Fingerprint Tree

This is a fun little craft for teaching about Autumn, or just to show the beauty of the leaves changing.

What You'll Need: Finger paints (we used sponges soaked in paint that was a little watered down) and paper.

What To Do: 

 ~ lightly coat brown paint on hand and down the arm, press lightly on paper and you have your truck and branches.

 ~ Next use fingertips to dot all your colourful leaves around your branches. You can put paint on all your fingers and do lots of leaves at once, or just one at a time. My 3 year old was getting creative (and messy) with his leaves towards the end.

 ~ Voila! You have a beautiful Autumn tree! The one pictured here was from the 1 year old - so I did most of the fingerprint placement. The one made by my 3 year old was a lot more 'free-flowing', but still looked great. Since he wasn't as precise about where his leaves were, it actually looked like leaves falling and scattering on the ground! Fun!