Easy Fall Leaf Collage Craft for Kids with Printables

Bring the beautiful colors of autumn into craft time with these Easy Fall Leaf Collage Crafts for Kids with Printables. These simple activities combine printable coloring pages with real fall leaves to create fun, textured artwork.

Kids can make a squirrel with a leafy tail, a hedgehog covered in leaves, a girl with a fall leaf dress, a boy with leaf hair, a turkey with colorful leaf feathers, a fall tree, and even a pumpkin decorated with leaves.

These fall leaf crafts for kids are perfect for preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, homeschool, or a fun autumn activity at home. Children can collect leaves outdoors, prepare them for crafting, color the printable templates, and turn their natural materials into beautiful fall artwork.

What You Need

• Printable fall craft templates
• White A4 paper
• Real fall leaves
• Crayons
• Colored pencils
• Markers or oil pastels
• Child-safe scissors
• Craft glue
• Paper towels for cleaning leaves

Try to collect fall leaves in different colors, shapes, and sizes. Yellow, orange, red, brown, and green leaves can make the crafts especially colorful.

Before You Start: Prepare the Fall Leaves

Collect some real fall leaves from outside.

Choose leaves that are clean and not too brittle. Gently wipe away any dirt and make sure the leaves are completely dry before using them for the crafts.

You can collect different sizes and colors so children have plenty of choices when making their leaf collages.

How to Make Fall Leaf Collage Crafts

1. Squirrel Fall Leaf Collage Craft

How to Make:

• Print the squirrel template on a white sheet of paper.
• Color the squirrel's face and body using crayons, colored pencils, or markers.
• Next, choose several real fall leaves for the squirrel's tail. Apply glue to the tail area and arrange the leaves one by one, slightly overlapping them to create a large, fluffy-looking tail.
• Gently press the leaves into place, then keep the craft aside and let it dry completely before displaying.

Squirrel template:

2. Hedgehog Fall Leaf Collage Craft

How to Make:

• Print the hedgehog template on white paper and color the hedgehog's face and other visible parts.
• Choose small or medium-sized fall leaves to create the hedgehog's spines.
• Apply glue over the body area and arrange the real leaves so they spread outward from the hedgehog's back. You can overlap the leaves to make the body look fuller.
• Keep the finished hedgehog aside and let the glue dry completely.

Hedgehog template:

3. Girl Fall Leaf Dress Craft

How to Make:

• Print the girl template on a white sheet of paper.
• Color the girl's face, hair, shirt, shoes, and other details using crayons, markers, or colored pencils.
• Next, choose colorful real fall leaves for her skirt. Apply glue to the bottom dress area and arrange the leaves in layers to create a beautiful fall leaf dress.
• Use different red, orange, yellow, and brown leaves to make the skirt extra colorful.
• Let the craft dry completely before displaying it.

Girl template

4. Boy Fall Leaf Hair Craft

How to Make:

• Print the boy template on a white sheet of paper.
• Color the boy's face, clothes, and other details.
• Choose several small fall leaves to make his hair. Apply glue around the hair area and arrange the leaves across the top of his head.
• Try leaves in different autumn colors to create funny and creative hairstyles.
• Once finished, keep the craft aside and let it dry completely.

Boy template:

5. Turkey Fall Leaf Craft

How to Make:

• Print the turkey body template on white paper.
• Color the turkey using crayons, markers, or colored pencils, then carefully cut around the outside outline.
• Take another white sheet of paper and arrange several colorful real fall leaves in a fan or curved shape to create the turkey's large tail feathers.
• Glue the leaves in place. Then, glue the turkey body on top of the bottom part of the leaves so the colorful leaves appear behind the turkey like feathers.
• Let everything dry completely before displaying.

Turkey body template:

6. Fall Tree Leaf Collage Craft

How to Make:

• Print the tree template on white paper.
• Color the trunk and branches brown using crayons, markers, or colored pencils.
• Collect small colorful fall leaves and arrange them around the branches to create the tree canopy.
• Apply glue and press each leaf gently into place. You can overlap some of the leaves to make the tree look full and colorful.
• Keep the finished fall tree aside and let it dry completely.

Tree template:

7. Pumpkin and Fall Leaves Craft

How to Make:

• Print the pumpkin template on white paper.
• Color the pumpkin orange and color the stem, vines, and other details.
• Choose a few small real fall leaves and glue them around the pumpkin's stem and along some parts of the vines to look like pumpkin leaves.
• You don't need many leaves for this craft. A few carefully placed leaves will give the pumpkin a beautiful natural autumn look.
• Let the glue dry completely before displaying your finished pumpkin.

Pumpkin template:

Benefits of Fall Leaf Collage Crafts for Kids

• Explores nature – Collecting real leaves encourages children to notice seasonal changes outdoors.
• Develops fine motor skills – Picking up, arranging, and gluing leaves strengthens little hands and fingers.
• Builds cutting skills – Some of the crafts give children practice cutting around simple printable shapes.
• Improves hand-eye coordination – Kids carefully position leaves in specific areas of each picture.
• Encourages creativity – Every leaf has a different shape, size, and color, so every finished craft looks unique.
• Teaches fall colors – Children can explore red, orange, yellow, brown, and green while creating their collages.
• Introduces autumn themes – Squirrels, hedgehogs, turkeys, pumpkins, trees, and colorful leaves help children learn about the fall season.
• Builds planning skills – Children can decide where each leaf should go before gluing it down.
• Combines outdoor and indoor learning – Kids can collect natural materials outside and then use them for a creative activity indoors.

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