The document describes how to make leaf masks with children as an activity for Easter. Leaves are collected from nature and attached to cardboard masks using hot glue. Different leaf shapes, colors and textures are used to create patterns on the masks. Once complete, the masks allow children to pretend they are leaf creatures while searching the garden for Easter eggs. The activity celebrates the changing of seasons and encourages creativity and imagination.
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1. Isn’t it marvellous how
leaves are a delightfully free
yet priceless ‘toy’ for children? Raking them into huge
piles in the backyard, then jumping into the middle of
each pile and revelling in the autumn crunch before
falling to the ground, is just one of the ways to enjoy
these gifts from nature — for big kids as much as little
ones. Making resplendent leaf masks is another.
This project is a wonderful way to celebrate the
change of season and gives the kids a beautiful craft
to keep their hands busy over the long weekend in
the lead-up to the great Easter egg hunt. The hunt is
a chance for them to hone their treasure-seeking skills,
too. While they search for delicious eggs, wearing their
newly made masks, you’ll enjoy a show of little leaf
creatures frolicking in your garden.
To assemble the masks, simply cut out a shape of
a mask from a piece of recycled cardboard, punch a hole
in either side and tie some ribbon through each hole,
making sure the ribbon lengths are long enough to reach
around the back of your little one’s head. (I chose black
and chocolate brown velvet ribbons to add an elegant
touch to the rabbit and fox shapes I had fashioned.)
Cut out two shapes for eyes. Next, using a hot-glue
gun, attach leaves you’ve collected to the mask. For the
most effective results, keep the leaves somewhat similar
in type, shape and colour, and arrange them in a pattern.
It’s easiest to start at the top of the mask and work your
way down so that the glue is not visible.
My favourite foliage includes grevillea, banksia,
fig and any heart-shaped leaf. If time is limited, start
a treasure hunt for a nice big leaf, then cut two holes for
eyes. The ideas are limitless — from creating headdresses
in the shape of crowns and crests to making leaf
necklaces or brooches using scraps of cardboard.
We are limited only by our imaginations and Easter
is such a wonderful time to truly relax and open our
minds. There’s a beautiful line in Where The Wild
Things Are, the children’s classic by Maurice Sendak,
that I’ve been thinking of while dreaming of leaf masks:
“There should be a place where only the things you want
to happen, happen.” Perhaps we can each create our own
version of a magical world this Easter? With the help of
some little people and some leaves. *
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For more project ideas and creative stimulation, visit:
1 www.pinterest.com/foxslane
2 www.pinterest.com/adddesign26
3 www.greghatton.wordpress.com
4 www.cirque-du-bebe.blogspot.com.au
5 www.chunkychooky.blogspot.com.au
Pia is Country Style’s resident blogger at
blogs.homelife.com.au/countrystyle
This Easter, gather nature’s autumn bounty
and celebrate the wonder of imagination.
the great treasure hunt
words and STYLING PIA JANE BIJKERK photography CRAIG WALL
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