Among the many autumn crafts I created with my daughter when she and her cousins participated in my 4-H Club were leaf placemats.  These were easy for the youngsters to make and resulted in fun gifts to give their moms.
We collected leaves around our home and admired the various colors we found.  I also had the children learn about the different trees.

We would lay colored leaves on craft paper, colored paper or oak tag of the desired size.
They could draw around the leaves and color them.
They might put a dab of glue under each leaf to hold it to the …read more