Autumn evokes the desire to capture the play of colors not only in memory, but also in the house, where on long winter evenings you can see, touch, and breathe in the charm of autumn, so beautiful with a slight touch of bitterness.
You can decorate your home, succumbing to the impulse inspired by autumn landscapes, by simply and unpretentiously collecting multi-colored maple leaves from the nearest park and placing them throughout the apartment one by one (using tall narrow glasses or vases) or in armfuls, like flaming bouquets.
But with a little time and a minimum of effort, you can build real works of art from them, which will delight the eye for a long time and serve as a real decoration for your home.
Other crafts from autumn gifts of nature:
— Crafts from chestnuts, spikelets and other gifts of nature
— Crafts from acorns
— Pumpkin crafts
— Crafts from pine cones
— Crafts from twigs and twigs
— Crafts from dried flowers
Pendants and garlands made of maple leaves
You need to take two or three leaves, preferably of different sizes, cover them with transparent varnish or dip them in paraffin melted in a water bath, and then tie them together with a thread, which can be decorated with beads to match the leaves and, making a loop out of it, hang it, for example, under ceiling of a children's room.
You can complicate the task by collecting leaves treated in this way into a garland. From which it is easy to create an intricate pattern, fixing it on the wall, or around a picturesque branch placed in a vase, or placing it in a high-hanging pot of flowers and simply letting it hang freely along the wall. If you combine several of these garlands, you will get a bright curtain for the window.
Maple leaf wreaths
Another popular fall craft is maple leaf wreaths. You can either simply weave a wreath of leaves, just as you did with flowers in the summer, or you can do something more intricate. In this case, the wreath is made from birch or other branches, and leaves, acorns, ribbons, cones and other gifts of nature are used for its decoration.
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What else can be made from cones.
Decorate candles and candlesticks with leaves
Leaves dried under a press or iron can be glued over a glass jar, coated with clear varnish for decoupage, and a candle can be placed inside. The result is an original lamp that can decorate any romantic evening. Thick candles are decorated in the same way - the leaves are simply glued or tied to their surface. It looks very unusual, especially if you use candles of light, dim colors.
Roses and bouquets of maple leaves
Roses made from maple leaves deserve a separate theme, from which you can collect not only bouquets, but also tie them into wreaths, decorate wickerwork with them, and lovers of vintage style can easily fit such decorations into their interior by covering flowers made from maple leaves with gold or silver paint.
It is very easy to make roses from maple leaves, which you can then collect into one large bouquet. These flowers will delight you all winter. Plus, this is an interesting idea for a little surprise for a girl from a guy. These roses are made in an easy way - just fold maple leaves and wrap them around the workpiece. Don't forget to bend the edges, like a real rose. Here is a detailed step-by-step master class on making roses from maple leaves and a bouquet of them:
And here are some more craft ideas made from these roses. You can use them to make a topiary, which you read about below, a wreath, decorate paintings and much more, and even bouquets of dry leaves can be quite varied:
1. Take a colored one cardboard, bend in half and draw Maple Leaf.
2. Cut it out Maple Leaf and opening it, cut it as shown in the picture.
3. On the white part maple leaf stick double tape in several places and first remove the tape from the tape nku: apply a counting stick and cut out maple leaf like this to make it work leaf of one color.
4. Now cut out a small rectangle for the leg leaf and glue it with double tape.
5. Leg maple leaf I suggest covering it with transparent tape.
Like these ones leaves you should succeed! I use them on music lessons,autumn entertainment and matinees. Children enjoy dancing with these leaves.
Publications on the topic:
With the onset of autumn, children love to play with leaves and make prints of the leaves of various trees on paper. Children collect while walking.
Goal: to introduce children to the names of trees, to the names of autumn leaves, to develop fine motor skills, attention, and memory. Material:.
Summary of direct educational activities in the senior group “Autumn Leaves” Purpose: To give children an idea of the meaning.
Lesson notes for children of the second junior group. Modeling “Autumn leaves” Integration of educational areas: “Cognition” (formation of a holistic picture of the world, “Communication”, “Artistic creativity” (modeling,...
