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Print & Paint Fall Trees

November 24, 2019

We have a giant maple in our front yard that is the bane of our existence. It sluffs leaves at a slow but prolific pace resulting in a perpetual need to rake. So I chose to turn our endless cycle of raking into inspiration. I started with the tree collage and ending it off with this print and paint fall trees. Continue reading “Print & Paint Fall Trees”

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Potato Stamping (& an easy DIY Christmas Card) // cut the potato and push a cookie cutter into the flesh. Use a paring knife to cut out the shape (making the shape about 3/4 of a cm tall if possible). Remove the cookie cutter. Dip in paint and stamp away! I cut ours out and added them to Christmas cards that everyone will be getting (along with those salt dough ornaments) 🎄🎅🏻 ❄️
3 Ingredient Salt Dough Ornaments // Mix together 4 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt and 1.5 cups of water. Add a little water if too stiff, and a little flour if too running. Roll out the dough to 1/2 inch (or 1cm) thickness, the thinner the better. Use cookie cutters to cut out your shapes, re-rolling out the scrap dough as needed. Use a straw to cut out holes for the string. Bake at 200 for 2-3hrs (until super dry) checking every so often. Let cool and air dry before painting with acrylic paint. We painted our white first, and then brushed on some silver after for some shine. Then string them up with twine and write messages on the back in permanent pen for all the grandparents. This batch made 35 small ornaments.
Print & Paint Fall Trees // the tree outline is up for download on the blog (link in profile!). Simply print and ball up some tin foil. Add red, yellow and orange paint to a tray and stamp away! Super fast set up and clean up. Also makes a great classroom activity in the primary years :)
DIY Bus (from your scrap recycling) // So Anderson was the magic school bus to my Miss Frizzle for Halloween. Or we he was supposed to be until 5 minutes before we left the house and he decided he was VERY over his costume. Annnnnyway... I took a diaper box, unfolded it, painted the inside yellow with acrylic paint (swipe to see). I then grabbed a small box (Kleenex or @powellfloral workshop box 💁🏼‍♀️) and painted it yellow as well (took about 2-3 coats). Then I took two cereal boxes, unfolded them, and painted the inside of them black with acrylic paint. I traced cereal bowls and cut out four black circles to make wheels. I then hot glued the box back together, folding in and gluing the flaps inside to make the body of the bus extra sturdy, but leaving one flap up for the windshield. I hot glued on the wheels and the small box on the front. To finish it off I cut a sheet of tin foil and hot glued it on the windshield. Lastly, I cut eyes out of construction paper and glued them on as well. You can add straps if you want to turn it into a costume, or leave it as is as a toy 🚌 Don’t worry guys, it wasn’t all in vein. He LOVES the bus... just not on actual Halloween.
Autumn Leaf Collage 🍂 // I took the obnoxious amount of maple leaves our tree is producing and tried to turn them into something pretty. We collected all the flat leaves we liked (while we raked) and removed their stems. We then painted some cardstock with Mod Podge (but I would suggest using @elmersproducts white glue instead. Mod Podge smells pretty not great/potentially toxic 🤷‍♀️). Then layered on all the leaves. We finished off by brushing over the leaves in another layer of glue to secure the project. It dried over night and the result was pretty cool! This would be great for the classroom as well :)
Cardboard Building Tiles // I took an @amazon box and painted it different colours (you can totally skip the painting stage). Then cut out different shapes, and cut a few slits into each shape. You have to cut a little notch fully out, rather than a simple scissor cut. So I did little triangle cuts to make my slits. Then you can build away! It would also be a great activity for the classroom once your students have decent scissor skills. You could teach them about sculpture, and look as a variety of modern art sculptures, sculpture artists, or cardboard sculpture artists. Then have them create their own modern sculptures with the tiles they’ve created. L

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