Materials needed:
For Leaves
- Watercolor paper
- BLEEDING tissue paper, cut up in squares, using only fall colors
- Paintbrushes
-Cups of water
-Leaf templates
-Pencils
-Scissors
- Sticks
- Hot glue
For Pots
- Tempera or Acrylic Paint in fall colors
- Paintbrushes
- Marbles or rocks (to weigh down the pots)
- Spanish moss
Directions:
1. To create the leaves, start with one big piece of watercolor paper and place squares of the bleeding tissue paper, overlapping pieces, using a brush dipped in water to temporarily "glue" them onto the paper. The water is what transfers the color off the tissue onto the watercolor paper so make sure the kids make it wet enough!
2. Once the entire piece of watercolor paper in covered in tissue paper squares, gently remove all the tissue paper. (it's okay if the paper is not dry yet) The kids love this part.
3. Once paper is dry, trace as many leaf templates onto the paper then cut out the leaf shape.
4. Hot glue the stick intbetween 2 paper leaves and stick it in the pot!