Lesson summary for FEMP “Autumn Leaves” Municipal Autonomous Preschool Educational Institution No. 231 “Combined Kindergarten” Summary of lessons on formation.
Autumn is a wonderful time of year! Nature gives us a variety of bright colors that delight us on gray, cloudy, cold days! Long.
Today I want to show you MK how you can make maple leaves out of paper using the origami technique. You will need: 3 landscape sheets of paper (large.
First-graders, like no one else, usually try and do everything that is assigned. For the first fall craft competition for your class or school, you must make the best one and win the competition or receive praise from the teacher. Let's see what crafts made from leaves on the theme "Autumn" for school in 1st grade you can prepare with your child.
It would be better if it falls a little short in quality, but it will be made by the hands of a child from the heart and with great desire. And the mother’s task is to control the process and sometimes, if necessary, give hints and help a little.
Creative ideas from autumn leaves
Traditionally, at the beginning of autumn, schools and kindergartens hold a competition of skills and creative ideas among children. To these competitions you need to bring a bouquet, craft or painting made from natural materials in a given direction. 
Most often, the scope is not limited to specific wishes, but if the children need to come up with something similar, for example, only from autumn foliage, then an exact task is given. For example, if you need crafts from leaves on the theme “autumn” for school from 1st grade, then you can make a panel, painting or wreath mainly from this material (photos will be later in the article).
The wonderful autumn colorful foliage will look great in bouquets, wreaths, panels depicting nature, animals, even portraits.
There is also a wonderful technique for working with foliage in order to make a beautiful work on the theme “Autumn”. You need to make prints of the outline of the leaf, having first painted the leaf itself with paint. We will describe this technique in detail below. 
Crafts for school in 1st grade on the theme of autumn can be made from dried leaves or from soft, fresh, just collected leaves. The technology for working with the material will differ here. In order for dried foliage to look good, it must be properly prepared. Let's figure out how to do this.
Preparing natural material for the creative process
Not only foliage, but also dried flowers can be useful in your work, so let’s look at how to properly dry both materials.
It is necessary to collect dry leaves and flowers. It is important to place the leaves evenly between the pages of a thick book or album and leave it there for several days, preferably at least a week. 
Flowers can be placed between two cotton pads, each flower or petal, and then placed between the pages of a book or album. We leave the flowers to dry for a couple of weeks. If you need voluminous buds or inflorescences, they can be tied to a thread by the tip of the stem and hung on any crossbar. Leave it hanging until completely dry, several days.
We put the ready-made dried material into boxes, from where it is convenient to take them to work.
Dried leaves can be tinted with golden gouache or acrylic. To do this, you need to take a little paint with a dry sponge and lightly walk along the tips of the sheet.
When everything is ready for the creative process, you can begin. Let's take a closer look at how to make crafts from leaves on the theme "autumn" for school for 1st grade on cardboard.
Compositions on cardboard
An excellent option for creativity from natural materials for younger schoolchildren would be appliqués. To create these wonderful creations, no matter what pattern, ornament or picture is chosen, there is a certain algorithm. 
Let's look at it step by step. What you may need for work:
- Thick cardboard, preferably white. This will be the base.
- Paints. You can use gouache, acrylic, watercolor.
- PVA glue.
- Scissors.
- Plasticine.
- Colored paper or felt.
- Dry leaves.
- Dried flowers.
- Any decorative material, depending on the idea.
Photo ideas for crafts made from leaves for school on the theme “Autumn”:
"Applique "Owl"
Stages of the creative process:
- On white cardboard, use a simple pencil to draw the outline of the future owl. We mark where the head, eyes, beak and wings will be.
- Now we need to glue the leaves as the plumage of our Sovunya. We start work from the bottom. We glue the leaves in overlapping rows so that each subsequent row covers the beginning of the previous one. We do not go beyond the contours of the drawn silhouette.
- To glue another leaf, you need to coat it with glue only at the top and attach it to the cardboard so that the tip remains unattached and free.
- On the head we glue one leaf on top of the leaves in the middle in place of the beak and a bunch of leaves with the tips up - these are the ears.
