Remember doing leaf rubbings when you were a child. This classic craft project is so common. None the less, I almost forgot to do it with Judah this year.
One afternoon, Judah and I took a nature walk around the block looking for different shapes and colors of leaves. Judah enjoyed this science lesson as we talked about the fall leaves blowing to the ground. We also observed other things along the way as part of our unusual exploring on our walks. I let Judah collect which leaves he wanted.
Once we got home, we got out our card stock paper and crayons. Judah's old thick crayons that had the paper off were the perfect choice. We put the paper on top of the leaves and I showed him how to rub the crayon sideways over the leaf. Judah thought the magical appearance of the leaves were neat. He then enjoyed matching the shape of the color imitation to that of the real leaf.
We used different kids of tree leaves with different colors. However, there is no limitation to the endless possibilities to decorating your leaves. We tried different colors over the same leaf. You can also get the glitter out if you are brave or try rolling paint across the leaf.
The rubbings proved to be easy enough for my two year old. Plus the nature walk and science lesson regarding the leaves was invaluable exploration and discovery for little hands and eyes.
And while you are at it, put aside some of the prettier leaves laying them flat in a magazine for next week's project.
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