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Lovely Leaves Art Leaves

September 30, 2014 By Mary Amoson 3 Comments

 I love using art to tie together science concepts and other skills we are working on.
One of the art projects we do each fall involves using these leaf rubbing plates.
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We talk about how each leaf can tell us the type of tree.
Of course all my little ones enjoy hunting and discovering leaves.
We usually find several kinds of trees and their leaves,
but it is SO fun to show my little ones leaves from VERY different trees, too.
Using these leaf rubbing templates help my students learn about leaves that they might not be near us.
I posted this idea onto Facebook page and an AWESOME teacher gave me a BRILLIANT idea…
she said she makes those cool melted crayons in seasonal fall colors for these rubs.
WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT???
Well, I had to try it. So let me walk through the process with you.
I started by separating the fall colors from my old crayon collection.
{I collect all those old crayons into a large baggie from last school year so I dug into that stash.}
I pulled out all the yellows, oranges, a few red, and even fewer greens.
And then I started to peel them.
This was honestly the hardest part.
It took quiet a while to peel apart that many crayon wrappers.
Next I took a sharp knife and cutting board to chop up the pieces.
I put several colors in each mini muffin section.
{I happened to use my silicon pan, but I don’t think it makes a real difference.}
I read online to put a lot of crayon bits into each area because they will cook down,
so I filled each section as much as I could.
Then I baked them in the oven on 275 for 10-13 minutes.
 {Yuppers… I even spilled some… it happens.}
Once the crayons melted down, I took them out and let them cool.
They easily popped out.
WOO HOO…
Now they are the PERFECT sized, festive crayons for leaf rubs.
Look at these “action shots” of my kids creating awesome leaf rubs with these crayons.
 
These crayons fit perfectly into their hands and they loved the colors it created on the rubbing plates.
And boy did the crayons last.
No broken pieces or made messes!
I am confident I will be able to use them for many years.

Well worth the time to peel the crayons.Here are some finished masterpieces.

 

 

 

To tie in more science, I got our sensory table involved.
This week, I placed fake leaves in the table.
I also added this cool science tool…
GeoSafri’s My First Microscope!
http://www.educationalinsights.com/product/geosafari--174-+jr.+my+first+microscope.do?sortby=ourPicks&sortby=&&from=Search
We used the microscope to look at the leaves up close.
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We also collected our own leaves and added them to the table to compare and
contrast the REAL leaves to the FAKE leaves.
This was awesome to tie into LIVING and NON LIVING things since we discussed this a few weeks ago.
http://www.educationalinsights.com/product/geosafari--174-+jr.+my+first+microscope.do?sortby=ourPicks&sortby=&&from=Search
Lastly, we looked at the leaves and compared them to our rubbing plates.
We also compared the leaves to our art work we created using them.
We noticed that the templates were VERY accurate!
So were the fake leaves.
Both showed veins, stems, and the leave edges.
We also noticed the fake leaves only showed us ONE type of leaf,
but the rubs had a variety of lead types.
{Some collections of fake leaves do show more than one type of lead, so look for those if you can.}
We also noticed the real leaves break apart and feel drier than the fake leaves.
http://www.educationalinsights.com/product/geosafari--174-+jr.+my+first+microscope.do?sortby=ourPicks&sortby=&&from=Search
{We have to replace the real leaves every few days…
 but that also means we have to collect new leaves every few days.}
Thanks for the outstanding crayon tip, Bethany!
I heart you!

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  1. traci527 says

    September 30, 2014 at 2:29 am

    Goodness, I want to just throw throws plates in my amazon cart and make some seasonal crayons right now, love it!

    Reply
  2. Erin says

    September 30, 2014 at 9:15 am

    Next time soak the paper off your crayons! 🙂 Great post!

    Reply
  3. Kindergarten Squared says

    October 1, 2014 at 3:31 am

    What k kiddo doesn't love tearing paper off the crayons…I have some professionals this year! Enlist the kiddos help to knock that task out!

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