- When the plumage is ready, cut out circles of eyes, a triangular beak and a pair of legs from colored paper or felt, and glue them on top in the right places.
Cute autumn owl is ready. Simple, fast and effective. The child can cope with this work on his own, but under the strict guidance and supervision of his mother.
Crafts made from leaves on the theme of autumn for school for 1st grade on paper can also have original marine content. Here is a description of how you can make an autumn seascape from leaves.
Application "Seascape"
Stages of work:
- First, we tint the cardboard with watercolors. Use a very diluted blue color for the upper half of the sheet and a thicker color for the lower half;
- Now we glue the leaves, completely covering them with glue and pressing them to the cardboard. At the beginning there are halves for a boat and a sailboat, with a twig between them. Then we form the island and vegetation, but first you need to glue those leaves that represent the trees, and then the island itself, covering the tips of the trees. We glue small highlights in the water from leaves and in the corner on top, instead of the sun, we glue a dried flower, spreading the petals like rays.
The landscape is ready. This is an original and unusual idea for creating a small miracle with your own hands for school.
Portrait of a beautiful lady
This job will require some artistic skills.
- On cardboard or thick paper, draw the outline of the girl’s profile with a pencil. Simple and schematic. Paint it with thick black paint.
- Now we shape her hair by gluing leaves from any trees overlapping and scattered. This is how we make bangs and curls along the entire length.
- The hairstyle can be decorated with dried flowers by gluing them on top of the leaves.
- We attach dried flowers in a row to the lady’s neck, like the beads of a necklace.
Autumn prints
A very interesting and unusual technique for working with autumn foliage. Thanks to it, you can make beautiful crafts in the form of pictures from leaf prints on the theme “autumn” for school for 1st grade. 
How to do it:
- We coat the undried sheet with gouache. It can be one color, it can be several.
- Carefully print the piece of paper on paper in the selected location.
- You can simply randomly scatter prints across a sheet, depicting leaf fall, or you can come up with a plot and apply the print to clearly planned places.
Such unusual works will definitely not leave viewers of the autumn exhibition indifferent.
Hedgehog made of leaves. Step-by-step photo master class and video
Now let’s figure out how to make a “Hedgehog” craft from leaves on the theme of autumn for school in 1st grade. Hedgehogs made from foliage can be very different; below are photos of applications with this small and cute forest hero. The main thing is to understand the principle and create according to your own discretion and imagination. 
What we will need:
The base is thick white paper or cardboard.
- watercolor or gouache.
- colored paper.
- plasticine.
- scissors.
- PVA glue.
- dried autumn leaves (how to dry them correctly is described in the article above).
Let's get creative:
- We tint the base (paper or cardboard) with any color using watercolor or gouache, diluting it with water. Leave until completely dry.
- We draw with thick paint or cut it out of colored paper and glue the hedgehog’s face onto the base.
- Now let's move on to the spines of leaves. We glue them in order, starting from the back, and the front ones should cover the tips of the previous row.
- Now we sculpt from plasticine or draw eyes, a nose, and paws with paint.
- If desired, you can decorate the resulting picture with leaves, depicting trees or mushrooms (1 oval leaf vertically - the leg and on top half a larger leaf - the cap).
- At the bottom you can glue moss and dried flowers, whatever your imagination suggests.
Below is a video to better imagine how you can make a hedgehog from natural material on paper.
Unusual rose buds
A bouquet of autumn leaves - a beautiful craft for 1st grade
Roses made from yellow and red maple leaves will look gorgeous, surprising and unusual. We suggest you figure out how this can be done. For the bouquet you need to use only fresh, not dried leaves. You can take yellow, orange and red. The leaves are folded and twisted in a certain way, gaining volume of the flower.
Here's how it's done:
- Take the first sheet and fold it in half.
- We twist it into a fairly tight tube. This will be the base of the bud, so you can twist it more tightly.
- We apply the next sheet to the base of the resulting bud, fold it back without pressing, so that there is volume, and wrap it around the bud. The ends should be pressed to the bottom.
- We wrap the next leaf in the same way, placing it where the joint of the previous petal was.
