Fall Leaf Confetti Craft Idea for Preschoolers
Here some ideas about how to make leaf confetti and play with it! A great motor skill activity for toddlers and preschoolers.
I have something super special for all mommies, kids, teachers, and everyone who loves children’s books. Last time I collaborated with Hawaiian Children's Books we made a beautiful shoebox puppet theatre inspired by one of her books, The Rainbow Mermaids of Hawaii. We had so much fun and a great response from all of you, that we decided to get together again to bring to you a craft idea inspired by one of Gill McBarnet’s illustrated books, Gecko Hide and Seek.
Gecko Hide and Seek, is a really fun counting book that tells a story about some geckos who hide behind palm trees, pineapples, leaves and other beautiful vegetation. I love Gill McBarnet’s books because they made me think of Hawaii, its colors, and beautiful weather. It’s so perfect for this season because, who wouldn’t love to be in Hawaii right now, right?
Jaxon started collecting leaves a few weeks ago, so we had a big pile of them on the dining room table! They were driving me a bit crazy, I must confess. So it occurred to me that we could use them to decorate a gecko just like the ones in the book. I drew a gecko silhouette and made a printable in case you would like to use it too (download the image below).
We used a puncher and made confetti out of fall leaves. Then we glued the confetti around the gecko silhouette, counting the confetti and making numbers even more fun!
This craft idea is a simple one, but also a super entertaining and fun activity to help develop fine motor skills in toddlers and preschoolers.
How to make the leaves confetti?
To make leaves confetti use a regular puncher, which can be just a circular one or a puncher with a different shape like a star or a butterfly (those are the ones we have :). You also need to gather some dry leaves that you can pick up from your neighborhood or your patio. If you get new fresh leaves is going to be hard to punch them, so try to get some that look sturdy but are already dry.
What to do with leaves confetti?
One idea that we love is to glue the confetti in paper to make something artsy and cute. You can use a print, like the gecko printable page that you can find below. Help your toddler or preschooler glue the confetti around the shape or inside the lines. You can count them too while you do it!
Look at how cute leaf confetti looks, it’s a great fine motor skill activity for toddlers and preschooler and it can be used for many craft ideas! | Live Colorful
Note: A few moths ago the site crashed and we lost all the PDF printables that we uploaded in the site. You can download the image above and use it for your projects. I hope the quality is not terrible, I’ll try to fix this as soon as possible.
Another idea is to use the confetti as manipulatives to solve math problems. Being able to gather something and solve additions or subtractions makes math easier and more understandable for my first grader. We also used the confetti to practice numbers, just like one of the pages in the Gecko Hide and Seek book. It was a lot of fun and a great activity for the cold days of fall.
