I love crafts that use items you collect from around the house or yard. I'm known for asking family and friends to save things for the kids and I to use! Here are a couple of easy Autumn crafts:
A Pumpkin Patch
Each child will need: one clean foam tray from meat packages, produce etc. shredded green paper orange pom poms wiggle eyes chenille stems in green or black Green paint-any type of paint will do craft or Elmer's glue
Brush a layer of glue on the foam tray and press on the paper shreds. (if you didn't have green paper to shred, you could use white or other colors and then spray paint it green or use leftover Easter grass-an even simpler idea is to just paint the foam green and forget the paper.) After you've created your "pumpkin field", then glue the pom poms down where desired on the foam tray. Allow them to dry. Next decorate the pumpkins with tiny wiggle eyes and cut the chenille stems to glue on the top for stems. Get creative and let the kids draw a mini scarecrow on heavy paper, cut him out, and glue to their "pumpkin field". This is a great craft for classrooms, groups or fall parties.
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