Autumn is here again, with the fall of the leaves from the trees, the yellowish blanket that forms on the sidewalks and the desire to spend more time at home sheltered from the first cold days. Spending time at home with the children doing crafts, is one of the best ways to enjoy the fall. In addition, everything that nature offers these days, it becomes the best material to create great projects.
This year more than ever we must spend time at home, Covid-19 forces us to reduce outings and social life on the street. Therefore, it is necessary plan activities at home to do with the little ones. In this way, they will be able to cope much better with this new, more homely lifestyle. Here we leave you with some craft ideas, to welcome this fall 2020, with the best attitude in the world.
Autumn, time for family activities
Either preparing recipes with typical autumn products, such as some of the ones that we leave you this link with pumpkin as the star product. Perhaps organizing a country plan with the children or one of the fall activities that we propose in this other link. Or enjoying crafts and family projects like the ones you will find below. Fall is a time for family activities, one of the best times to spend time together, sharing moments and creating great memories with children.
Fall crafts
Prepare a field trip, take some bags with you and prepare the children well so that they do not get cold. Is about collect all kinds of natural materials that will help you make all kinds of crafts. You will need all kinds of dry leaves that you can collect from the ground. Dry twigs, fruits that have fallen from trees and all kinds of natural materials will also do. These are some ideas but surely children will come up with many more, take note.
A mural with dry leaves
Crafts are perfect to renew the decoration of the children's room from time to time, without having to make large investments. With a large mural made of dried leaves, the children's bedroom will become a small forest, ideal for creating great fantasies and dreams in children. It allows children to develop all their creativity on the walls of their room, they can always be repainted and left as new.
The idea is to create a mural on the wall, first the tree trunk is drawn and then it is filled in with all the materials that you will have collected in the forest. Also you can use cardstock or recycled cardboard, to create a large mural without damaging the walls. The more space children have to develop their ideas, the more they will enjoy and have a better time with these crafts.
Light jars
With this craft you can decorate any corner of your home, since will add a touch of warmth and autumn atmosphere perfect for the whole house. In addition, you can recycle some empty jars of canned food, and thus you will have different jars. To glue the leaves to the glass jars, you just have to make a mixture of water and white glue in equal parts.
Use a brush to apply the mixture directly on the leaves placed in the jar, when drying, the glue will be completely transparent. Once the glue dries completely, apply a protector, either in spray or with a brush. A clear varnish or vinyl protector that you can find in any craft store will do. Inside to create the light, you can place small candles, but only when the jars will be away from children and any dangerous areas.
If you are going to place the light jars in the children's room, in the garden or in an area where there may be danger, it is preferable to use battery-operated led lights. They do not burn, they do not burn and there is no type of danger with the plugs or anything similar. You will get a warm light, very cozy and perfect to enjoy an afternoon of cinema at home, with a special snack and a family chat.