Celebrate the beautiful colors of the fall season with this simple fall windsock craft. Toddlers and preschoolers will love watching the red, yellow and orange colors of the season catch in the wind after making their craft.
After kids use their creativity to paint tree branches all over their windsock, they will love decorating it with leaf stickers. Not only do kids love getting to use stickers for crafting but peeling the backing off them is great for strengthening fine motor muscles in the hands.
Read our simple how-to instructions for making this easy fall craft below, and make sure to catch our full video tutorial near the bottom of this post.
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Supplies Needed:
- light blue and red cardstock
- brown paint
- small paper plate
- paintbrush
- foam leaf stickers
- tissue paper (We used red, orange and yellow)
- glue stick
- stapler
Tutorial:
1. Draw branches on cardstock
Pour some brown paint onto a small paper plate. Use a paintbrush to paint tree branches on your light blue cardstock.
Start by painting two branches centered on your cardstock. Then paint branches and limbs coming out from each of the tree branches. Allow the brown paint to dry completely.
2. Glue leaf stickers to the branches
When your tree branches have finished drying, gather your felt fall leaf stickers. Peel the backing off a sticker and place it down onto your tree branches.
3. Continue adding leaf stickers
Continue adding leaf stickers around each of the tree branches on your light blue cardstock.
4. Cut crepe paper pieces
Cut six pieces of crepe paper about 24 inches in length. We used two red, yellow and orange pieces.
5. Glue those pieces to your artwork
Turn your fall tree artwork over. Use a glue stick to add glue at the bottom of the paper and place all six pieces of crepe paper along the bottom of your cardstock.
6. Connect artwork ends together
Bend your fall tree artwork, forming a circle and connecting the ends together. Place two staples at the top and bottom of the windsock to join the ends together.
7. Make a handle from paper
Cut a length of red cardstock 1-inch by 11-inches. Place the strip inside the top of the windsock and attach it with a staple. Then staple the opposite end of the red strip to the opposite end of the windsock.
Hang your windsock outside and watch it dance around in the fall wind. Or display the windsock indoors for some festive fall decor.
Watch the video below for a step by step guide on how to make this colorful windsock craft.
