Help with fall activities/crafts for 2 1/2 year old?

[TiggerToo]

Even though I see someone already gave you this suggestion, I am seconding it!!...one of the things my g'parents did with me when I was a child...I had visited them in Canada and I am a Florida baby....I had never seen leaves changing....

They took me to a park that had all different kinds of trees, (when the leaves were changing colors and falling) and we picked up the colored leaves from the ground. We made a scrap book of the leaves so that I could remember the fall and the different colors. I still have that scrapbook...a memory that I will never forget.

This is something special you two can make together!

[dliver316]

We had a lot of fun with shaving cream. I learned to put just a little bit in a tray -- like a jelly roll pan -- for less mess.
When you're stuck inside, you can start working with scissors. Use construction paper or magazine pages to cut small squares of a single color. Use a glue stick to paste them on top of a clip art picture. My ds did this in preschool with a big picture of a thanksgiving dinner: the turkey leg was brown, sweet potatoes were orange, etc.
You can also make cool art by taping a piece of paper into the lid of a gift box, dipping a marble or two in paint, then dropping it in the box and giving it a good shake.

Great ideas! I think I will try the clip art picture next week...maybe Fall themed. And I bet he would love shaking that marble around.

Even though I see someone already gave you this suggestion, I am seconding it!!...one of the things my g'parents did with me when I was a child...I had visited them in Canada and I am a Florida baby....I had never seen leaves changing....

They took me to a park that had all different kinds of trees, (when the leaves were changing colors and falling) and we picked up the colored leaves from the ground. We made a scrap book of the leaves so that I could remember the fall and the different colors. I still have that scrapbook...a memory that I will never forget.

This is something special you two can make together!

I have never done the pressing leaves in a book thing...do they last forever?? Sorry if this is a dumb question. I would love to do this too b/c we live very close to the smoky mountains and pretty soon the leaves will be changing colors and it will be gorgeous here.

[dliver316]