreciate the prayers very much, have a wonderful week!
~Scarlett
This is such a great and easy project for kids!!! Their pictures are beautiful! I’ve never tried these crayons before but I love how easily they blend. ~Sophia