Fun Fall Leaf Crafts and Decorations
My favourite part about autumn is that the leaves of many deciduous trees put on the most gorgeous show of colour.
As we were raking leaves in our yard today, we kept pausing to admire the beautiful coloured leaves on our front lawn, looking so vividly illuminated by streaks of sunlight. O.K., it was mostly me doing the admiring while my kids dove in and out of leave piles, scattering them all over the lawn. Again!
Eventually, most of the neatly raked piles made it into the leaf bags. We do compost some and also use the lawn mover to break down a nice layer of mulch to leave as fertilizer for the next year. But most of them ended up in leaf bags. Finally being done with all the raking, I should have a feeling of accomplishment, but discarding all these little pieces of beauty felt like such a waste.
I picked up a few “perfect ones” and decided to find a way to somehow extend their short and colorful life.I chose the best shaped and coloured leaves, made sure they were dry and clean and could be used them for various decorations inside.
There are many ways to use these beautiful autumn leaves.
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You can place one or two of them on each napkin beside a plate and enjoy a touch of fall during your family dinner. Get a decorative piece of strings and tie them around the napkin for a fancier dinner party.
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Having a more romantic dinner? You could spread a few bright red coloured leaves around a candle light to have an elegant, romantic glow
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Use them to dress up your fruit bowl. Take some leaves and place a few between your apples and bananas.
Want to keep your leaves for an extended amount of time?
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Frame them or make a coaster or bookmark.
Make sure to save some of the leaves for crafts and activities. Kids will enjoy fun and easy crafts with leaves.
Have them collect various brightly coloured leaves in different shapes and sizes and get ready to make these adorable crafts seen below