I put this autumn tree poem printable together last year when we were homeschooling for Kindergarten, and I think I enjoyed it as much as my girls did. There is just something really calming about painting Fall leaves like this. This would be a great Fall craft activity for preschool, kindergarten, or first grade. And it fits perfectly with our Autumn Tree nature study theme this week! I printed the page on cardstock and then glued it to a piece of construction paper. Then we just dotted our papers with paint to represent the Fall leaves. The best part about this craft activity is that it also works on those fine motor skills that are so important for handwriting. I’ll share a free printable at the end of this post so that you can do this with your kids too.
Autumn Tree Q-Tip Painting – Free Printable Craft Activity for Kids
I put this autumn tree poem printable together last year when we were homeschooling for Kindergarten, and I think I enjoyed it as much as my girls did. There is just something really calming about painting Fall leaves like this. This would be a great Fall craft activity for preschool, kindergarten, or first grade. And it fits perfectly with our Autumn Tree nature study theme this week! I printed the page on cardstock and then glued it to a piece of construction paper. Then we just dotted our papers with paint to represent the Fall leaves. The best part about this craft activity is that it also works on those fine motor skills that are so important for handwriting. I’ll share a free printable at the end of this post so that you can do this with your kids too.
- Tempera paint
- White cardstock
- Construction paper
- Smock to protect clothing
- Paint tray palette
- Craft tray
- Glue
- Q-Tips
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November 24, 2019
Autumn Trees & Q-Tip Leaves
Kindergarteners have been learning about trees during these last few weeks in the art room. I invited a couple of students to come up in front of the classroom to be my “tree” actors and actresses. We related tree trunks to our bodies, branches to our arms, and roots to our feet. I’m sure this was a review for them, but we sure had fun discussing the parts of trees!
As we began our tree drawings, we searched for hidden alphabet letters within the branches. What letters make up the branches? Finding identifiable lines, shapes, and letters within images make things a little easier to draw. Kindergarteners impressed me by pointing out Y’s, V’s, R’s, and even some W’s within the branches. Students began drawing their own trees. When they were done, they outlined them with brown marker.
Their tree drawings were so cute! After these were done, we put our smocks on and distributed Q-Tips. Each table got a plate filled with yellow, orange, red, and white.
I demonstrated how to dip the Q-tip in the paint, make a stamp on the branches, and mix colors. We found out what happened when white dots went on top of red dots (“Look, I made PINK!”) and what happened when red dots touched yellow dots (“ORANGE!”)
These little trees have so much personality! Kindergarteners will make paper frames for their artwork and take them home next week.
One kid asked, “Mrs. Heinlein, can I make leaves falling from my tree and blow in the wind?”
I LOVED that question! YES.
Have a Happy Halloween!
Craft Supplies:
- Unused Q-Tips
- Brown Craft Paint
- Red Craft Paint
- Orange Craft Paint
- Yellow Craft Paint
- Choice of Colored Cardstock Paper
- Brown Cardstock Paper
- Small Paper Plate
- Basic Craft Scissors
- Pencil or Pen
- Glue Stick
- Embellishments
- First trace/trim out your child’s handprint/arm out of the brown cardstock paper. This is the start of the falling leaves tree.
- Grab your glue stick and glue that cutout to the center of your choice of color cardstock paper.
- Now grab your various colors of craft paint and squirt a small amount of each, on the paper plate.
- Have your child take a q-tip, dip it into the paint, then onto the branches of their “handprint” tree.
- Repeat until your fallen leaves tree is nice and full.
- To finish off the Q-Tip Painted Handprint Fall Tree – add other embellishments you see fit
- When done crafting, set aside to let it dry completely, before displaying proudly.
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