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Newspaper Leaf Garland

September 6, 2021

Such a wonderful time of you to get crafting – we ADORE Autumn Crafts for Kids and are always looking for new projects to do together. Today, we have a fantastic Newspaper DIY, making this not only a fun and arty Kids Craft, but a super duper thrifty kids craft too. And of course, we have LOTS more easy DIY fall garland ideas for you to browse.

Wonderful Autumn Leaf Garland. This is a great Autumn Craft for Kids - combining nature, art and recycling! The kids will love it and the results are stunning! Explore, textures, shapes and colours and why not turn this into a collaborative project too?!
Frist shared in October 2016

Newspaper Crafts are fun and you can make as much as you want, as they practically cost nothing!!! Today, we combined our Nature Finds – ie beautiful Autumn Leaves and turned them into this fantastic Newspaper Leaf Garland.

This newspaper diy looks pretty on a mantle piece, strung around a mirror, running up a staircase or decorating a room. So many uses for this simple arty newspaper DIY!

Materials need to make these watercolour leaves

  • Leaves from a walk (or download templates online/ draw free hand)
  • Newspapers
  • Crayons or pens
  • Watercolours or paints
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • String
  • Stapler

How to make a Newspaper Leaf Garland

There is both a video tutorial (check out the video on auto play!) and step by step photo instructions for you! :

As you can imagine, these Newspaper Leaf Garlands are really fun and easy to make!

Wonderful Autumn Leaf Garland. This is a great Autumn Craft for Kids - combining nature, art and recycling! The kids will love it and the results are stunning! Explore, textures, shapes and colours and why not turn this into a collaborative project too?!

Begin with a nice walk to the park and collect a range of mid sized leaves. You can of course print off some leaf templates to help you if you prefer! Or even draw some free hand!

Draw a rough outline (it doesn’t have to be exact) of your leaves with your crayons!

Vary the colours as much as you like!

Invent some leaves if you wish.

Then go over your leaf outline with some watercolours!!! Do mix your colours and let them bleed for a pretty autumn mix.

Wonderful Autumn Leaf Garland. This is a great Autumn Craft for Kids - combining nature, art and recycling! The kids will love it and the results are stunning! Explore, textures, shapes and colours and why not turn this into a collaborative project too?!

Let dry fully and cut out – again, it doesn’t have to be cut “exactly”.

If you wish you can redraw some of the leaf features with your crayons.

Now add a little tape to the bottom of the leaf – so to strengthen the newspaper for hanging.

Wonderful Autumn Leaf Garland. This is a great Autumn Craft for Kids - combining nature, art and recycling! The kids will love it and the results are stunning! Explore, textures, shapes and colours and why not turn this into a collaborative project too?!

You can then either hole punch your newspaper leaf or staple it to some string!

Wonderful Autumn Leaf Garland. This is a great Autumn Craft for Kids - combining nature, art and recycling! The kids will love it and the results are stunning! Explore, textures, shapes and colours and why not turn this into a collaborative project too?!

And that is how quick and easy it is to make your newspaper leaf garland.

Doesn’t it look lovely?

We have many more Newspaper DIY inspiration for you here – over 25 clever Newspaper Crafts for you to choose from:

25 Great Newspaper Craft Ideas

As well as Autumn Crafts for Kids:

autumn-crafts-for-kids-so-sweet

The video tutorial is also available (in a slightly longer version!) on my YouTube channel:

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Filed Under: Art with Kids, Autumn, Daily Creativity, Kids Craft, Nature, Paper Crafts, Recycling, vlogs 11 Comments

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  1. Priya says

    September 7, 2021 at 4:23 am

    We will try these crafts soon. thank you

    Reply

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