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Description

Use real leaves to make interesting leaf prints on paper.

Resources

Leaves, Water-based Paint, Paper, Paintbrushes

Instructions

1. Collect leaves of various shapes and sizes.
2. Cover your work area with a mat or with newspapers. Prepare different colours of paint on your palette. Position a leaf with its under-side facing up and paint on its entire surface.
3. Press the painted leaf onto sketch paper or construction paper.
4. Remove the leaf to reveal a beautiful leaf print.
5. Repeat the process using different colours and other leaf shapes.
6. You may even try painting different colours on one leaf to create a rainbow-coloured leaf print.

If you haven't got access to paints and brushes, you can draw round the leaves and either shade them in with pencil or colour them in.

Tags

• leaf
• Nature
• Nature art
• painting
• painting activity

Badge Links

• Adventure - Outdoor activity
• Creative - Craft
• Outdoors - Natural activity
• Skills - Creative activity
• World - Leaf printing