Day 4 – Painted Leaf Mobile with the McKilligan Family

This post is a part of the “15 Days of Green Tips for 15 years of Keep Carroll Beautiful” Virtual Birthday Celebration. Every day between April 8 and April 22, a member of KCB Board, Staff, or the public, will share their favorite tips on how to Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle!

Day 4 Project – Painted Leaf Mobile

DAY 4 of Virtual Birthday Party – Keep Carroll Beautiful is turning 15! Meet the McKilligan Family as they show us how to make a nature art project. Take your kids on a scavenger hunt in your back yard or on a walk to gather supplies and…https://www.keepcarrollbeautiful.org/painted-leaf-mobile/

Posted by Keep Carroll Beautiful on Saturday, April 11, 2020

The McKilligans gathered their leaf-mobile materials during a walk. Oliver (5) and Braxton (3) picked up different size leaves and later painted them on their front porch.

How to make a painted leaf mobile:

• Step 1: go on a nature walk and collect leaves of different sizes. Find a stick to tie them all to.
• Step 2: paint the leaves! Be sure to paint the fronts and backs.
• Step 3: allow time for the paint to dry. Cut strings of different lengths.
• Step 4: tie one end of the strings to each leaf, tie the other end to the stick.
• Step 5: cut a long string, tie one end to each side of the stick so that you can hang up your work of art!

Think of other ways to make nature art and check these ideas:

🍂 13 Easy Leaf Crafts for Kids: https://howdoesshe.com/13-easy-leaf-crafts-kids-can-actually-do/
🍁 Leaf animals: https://www.craftymorning.com/easy-leaf-lion-kids-craft/
🦜 Cardboard and feather birds: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/df/38/6a/df386a50dbc5fb44ad5d3acc1d96b282.jpg