AUTUMN LEAF SCULPTURE AND MOBILE

Greenleaf Way Artist, age 8
front of leaf

Line drawing of a leaf

AUTUMN LEAF MOBILE SCULPTURE

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SUPPLIES

• two pieces of white paper, approximately 17" x 22"
• a real leaf, or a line drawing of a leaf, to use as a reference for drawing your leaf
• Note: I made a "master" leaf and traced copies (placing on window) so I could make more than one leaf mobile
• pencil and black sharpie
• yellow, orange, white and burnt sienna (brown) tempera or acrylic paint
• scissors
• glue gun
• craft stuffing
• single hole punch
• a few strands of raffia
• small suction cup window hanger

PROCEDURES

1. Using a pencil, draw a huge leaf at least 16" x 20" on one piece of the white paper. Be sure to include all the veins.

2. Outline the leaf and veins with a black sharpie.

3. Staple this sheet to the second piece of paper and cut out both leaves.

4. Paint the second piece of paper (the one without the veins) using a mixture of dark and light oranges. Be sure you paint the outside of the leaf (vs. the inside) ~ this will be the side that faces out and matches the front side with the veins.

5. Paint the front side of the leaf using yellow, orange, white; work in a little brown here and there too.

6. Paint the stem brown.

7. Hot glue the two leaves together leaving an opening wide enough for you to put in the stuffing.

8. After all the stuffing is in, hot glue the leaf shut.

9. Using the hole punch, put in the hole at the top and tie through the raffia.

10. Hang up and enjoy!  

Tracing so can make multiple copies for more mobiles

Greenleaf Way Artist, age 8, creating!

Stuffing

Voila!