- And so we form a lush rose from several leaves.
- When the flower has reached a beautiful volume, we wrap it with thread at the base.
- We make several of these buds and collect them into a bouquet at our own request.
In the photo below you can see how to make such a rose step by step.
From such amazing and incredibly beautiful roses you can make a basket, a bouquet, or decorate a wreath or panel with them.
After the bouquet is ready, if desired, spray it with hairspray or a special acrylic varnish in a spray can. This varnish can be glossy or matte, even with sparkles. This is done so that the roses retain their freshness for a long time.
And below is a video that will help you visualize how you can make an amazing craft from leaves on the theme of autumn for school for 1st grade. Here you will see how to make a bouquet of roses.
Summer is ending, but why? Unfortunately, no one has an answer to this question. We have a guess, but we're not sure it's to everyone's liking. We think that summer is ending so that autumn can come. Like this. What's good about autumn? Someone has a birthday (but not everyone, so it’s not suitable), someone will fly to the sea, but what should the rest do? Admire the autumn forest and do crafts? Perhaps today we will do just that.
Beauty from dry leaves
The beauty of the autumn forest has been described by many Russian writers and poets, but even without this, every person knows perfectly well that it is in autumn that the forest receives the freshest rain, the trees are full of yellow, red, fiery flowers and are pleasing to the eye, and sometimes pine cones fall on your head. Collect those that have already fallen down, take them home, and let's start creating wonderful crafts from tree leaves. 
Leaf and flower decorations
Of course, this is what children primarily like to do. In schools they are asked to make collages, and everyone strives to put beautiful pictures on a piece of paper that, to some extent, reflect their mood. Some people like bright colors, some like to post pictures using flowers, and some can even use twigs and roots. The scope for imagination is huge. Look at the photos below - you can use leaves to make wall paintings, lamps, and even funny little animals.
Leaf applications
The most common applications are on a sheet of paper. There is nothing difficult in creating them - you just need PVA glue and a little patience. Place the leaves on the sheet and glue one at a time. To create a spectacular background, you can use watercolor and in some places paraffin, this will create the effect of scuffs and uneven coloring. Often such leaves are given to relatives or friends for their birthdays, because making a card from autumn leaves is as easy as shelling pears, and a pleasure for the person.
DIY autumn leaves crafts
What else can you make from autumn leaves? They can be used to decorate a handmade lampshade or the body of a lamp. Hanging it on a thread, you can make a wonderful decoration for the wall - you get a real magic branch on which the leaves dangle in weightlessness.
How to paint tree leaves
We want to help you surprise your guests. To do this, let's reveal one secret - you can give the leaves a different color in just a few minutes. For this we need a bunch of fresh leaves and regular table soda. We fill the leaves in containers with soda and add a little water, let them brew, and after the leaves have lost all their green background, you can paint them with ordinary children's paints. The result will be the effect of airy multi-colored leaves.
Spectacular decorative elements made from leaves
Garland of autumn leaves
Leaves on the front door
Pillow with a picture
Autumn garland of tree leaves
Modular paintings with autumn forest
Wall decoration with autumn leaves
Applique of autumn leaves
Wreath of autumn leaves
Bouquet of autumn leaves
With the onset of autumn, kindergartens and schools hold holidays dedicated to this time of year. We have collected ideas for crafts made from maple leaves and will be happy to share them with you.
What to make from maple leaves on an autumn theme for kindergarten and school?
Important: Autumn nature is rich in materials from which you can make real masterpieces.
It would seem like maple leaves... Is it possible to make an interesting craft from this simple raw material? It turns out that it is possible.
Here's what you can make from maple leaves:
Herbarium. Beautiful multi-colored maple leaves will look good in tandem with other leaves. bizarre shapes form a beautiful picture.
Herbarium of autumn leaves Bouquet of flowers. Leaves rolled using a special technology can turn into an original bouquet of flowers. Clusters of viburnum or rowan, dried flowers will add color to your bouquet.
Bouquet of autumn leaves Applications. Glue a maple leaf onto a white or colored sheet of paper and make a muzzle from scrap materials. You can also make an applique in the form of a still life or landscape.
