Last week we started collecting items from the garden for our Autumn crafts. The girls were so excited to start with something, so we got busy on the acorn cups. The coloured them in and I put clear drying glue in each one.
The next day we made pretty bangles out of them and the girls were so impressed with their creations.
That kept them busy while our leaves dried in the flower press. A couple of days later we got the leaves out and the girls made place mats.
Ruth's first design of just filling the page with
different colours was by far the most popular and so Rachel, Ruth and I made another one each with in that style so we could have a set of 6. The girls were so excited about using them that night at dinner.
This week we got busy on our joint project. First we drew white wispy clouds with white crayon and then we painted over that with blue.
Using the girls fingers (biggest to smallest) to create our branches.
And then sticking on the leaves. First the green one, then the yellow one with leaves starting to fall.
And then the red one with most of the leaves on the ground. We are all thrilled with the results.
I know I need to give the girls more opportunities to paint so I got some paints out today and tried (yes they are not that great) to draw some leaves and things for Ruth to paint. I got the ideas from her one Autumn game.
So although my drawing is not wonderful I was so impressed with Ruth's painting. I really must give her regular painting time.
Ruth was so excited about her new lot of school work arriving in the post today. The theme is autumn to go along with the crafts we have been doing. By the end of the day she was already singing along with the new cd of songs she received.
She also did not want to waste any time in getting her poster made. So we got out the rest of the leaves we had pressed and then went walking around the garden looking for seed pods. The only ones we could find were Acorn. It amazed me to see how many Oak trees are around our home (and all different sizes). No wonder the place is called "The Oaks".
Finished product. It's lovely Ruth. Well done. 
Last week we started collecting items from the garden for our Autumn crafts. The girls were so excited to start with something, so we got busy on the acorn cups. The coloured them in and I put clear drying glue in each one.
The next day we made pretty bangles out of them and the girls were so impressed with their creations.
That kept them busy while our leaves dried in the flower press. A couple of days later we got the leaves out and the girls made place mats.
Ruth's first design of just filling the page with different colours was by far the most popular and so Rachel, Ruth and I made another one each with in that style so we could have a set of 6. The girls were so excited about using them that night at dinner.
This week we got busy on our joint project. First we drew white wispy clouds with white crayon and then we painted over that with blue.
Using the girls fingers (biggest to smallest) to create our branches.
And then sticking on the leaves. First the green one, then the yellow one with leaves starting to fall. 
And then the red one with most of the leaves on the ground. We are all thrilled with the results.