During a nature walk, we counted quite a few red trees outside. Boy, was I surprised! So we drew inspiration from them and made these two-ingredient Homemade Puffy Paint Fall Leaves!
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Awhile back we had some success making gluten free homemade puffy paint. But I was feeling kind of lazy and didn't have all the right materials on hand. Luckily, we found a super easy recipe for puffy paint on several blogs, and tried it out.
I'll bet you could easily make this puffy paint today. You probably have all the ingredients already at home.
I'll bet you could easily make this puffy paint today. You probably have all the ingredients already at home.
Here's what we did:
First I cut out a leaf template from a cereal box. Then, I traced this template onto construction paper
. Then, I cut our red leaves out.
We made our homemade puffy paint by mixing equal parts of Elmer's Glue and Shaving Cream (the cheapest, white kind) and a couple of drops of food coloring. That's it!
Then, we used old plastic spoons and popsicle sticks
to spoon the mixture onto our leaves. For added pizzazz, we sprinkled on some sequins (because seriously- isn't fall a magical time of year?)
We let our leaves dry overnight and poof! The glue/shaving cream mixture took on a lovely, spongy, puffy texture!
Now it definitely feels a bit more fall-ish around here. :)
Looking for other fun fall crafts?
Then check out these great ideas from the other Creative Preschool Bloggers below!
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- I Heart Craft Things- Alphabet Turkey Match (with free printable)
- A Little Pinch of Perfect - Turkey Feather Counting and Sorting Game
- Artsy Momma - Turkey Craft For Preschoolers
- Handmade Kids Art- Thankful Turkey Corkboard