11. Leaf Monster Collages
Combine an outdoor nature walk with an indoor crafting session with these beautiful leaf monster collages. Collecting fallen autumn leaves gets your toddler moving and exploring nature, while turning those leaves into silly monsters sparks their imagination. This craft celebrates the changing seasons by incorporating natural textures and warm earthy tones into holiday art.
Take your toddler on a walk to gather colorful fallen leaves of various shapes and sizes. Once home, press the leaves flat under a heavy book for a short time. Let your toddler glue the leaves onto a sheet of paper to form the bodies of their monsters. Provide paint pens, googly eyes, and markers so they can draw arms, legs, horns, and funny expressions directly onto and around the natural leaf shapes.