A recent nature walk yielded up the first of fall’s changing leaves, and we knew we had to make art with them when we got home!

My original title for this post was going to be “leaf butterflies”, since when I saw all the pretty leaves, I immediately thought of little butterfly and bug wings. Travis had plans of his own, hence the more generic title of “leaf drawings.” Read on!

For the original butterfly idea, I drew a few bug bodies in crayon, and Travis helped select which leaves would be their wings.

Liberal application with a glue stick was all we needed to attach “wings” and googly eyes to each critter.

But Travis wanted to make his own picture with the remaining leaves, and began gluing and coloring.

“It’s you and me in a leaf pile!” he explained proudly, showing me his first one. A second “leaf pile” work of art soon followed.

What other drawings would you make featuring leaves from a nature walk? Please share in the comments!