Here in the south, the temperatures are slowly starting to lower out of the 90s and hot muggy mornings are being replaced with cloudy cool ones. For me this is a time to head outside to do nature walks and come inside for hot apple cider and fall crafts! Over the last couple of years I've found some cute ones that are normally a part of a unit study we are doing. Below I'll share the craft, and the unit study that goes with it. These are great for ages 3-5 but can be adjusted for multiple age groups!
Salt Paint Pumpkins:
Click here to find all the unit studies I did for Pre-K. For two weeks in October, we learned about pumpkins. One of the activities was to make salt painted pumpkins. Simply make an outline with glue, add salt, and let your littles add wet watercolor paint to the shape. Kids love watching the color bleed into the outline.
A more mess-free activity is to put orange finger-paint in a ziplock bag and have your little make letters, or fall time shapes with their fingers. This is great pre-writing practice, and won't make a big mess all over the table!
Little Blue Truck Unit Study:
This whole unit study was an amazing introduction to fall! Learning about color changing trees, muddy puddles, and being friendly are all things your little ones will learn in this unit study. Follow this link to learn more!
During this unit study, we did what is called ooblek-which is cornstarch and water. For muddy puddles we added cocoa and threw in some farm animals, a little people's blue truck, dump truck and lots of farm animals. Little Man acted out the story time and time again! There are so many fall time crafts and activities for the kids to do. Make sure you check the link to find more ideas!
Fall Foil Painting
So...I can't tell you exactly where I got this idea from. It may have been from Pinterest, or from The Peaceful Preschool. For this activity, you need washable paints, and a wadded up piece of foil. I made a tree outline, and my son took the foil and dipped it in red, orange and yellow paint to make a fall tree. It was simple, low maintenance art that I love! My son is a perfectionist, who gets frustrated when art projects don't look like the picture. This was an activity that was basically a no fail art piece. Win/win for mommy and preschooler!
Extra Fall Unit Study
I wanted to add this unit study for more fall time learning. This is another literature study from Simply Learning, and it is all about Bear Says Thanks. It's a great study for before fall time. We did leaf place-mats and collages, plus learned all about being thankful. Check out this link for more!Have a favorite fall time craft? Let me know in the comments!
Also, I am joining Timberdoodle's fall time blog hop! Click on a blog post below to find more fall inspiration!
What a fun round-up of fall learning activities! I especially like providing the little toys to act out/re-tell a favorite story.
ReplyDeleteI need to try salt painting with my kids - they would probably really love it.
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