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Celebrate Fall
Outdoor Party Ideas for Kids
By Maureen Burns
Materials Needed:
Glue and liquid tempera paint or food coloring
Thinned colored glue
Paintbrush
Two equal-sized sheets of waxed paper
Colorful leaves
Flowers, pine needles and other natural objects
Glitter
Hole punch and string
Mix glue with paint or food coloring, or use colored glue thinned with a little water. Paint the glue onto one sheet of wax paper. The paper should be well coated with glue. Have your child stick colorful leaves onto the paper. If you like, add other natural objects. Sprinkle glitter over the leaves. Paint glue onto the other sheet of wax paper, and then place it on the top of the first sheet. Press the sheets together, punch a hole near the top, then hang the picture with a string in a window.
Materials Needed:
Scissors
Construction paper or gift-wrap
Dry twigs
Ribbon
Cardboard
Photo
White glue
Help your child cut cardboard and construction paper or gift-wrap rectangles about 2 inches longer and 2 inches wider than the photo. Glue the paper onto the cardboard. Break the twigs so you have two a little longer than the length of the cardboard and two a little longer than the width. Have your child glue the twigs on the edges of the cardboard so they cross at the corners. Glue the photo onto the center of the frame. When the glue is dry, tie a ribbon end to each end of the top horizontal twig and hang the frame to display. "As the weather begins to cool off this fall, your children will enjoy completing an indoor activity together," says Kuffner.