Crafting with chestnuts and leaves

Autumn, autumn, autumn is here! And that means lots of autumnal crafting fun with chestnuts, colorful leaves, and more for you and your little explorer. Because what could be better than cozying up at and getting creative? To show your child what makes this season so colorful and special, we craft with natural materials. The best thing about our craft ideas is that they put both young and old in an autumn mood and provide lots of fun. So, grab your craft scissors and let's go!

Crafting with Chestnuts

It's a tradition to craft with chestnuts in autumn. No matter whether, funny chestnut animals or colorfully decorated chestnut men – there are no limits to the creativity of your little explorer. The chestnut crafting becomes especially enjoyable when you gather your craft materials together beforehand. The Chestnut gathering is usually possible between September and November. And while you're at it, you can also collect some acorns to make your chestnut men even more lively.

For the chestnut animals and chestnut men, you need:

• Chestnuts and acorns

• Hand drill or metal spike

• Toothpick

• Optional a hot glue gun or craft glue

• Optional for decoration: wiggly eyes, yarn, markers, or other paint

Here's how:

1. Use the hand drill or a metal skewer first. Löcher in den Kastanien , to place them on top of each other later. The chestnuts that are supposed to stand on the ground for your chestnut man or chestnut animal should be laid with the flat side down for a stable stand.

2. Shorten the Toothpick in the length you requested . The neck of a giraffe should, for example, be longer than the connecting segments of a caterpillar.

3. Secure the toothpicks now in the pre-drilled holes. If the wooden sticks slide out of the holes, you can attach with hot glue or craft glue optionally .

4. Once your chestnut figure or chestnut animal finally stands, you can with pens and other craft supplies to decorate. How about, for example, a funny face or yarn that you can stick on as hair? Let your creativity run free! :)

Leaf printing

Colorful leaves as far as the eye can see – that's the beauty of autumn. But why should you only look at the autumn leaves when you can craft with them? ;) Leaf printing is a great way to show your child the different leaves and to explain which tree they come from . Collect it during your next autumn walk different leaves pick them up for crafting and take them home. And the crafting fun can begin! :)

For the leaf printing, you need:

• Autumn leaves in various sizes and shapes

• Paper or cardboard for printing

• Brushes

• Watercolor, finger paint, etc.

• A sheet of paper in case your little explorer draws over the edge ;)

Here's how:

1. Lay the leaves with the veins facing up , because only then does the beautiful pattern emerge.

2. Paint the leaves now with colors of your choice. Whether monochrome or multicolored – have fun!

3. Press the painted sheet now turned over onto the paper or the cardboard. Make sure that your little explorer the autumn leaf just briefly presses , so that the leaf print does not smudge.

4. Let your Leaf print drying Particularly beautiful specimens can, for example, be framed or cut out and used as window decorations for autumn. :)

Making hedgehogs with leaves

In autumn, the hedgehog scurries through the colorful leaves, because then it searches for its winter quarters. At home, your little explorer and you can also make a autumnal outfit for the hedgehog , because the leaf garland is quick to make and also serves as autumn decor for your home.

For the leaf rake, you need:

• Cardstock or photo paper

• Dried or pressed autumn leaves in bright colors

• Craft scissors

• Craft glue

• Pens

• Optional additional craft supplies, such as googly eyes

Here's how:

1. Collect various autumn leaves and Let them dry at home . To make them last even longer, you can also press them. For this, you can place the leaves in a heavy book or between two kitchen towels and weigh them down.

2. Draws Outline of a hedgehog on colored paper or cardboard and cut out the animal.

3. Magics the hedgehog with pens and/or wiggly eyes a cute face.

4. Stick the dried autumn leaves Layer by layer on the hedgehog's body. The more colorful, the better! ;)

Coloring pages for autumn

Sometimes the rain just won't stop, leaves and chestnuts are too wet for crafting, and your little explorer just wants to curl up at home. Even for such autumn days, we have an activity for your child, because coloring pages for autumn are always a good idea Equipped with colored pencils in the most beautiful autumn colors, your little explorer will surely enjoy coloring in hedgehogs, leaves, pumpkins, dragons, and mushrooms. Our Autumn coloring pages can be easily downloaded by you and print as often as you and your child like:

That autumn doesn't have to be gray in every way is demonstrated by our four craft ideas. We hope to inspire you with the chestnut men, leaf printing, the cute leaf igloo, and our coloring pages to get creative with your little explorer in the coming months. Have fun crafting!