INSPIRATIONS - leaves

The perfect resource for a natural material activity - there's a lot you can do with a leaf!

Introduction

Welcome to Muddy Faces Inspirations: bringing together activities & ideas with a specific theme, to inspire your time outdoors playing, learning & connecting with nature. Follow the highlighted links to take you to our step-by-step activity guides.

Aren’t leaves brilliant! Leaves are a wonderful natural resource to use for all sorts of activities. They are fun to collect, come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and change colour! From identifying trees to simple leaf craft, we’ve collated a bundle of leaf activities to give you some leafy inspiration.

What you'll need

collected leaves

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Useful items from our shop

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Environmental Considerations

Consider the environmental impact of preparing, carrying out & completing this activity. Could this impact be reduced? Specific considerations for this activity could include:

ideally collect leaves from the ground, but if picking leaves from a tree aim for minimal impact (seek permission when necessary )

Health & Safety Considerations

Follow your usual operating procedures and carry out appropriate risk benefit assessments.
Some considerations particular to this activity include:

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Crafty leaf fun

Threading leaves

A fab activity to help develop fine motor skills, a favourite woodland activity!

Hapa Zome

Hapa zome Christmas trees

Use bashed leaf prints to create Christmas tree decorations.

Hapa zome decorations

Create natural prints on wood for inspiring decorations or accessories.

a few more ideas

Sycamore leaf basket

Push the stalk through the leaf and create a mini basket.

Pretend fire for the fairies!

Land art

Create spirals or geometric patterns, faces or whole scenes – use the different colours & shapes to your advantage.

Take some inspiration from land artists James Brunt and Andy Goldsworthy, and Land Art for Kids.

in our shop

Leaf Print Set

£16.49 exVAT

Hapa Zome is a fun and effective natural colour extraction technique that appeals to all ages and abilities.

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Rustic ID Board - Tree Leaves

£36.99 exVAT

A beautifully designed rustic identification board showing 11 of the most commonly found tree leaves in the UK. The design is laser etched onto a waney-edged plank which has been sanded on one side and is smooth to touch. The plank is ...

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Disclaimer: Muddy Faces cannot take any responsibility for accidents or damage that occurs as a result of following this activity.You are responsible for making sure the activity is conducted safely.