Toddler Life: Autumn Leaves

In this post: Leaf crafts and Sensory fun! Also, some fun scented play dough!

Hello, dear ones! How are you? I’ve had a busy month with NaNoWrimo and Michael’s basketball practice. I’ve spent a good many hours writing. I hope to share that journey via youtube at the end of this month. For now, I’m finishing up my Autumn posts before we get into December. I have several Thanksgiving posts coming soon, Lord willing.

We’ve already talked about pumpkins:

Toddler Life: The Great Pumpkin

apples:

Toddler Life: Apples

farms:

Toddler Life: Farm Play

Autumn songs and stories:

Toddler Life: Autumn Songs & Stories

and even pirates:

Toddler Life: Talk Like A Pirate Day

But you can’t have Autumn without falling leaves. We explored leaves in several ways. Here’s how we played:

Handprint Tree~ I drew a bare tree and I helped Leeland stamp his handprints. Then he added more leaves by painting with a cotton ball and a clothes pin.

Glass art ~ I let Leeland draw on the door with glass markers. Michael also drew Fall designs.

Fall Sensory Box and Raking Leaves~ I found most of this stuff at the Dollar Tree. I filled a box with colorful paper confetti, fake vegetables, fake leaves, and bells. We also have a mini hay bale with small scarecrows. I spread fake leaves in Leeland’s pack n’ play. He raked them with a plastic rake.

We tried the baby rake out at the park.

Autumn Sensory Bottle~ This treasure contains rice, beads, and leaves.

Fall at our Homeschool Group~ My friend Melina hosted a fall celebration for our group this year. We learned about why leaves change color. Then we did several crafts.