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Fun fall crafts!

September 25, 2008 on 4:00 pm | In Uncategorized |

The first chill of fall weather is finally in the air, the leaves are starting to change, and the days are getting shorter. With more time spent indoors, here are some fun crafts with an autumn theme.

One of the coolest fall crafts is make-your-own Pumpkin Pie Playdough. Sue at our Internet location makes it every year with her children and it’s a definite kid favorite! Here are the directions for making your own batch:

Ingredients:
5 1/2 cups of flour
2 cups of salt
8 teaspoons of cream of tartar
1 container of pumpkin pie spice (1.12 ounces)
3/4 cup of vegetable oil
4 cups of water
orange food coloring (or 2 parts yellow dye to 1 part red dye)

Directions:
Start by getting a big bowl, the bigger the better, and either a large spoon or sturdy plastic spatula. Combine dry ingredients in the bowl. Add the water and vegetable oil, and stir. Last, put in the food coloring, stirring and adding until you get the desired color.

Transfer mixture into a large pot. Turn on medium heat, and start stirring. Continue to stir, and scrape the bottom of the pot continuously. The dough will start globbing together, and will start to come off of the side of the pot. Once the dough seems to be stuck together as much as possible, turn off heat.

Another classic, simple fall craft is leaf rubbings. Just collect fall leaves of all shapes, position leaves vein side up in a pattern that you find pleasing. Lay another sheet of plain white paper over the top of the leaves. Choose a crayon, remove the wrapper, and gently rub over the top sheet of paper. The leaf images will magically appear on the paper! Experiment with different crayon colors and leaf arrangements and see what you can create!

If you create any amazing fall crafts at home, post a comment or email directions and/or images to amcintosh@creativekidstuff.com and they may appear in the comments!