Easy Leaf Rubbing for Kids
Are you looking for an easy fall craft for kids? Look no further! Check out this easy leaf rubbing craft; it's the perfect fall kids' craft project for little hands.
Materials
- Leaves
- Paper
- Crayons
Instructions
- Peel the paper wrapper off the crayons so the whole crayon is exposed.IMPORTANT TIP: Light colors like the yellow crayon in the photo don't show up well. Dark colors work better, but we figured this out the hard way.
- Choose your leaf and lay it down on your work surface.
- Cover the leaf with a piece of paper.IMPORTANT TIP: As my son and I discovered, small pieces of flimsy, lightweight paper like the ones shown in our photos don't work well.Instead, choose thick, sturdy paper like an 8 ½" x 11" piece of printer paper. The larger size gives you more room to hold down the paper while you rub over the leaf with the crayon.
- While holding the paper in place, rub over the leaf with a crayon.Watch the leaf shape beneath appear!Continue to rub over all sections of the leaf as the shape appears.
- Continue for all of your leaves.Because of the flimsy paper and small paper size, my young son had a harder time doing these leaf rubs.But even so, you can still see the general outlines and the veins in each of his leaves.
Notes
- Use sturdy, big pieces of paper like white, medium-weight paper (printer paper or construction paper work well!)
- Use dark-colored crayons so the leaf rubbing will show up well on the white paper.
- Hold the paper still when rubbing the crayon over the leaf. It can help to tape the paper down so it won't move during the leaf rubbing.