We’re taking part in #30DaysWild once again this June. If you’ve not come across #30DaysWild before, it’s a challenge set by The Wildlife Trusts to do one wild thing each day in June and connect with nature. We always enjoy getting outside, taking a closer look at nature and learning new things along the way. Sophie particularly loves doing nature arts and crafts. Rainbow leaf printing is a brilliant and simple way of doing leaf prints and the results look very effective.
You will need:
- Marker pens in various colours
- Paper
- A leaf
1) Colour in the back of the leaf using marker pens, starting with red at the top and continuing with the different colours of the rainbow, finishing with violet at the bottom.
2) Place the leaf on your piece of paper, coloured side down. Gently press the leaf down to transfer the colours to the paper.
3) Lift the leaf up to reveal the rainbow-coloured leaf print.
We had lots of fun experimenting with different shapes and sizes of leaf, arranging them on the paper to make patterns. You can also try using different colours and drawing different patterns on the back of your leaf and then using these to create pictures. We used our leaves to make butterflies, dragonflies, trees and a peacock. What pictures can you create?
These look really lovely. There are so many fun ways children can engage with nature.
Thank you Clare. We had fun with this activity 🙂
I sometimes did leaf printing with the children when I was working as a registered child minder, nothing as creative as this though #kidsandkreativity@_karendennis
It was fun using them to make pictures 🙂
Love this idea – right up our street! 🙂 #kidsandkreativity
Thank you – it’s a lovely simple activity but so much fun to do 🙂
That’s so effective isn’t it. I think even my ten year old would enjoy that activity #countrykids
It was a fun activity. I’m not sure who enjoyed it more – me or Sophie!
These are really lovely. So simple but really effective! #KidsandKreativity
Thank you, we had fun doing them and I love how effective it was.
Very pretty, as well as a learning opportunity, and I love how you turned them into little creatures and trees too! xx #CountryKids
Thank you, I had fun playing around with them 🙂
These look great! Simple but so effective. Love the dragon fly and butterfly pics. Thanks for sharing and linking up with #KidsandKreativity hope to see you back next time x
Thank you. I loved how simple these were to do. Such a fun activity.