One of my favorite activities we do every year is the thankful tree. I create a big tree on the wall, and then for each day in November we think of something we are thankful for to write on a leaf. It is so fun to read all the responses and to celebrate Thanksgiving all month long!
Fall collages.
Practice cutting, sticking stickers, and drawing. The boys worked on these for a long time. They are so competitive so I said who can get the most pictures on their paper, and then we counted them all. ;-) They LOVE to count lately.
Making sugar cookies!!
My boys love this activity, and they barely let me help with any of the steps. ;-)
Painting baby pumpkins is a great activity.
We used a lot of different colors, glitter, and stickers. We gave these away as gifts for a service project.
At Michaels you can get inexpensive wooden items on clearance. Eli loves to paint them! I have three colors of washable paint, and we mix the colors we like. ;-)
We made a black cat in nature class that I thought was so cute, and Max made it all by himself! Draw a cat shaped head on the back and a moon shape around that. Let them cut it out and then glue on whiskers and eyes. A hit because they love cats!
Spider craft. We punched holes around a paper plate, and then I tied a long piece of yarn to one of the holes. Have the kids thread it through, stick some bug stickers on, and glue on a large black spider. Great lacing practice!
I helped make these in Eli's class and thought they were so cute. Cover a roll of toilet paper with soft puffy material and then cover that with a rectangle of fall fabric. The kids pushed the fabric through the hole, and I helped them fold it up. Then they twisted and pushed in the stem and tied the ribbon.
Pumpkin carving is a great fall activity. The boys decided what they wanted, and I drew it on for them. Then I cut the hole in top, and they got all the gushy seeds out. Then I let them wash the seeds and spread them on a baking sheet. We cooked them with a little salt and enjoyed them. Then I cut out the rest of the face. They loved going in the dark garage and seeing the face.
Max wanted a really complicated design so I convinced him to let me paint it on instead. Win!
Spider craft #2. Poke 8 holes in the bottom of a plastic cup. I found tiny cups at Walmart that worked great but big ones work great too. Have the kids poke pipe cleaners across the holes (4 total) for the legs and then glue wiggly eyes on. So cute! And it doubles as a toy. ;-)
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