The Mom I Want to Be

 

Story + Art = stART

 

Read the story “Leaf Man” by Lois Ehlert. The book is about a leaf man who blows away in the wind and the reader is taken past all sorts of animals like chickens and ducks, past rivers filled with fish and butterflies in the air. All are leaves pieced together to make these awesome images , some are obvious, some take concentration to see the animal among the leaves. Wonderful creative book to welcome the changing seasons and it will leave you trying to find all sorts of things like butterflies, chickens and fish in leaf piles.

 

Gather your materials. You will need 2 large leaves with stems, some cardboard, markers, tape, glue and googly eyes.

 

Start by drawing a butterfly body on the cardboard.  Have your child color it. While they are coloring snip the stems off the leaves, don’t lose the stems they will be made into antenna in a bit.  Cut the body out.  Tape the antenna on underside of the head.  Tape the leaves on as wings. Tape works way way better than glue since the leaves can still have some moisture , they can take forever to dry sometimes.  Glue the googly eyes on add a smile.