Our First Fall Project

Slowly our season is changing and to celebrate the arrival of fall, we made these collage wreaths.  It was a week long process but the children did a great job. (It was also a lesson in patience because they could not wait to take this project home!!!)  The first step was to paint the background frame a fun fall color.  Then we had to let it dry.  (Yes, everyone asked "are we taking this home today?")  The second step was painting our paper to use as a medium for decorating.  This was cool because it was finger paint and we mixed yellow and red paint to make orange.  And did I mention that it was finger paint?????  (Again, "are we taking this home today?")  The next step was to tear our beautifully painted paper into small pieces to glue onto the background frame.   This took a lot of hard work because tearing up paper is really difficult for our little hands.  Then after that we had to use a ton of glue to stick it all down and yes this had to dry overnight too.  (Can you guess what they asked -  "Are we taking this home today?")  Finally - the last step in the process was adding the fall stickers!!!!  And the instructions were to add as many as they wanted.  This was so much fun because it was all child directed.   They had the best time peeling and sticking them down.  So much pride in this cute little project.  And to top it off they got choose a bow to add as a finishing touch.  It is a paper project that won't last a life time, but it was fun to create.  I hope you enjoy this fall wreath because we sure enjoyed making them.