Spooky Fun Halloween Leaf Craft

Transform fallen leaves into a spooky Halloween decoration in just a few easy steps!

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This craft uses freshly fallen leaves, acrylic paint, and paint markers to create bat, pumpkin, and ghost decorations. After painting a base color and adding faces, display them as hanging ornaments, table centerpieces, or a wreath.

Directions

Collect an assortment of recently fallen leaves, choosing flat and unblemished specimens like maple, oak, or sycamore. Pick leaves in various sizes to make your display more interesting.

Cover your work surface with newspaper or a drop cloth to catch any paint drips and keep your area tidy.

Select a base color for each leaf type: use black acrylic paint for bats, bright orange for pumpkins, and white for ghosts. Apply a thick coat of paint to one side of each leaf using a paintbrush, then let them dry thoroughly.

Once the paint is dry, use paint markers to draw faces on the leaves. For jack-o-lanterns and ghosts, use a black marker; for bats, use a white marker.

Show off your spooky leaves by attaching string to the stems to hang them, arranging them in a decorative bowl for a table centerpiece, or gluing them onto a wreath frame for a festive door decoration.