Applications from maple leaves Crafts from maple parachutes for children: photos
Important: The imagination of creative people is limitless. In the process of creating crafts, not only maple leaves are used, but also parachutes, or earrings, they are called differently.
Craft “Dragonfly”
A very simple craft that even the little ones can handle (with the help of their mother, of course).
Dragonfly from maple parachutes For production you will need:
- Maple parachutes
- Paints
- Brush
- small twig
Paint the parachutes with paints, then let the paint dry. Then glue the parachutes onto the branch. The craft is ready!
You can make a whole collection of colorful butterflies, dragonflies and other insects this way.
Insects from maple lionfish 
Crafts from maple parachutes Applications from maple seeds
It's easy to make a hedgehog from maple seeds. Draw a hedgehog on a piece of paper; you can also print the finished picture. Instead of needles there will be maple parachutes.
Hedgehog from maple seeds In addition to the hedgehog, you can make any other applique. For example, owl.
Owl from maple seeds How to preserve maple leaves for crafts, how to process them?
Important: Autumn foliage is a short-lived material; the leaves quickly darken and curl. Therefore, many people ask the question - how to preserve leaves? It turns out there are several ways.
Method 1. Dry the leaves in a book under pressure.
Method 2. Iron the leaves between two sheets of paper. A solid base must be laid down.
How to Preserve Maple Leaves for Crafts Method 3. Dip the leaves into melted paraffin. The temperature of the melted paraffin should be medium so that the sheet does not turn black. This is done as follows:
- Melt paraffin in a wide bowl
- Dip the sheet into warm paraffin
- Place the maple leaf on a piece of paper to dry
Method 4. Soak the leaves for several days in a solution of glycerin and water. The solution should be in the following proportion: 1 part glycerin, 2 parts water.
Cones are a common material for children's crafts. If you combine pine cones with maple leaves, you can get an interesting thing.
For example, such a cute owlet can be made from a pine cone; its wings will be dried maple leaves.
Crafts from pine cones and maple leaves Craft: bouquet of maple leaves
Important: Maple leaves can turn into a luxurious bouquet if you work hard.
First you need to learn how to roll a rose.
Step-by-step making of a rose from maple leaves And this is what bouquets you can end up with.
Bouquet of maple leaves 
Crafts from maple leaves 
Maple leaf roses Craft: maple leaf wreath
A wreath made of autumn leaves can be an effective decorative element.
You can combine a wreath of maple leaves with many other natural materials:
- Bunches of rowan
- Cones
- Spruce branches
Autumn wreath 
Wreath made of autumn materials 
Maple leaf wreath To create such a wreath you will need time and perseverance, as well as available materials:
- Willow twigs, wire or any other available base for the frame
- Scotch tape or thread
How to make a wreath from maple leaves:
- First make a round base from willow twigs or hard wire
- After this, twist each maple leaf onto the base with its tail.
- To keep the leaves in place, secure them with thin wire or thread
- Add decorations as you weave the wreath
Step-by-step creation of a wreath from maple leaves Another option wreath bases - cardboard:
- Cut out a ring from cardboard
- Carefully wrap the circle with knitting thread
- After which you can start decorating the wreath with leaves, fixing them with PVA glue
Video: Decorative wreath of leaves
Crafts from maple leaves: vase
In order to make a vase from maple leaves, you will have to tinker.
Vase of maple leaves You will need:
- PVA glue
- Brush
- Balloon
- maple leaves
Preparation method:
- Inflate the balloon. Please note that the vase will eventually take the shape of your ball.
- Dilute PVA glue with water in a 1:1 ratio. Coat the ball with glue.
- Glue leaves in any pattern.
- Leave the ball to dry. When the glue dries, you can pierce the ball with a needle and remove it from the vase.
Craft: maple leaf plate
As mentioned above, the leaves take the shape of a balloon if you stick them on it. This way you can make narrow vases or flat plates as you wish.
How to make a plate from maple leaves The plate is made similarly to the vase. First you inflate the ball, then spread it with glue, glue the leaves and voila - the plate is ready.
Plate of maple leaves
