Apple and Leaf Fall Stamping

When my countdown-obsessed first grader discovered that I had put together a count down while he was away on a sleep over, he was so excited and wanted to get started right away.  Even though it was approaching dinner time, I said, "Sure"  And then helped him read the description written on the first post it note card.  "Fall Stamp Banner"  it read.  "Blah!  That sounds boring!" and he charged off to find what the others were doing.  However, he was back later and he brought his minions with him.  And this is what we did for our day 5 activity.

We cut open apples and talked about how they are formed.  from the blossom and where the blossom ins now.  And then we cut the apple in a different way and "found the flower" was hiding inside this whole time!

We painted the fruit the color we chose.  Pushed the painted fruit on the burlap, and voila!

I found some pre-cut burlap sheets from Michaels.  They were pricy but I did use my 1/2 off coupon.  And so easy!

We tried leaves too.  They were also cool.

Then hung them on the clothesline to dry.

We like them drying there!  We think they'll stay! In the end Mr. Q's comment was, "This actually turned out to be fun.  Not boring at all."  Score one for mommy!!