If you’re doing fall leaf crafts for preschoolers, you’ll love these felt leaf sachets. Also, you’ll love my page Fall Season Unit Study {Pumpkins, Leaves, Corn, & More}.
This felt leaf sachet is a great beginning handicraft for your preschooler.
And this type of craft is wonderful for developing hand-eye coordination, focus, fine motor skills, problem-solving, and patience.
It encourages creativity and teaches them a simple life skill.
This craft focuses more on learning a new skill and the process rather than the result, even though the finished product is pretty cute.
10 More Fall Leaf Crafts for Preschoolers
Grab these other ideas to use leaves to craft with preschoolers.
Fall Leaf Crafts for Preschoolers
From leaf rubbings to salt painting, I also have a list of 10 more fall leaf crafts for preschoolers for you to choose from.
Choose one or more of these crafts to add to your fall fun and learning in addition to our felt leaf craft.
Wondering what you can make with fall leaves? We’ve got the answer! There are a ton of Fun Fall Art Project ideas we have showcased.
Celebrate the arrival of Autumn and the changing seasons with these super cute fall leaf crafts for preschoolers
Miss G and I did a classic kid project – leaf rubbings! Although we’ve tried rubbings once before while still in Canada
We made some lovely nature confetti wands that I want to share with you today. With cardboard in abundance at the moment I really like to reuse as much of it as possible and it's great to be able to use some of it for crafting with the children.
Rainbow anything is beautiful but these leaf prints combine the colors of the rainbow with the delicate details of leaves for a finished product you just want to keep looking at!
There is something so fun about salt painting for kids. This Fall leaves painting gives you all the fun Fall feelings as well as a great leaf art that the kids can display all season long.
Need a simple craft that your kids will enjoy making and you’ll want to keep on display afterwards? These easy Fall leaf suncatchers hit the mark perfectly!
Now that my son is three, he’s getting interested in craft projects, and he’s able to participate more too. He helped me make a DIY leaf garland last week, and this week, we wanted to try another kids craft together. This time, we set out to make DIY Leaf Monsters!
This Fall craft is fun and easy! Toddlers and big kids will enjoy creating their very own unique Fall Leaf Hedgehog Craft. This autumn activity will get you and the kids outside and enjoying the gorgeous fall weather. Have them collect leaves in the yard or go for a walk.
Be sure to grab a great reference book to learn about leaves and other aspects of fall to go along with your crafts to help turn the fun into a learning experience as well.
Nature Anatomy is great for learning about leaves and their shapes as well as trees and bark.
More Fall Season Activities
Additionally, include all of your kids with these fun fall season activities for multiple ages.
- Free Weather Unit Study for Kids Who Love Hands-on Learning
- Fun Corn Life Cycle Preschool Sensory Bin and Printable Lifecycle Foldout
- Apples Unit How to Make a Fall Kids Garland Apple Craft
- How to Make a Kids Fun Stained Glass Fall Leaves Craft
- Geronimo Stilton Field Trip to Niagara Falls Summary And Fun Corn Craft
- Easy Fall Crafts for Middle School: DIY String Pumpkin Art
- Kids Fun Glue and Watercolor Fall Pumpkin Unit Study
- Fall Homeschool Learning Resources For Middle School
- Fall Y’all:Pumpkin Pie in a Bag (Easy Homeschool Co-op Idea)
Finally, look how to make these cute fall felt leaf sachets.
Fall Leaf Crafts for Preschoolers- Felt Leaf Sachet
You will need:
- Felt- fall leaf colors
- Embroidery floss
- Large eye needle
- scissors
- Cotton stuffing
- Essential oil
You may wish to also purchase a thimble to help protect their little fingers.
First, cut your felt into smaller squares, slightly larger than the size of the leaf you would like your child to sew up.
You will need 2 pieces for each leaf. I have linked some precut squares above that are great for this.
Holding both pieces together, draw a leaf shape with a permanent marker or free hand, and cut out both leaf shapes at the same time so they are perfectly matched.
You can of course make these any size and shape.
Fall Leaf Crafts for Preschoolers
I recommend starting small, like no larger than 4”, and with a very basic oblong, or oval shape.
The more complicated shapes with lots of turns may frustrate those little beginning hands, save those for once they improve their basic stitches.
Thread a long piece of embroidery floss onto the needle and knot the ends together.
And double knot over the top of the first to make it larger so it won’t pull through the felt.
You can choose thread that matches or contrasts, I love the contrast of thread against a different color felt.
Hold both leaf pieces together and show your child how to press the needle carefully through one side and out the other, pulling the thread all the way taut but not so tight that it gathers up the felt.
Have them continue around ¾ of the way.
Stuff with a little cotton filling.
Use a pencil to fill corners and any longer skinny sections.
Continue sewing the rest of the way around, knot the end close to the felt, and then cut off any excess threads.
Once finished you can scent it by adding a few drops of essential oils to the felt and refresh it as needed.
These felt fall leaf sachets are wonderful used for dramatic play or displayed around the house.
They can even be attached to some twine to create a lovely handmade swag for the mantle or bookshelf.
