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C has been asking for many re-readings of The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger. (As often as you will let her, she will tell you emphatically that yellow is her favorite color.) We took a break from the Before Five in A Row booklist and used The Little Yellow Leaf as our activity book last week. So I came up with a simple fall tree craft which I did with both girls plus a friend’s daughter who was staying with us.
I cut up brown construction paper for the trunks and branches. Then I cut up orange contruction paper for leaves. When I realized we were out of red and yellow, I colored cardstock and cut it up as well. I made piles of each color in the middle of the table. I gave each girl a bowl or glue and a paintbrush so they could spread glue on their branches and leaves. Then I gave them a piece of cardstock with a trunk glued in place as a starting point.
M made a replica of a favorite tree at her school. C and our friend made abstract trees with lots of personality. I loved how they all turned out!
I love “The Little Yellow Leaf” too!! Although this is one I don’t own, the daycare has a copy.
The colour yellow is also up there as one of my top 3 faves!
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We have not read that book. Thanks for the suggestion! I love how the trees turned out!
This is neat! Good idea to color the paper.
We haven’t read that book, but this project would be perfect for any other fall themed book. I like how you set your girls up for success and gave them enough creative freedom to try things out.
This is so cute! Thank you so much for linking up :0)