If you love fall and are looking for ways to get your kids to appreciate it as much as you, here's a little inspiration.
Make a snow globe with sequin leaves, glycerin, and a mason jar from the craft store. Glue a stick to the lid and you have a miniature tree with leaves that never stop falling.
Have them work out their motor skills by raking fabric leaves into a basket and then dumping them out again. It's good practice for tidying up too!
Have your kids collect a few leaves. Stick them to a blank paper and let them paint the edges. Pull up the leaves and reveal in the beautiful artwork.
Use the nature to create a floating walnut boat with a leaf for a sail.
Go on a leaf hunt and let your kids sort them by color.
Make a simple candle holder by modge podging collected leaves to the outside.
Use felt and sticky leaves for this color sorting activity that can be used over and over again.
Attach magnets to sticks, acorns and leaves and let your kids make their own autumn scene on a magnetic board.
Have your kids create their own little village of pebble people with goggly eyes and some color. Make a habitat out of bark, leaves, nuts and pinecones. Let their imagination take over.
While these aren't quite leaves they still represent fall fun! Use glitter and fall colored pom poms to go crazy on some pinecones!
Have your kids use chalk or other mediums to outline the shapes of leaves.
Make a crown for your Autumn prince or princess by folding your leaves and connecting them with the stems.
Show your kids that leaves are alive and that they breath by submerging your leaf in water and waiting for the bubbles to arrive.
Get your kids loving Autumn with these delicious Rice Krispie Treats. Just add food coloring and a leaf cookie cutter.
Let your kids make a pretty collage with collected leaves and different shaped hole punches.
Make some leaf identification cards and go on a scavenger hunt trying to match as many as possible.
Have your kids be the windy day with these funny pictures that have your leaves twirling in the breeze.
Show your kids how to do this classic leaf rubbing and really appreciate how intricate a single leaf really is.
Make these leaf cookies with different colored dough pressed together and a toothpick for the veins.