Create Fall Leaves with Chalk Pastels - Early Childhood Art Activity!

Chalk Pastel Fall Leaves — Photo Source: Rockabye Butterfly

If you're looking for a quick and simple fall craft to complete with your kiddos, check out this idea that was featured on Rockabye Butterfly! With only a few supplies your class can create a beautiful fall leaf display.

Creating Fall Leaves with Chalk Pastels

Before you begin, you'll want to create leaf cut-outs using card stock (enough for each child to have 7 or 8. If you don't have a die-cutting machine, you should be able to find a wide variety of clip-art you could use online.

Suppies Needed:

White paper

Assorted leaf cut-outs

Chalk pastels

Masking tape

Markers

Get started by placing masking tape on the back of each cut-out. Then allow your kiddos to arrange their leaves on the white paper.

Chalk Pastel Fall Leaf Cut-Outs — Photo Source: Rockabye Butterfly

Chalk Pastel Arranged Fall Leaf Cut-Outs — Photo Source: Rockabye Butterfly

Once the leaves are arranged, have students use chalk pastels to color around the edge of each leaf. Make sure they use a variety of fall colors!

Coloring with Chalk Pastels for Fall Leaf Activity — Photo Source: Rockabye Butterfly

Next step will be for your kiddos to use their fingers to smear the pastels together.

Smearing Chalk Pastels for Fall Leaf Activity — Photo Source: Rockabye Butterfly

To finalize the picture, remove the taped on cut-outs. Voila! A beautiful fall picture. You could easily stop the project here - but if you're not wanting your cut-outs that are now beautifully colored to go to waste, have your students use a brown marker to draw a tree trunk and branches on a separate piece of white paper.