So we did it. I was planning to do it AFTER lunch but little Missy could not wait. After slathering a few bottles of mozzie repellant and sunblock, we skipped out with a basket, a sunhat, and my sleepiness, in search of leaves. *yawn*
Tee leading the way fearlessly…..
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Her first stop was a potted plant, a safe option. Somehow the larger leaves intimidated her as she thought they would jump out to swallow her.
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The result of allowing a toddler to slather on her own sunblock. Her arms were worse, not an inch of skin visible, but I hurriedly wiped it off before she touched my furniture!
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Plucking more leaves…..
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“Is this a leaf, Mommy? It’s straight!”
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“I’m DONE now!!!”
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The inhalation of illegal substances.
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Shading over the leaves with her dog bone crayons.
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The result of a beautiful leaf shading. Black, unfortunately…..
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Making a leaf collage.
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TADAAAA!!!!!!
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The final product.
Somehow, I prefer the all natural green one.
This activity lasted 90 minutes and as soon as I took a pic of the final product, Tee said, “OK!!! Let’s do it, AGAIN!!!”
And Mommy said, “NO!!!”
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that’s a gd idea! perhaps i will do it with my kids this sat..
how did Tee do the shading of leaves on the paper? and where did u get those lovely cutey little dong bones crayons. my kids dont want , i want!!
Very nice. i really want to try this.
wow….This is so nice. Must have it framed and displayed it in your room, Muahhhhaaaaa…!!!
This is a great activity..! will try and remember this .. next summer.. 😉 and do it.. with my brat.. 😉 or better still .. get keegan to do it with her.. 😉