Attention all parents who don't like crafting! We have a great idea for how you can keep your little ones busy at home on a rainy afternoon - even if you don't really have the talent for crafts. Take advantage of the few sunny days to collect colorful autumn leaves. Then you can make animals out of leaves and create beautiful pictures of autumn leaves andPut together collages. To help your imagination a little, we'll show you some examples in today's article.
If you want to make animals out of leaves, you have several options. For one thing, you could stick on a leaf and then paint it with a felt-tip pen and turn it into an animal. On the other hand, you can also use several and different types of leaves to craft different body parts.
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You can also use some of the body partsmake out of paper, if you haven't found a sheet in a suitable form. Simply add it to your leaf animals to create fun autumn pictures. Templates that can be printed out, such as coloring pages, are also very suitable as a basis. Smaller children in particular can use them wonderfully to orientate themselves and put together their works more easily.
Whether you make the animals from dried leaves or use freshly collected ones is up to you. If you want your pictures to last a long time, we recommend making the animals out of pressed leaves.In this articlelet's explain how you do that.
Images made from autumn leaves and other materials
You can also make certain details with other materials. For example, you can easily get the thin insect legs using thin twigs, sticks or stems. You can make eyes with lentils, seeds, non-toxic berries or even googly eyes, and details with more unusual shapes using playdough. You can also paint the leaves or decorate them with glitter spray. YoursCreativity has no limitsset.
Cool ideas for animals made from autumn leaves
Animals made from leaves – cute foxes
For this oneDIY foxesIt is best to use maple leaves. The reason is that, on the one hand, they can have exactly the right colors and, on the other hand, their natural shape is reminiscent of the shape of the fox's head. So here's what you need when you get these animalswant to make crafts with autumn leaves:
- maple leaves
- Acrylic paint (black, white and possibly orange)
- Paint brush
- Googly eyes
If you can't find leaves in the right color, that's no problem, because you can paint the orange fur color yourself with acrylic paint. Once this paint has dried, paint the fox's snout with the white one, along the three tips of the leaves. The color mixes with the orange and becomes slightly beige/apricot, which isn't a big deal. Let this paint dry and then paint a black nose.
Finish off your fox with the googly eyes. By the way, you can also design a wolf in the same way. Simply use the appropriate colors, i.e. a slightly darker gray and white (which then turns light gray).
Make animal masks from dried autumn leaves
Don't leave the large maple leaves behind, dry them and then use them to make a fun oneMake animal masks. You can also use the natural leaf shape for this and you don't necessarily have to cut the leaves. All you need are holes for the eyes. Paint on the animal face you want and use the stick to hold it on, or glue a popsicle stick or stick instead.
Make animals out of leaves – hedgehogs on a stick
If it doesn't necessarily have to be an autumn picture, you can also make funny hedgehogs like this. Simply draw a hedgehog shape on cardboard and cut it out. Paint the nose and one eye or use a suitable object (e.g. a button or a bean). You can then design the spiked dress with any leaves you like. It is best to use tapered ones.
Lion with paper plate
You can also use paper plates as a base to make animals out of leaves. The round shape perfectly imitates the shape of a head, so all you have to do is draw the face and use leaves to design the rest. This variant is very practical for a lion with a leafy mane. But with a little imagination and perhaps additional materials, many other animal motifs can of course be created.
Artificial leaves
Do you spontaneously feel like making animals out of leaves, but the weather doesn't allow you to go for a walk? Then take a quick trip to a decoration store and buy artificial autumn leaves. These are often offered in the form of garlands. All you have to do is cut off the leaves and you can use them to create interesting motifs.
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