Cardboard Fall Leaves

I developed a new fall art project for my co-op classes. The first week we designed large leaves on cardboard and drew a "fall" word on them. Then I took them home and cut them out (kitchen shears work well on thinner cardboard) and used a masking agent on the letters. The second week, the kids painted their leaves with acrylic paint.

I find pizza boxes are a nice weight of cardboard for crafting. I made a maple leaf, and then it was so fun I had to make a few more "samples".

After painting them, we let them dry and rubbed off the masking agent to reveal the cardboard color for letters.

 Finished pieces were fabulous!