{"id":65657,"date":"2023-10-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=65657"},"modified":"2025-10-11T03:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T08:22:20","slug":"fall-leaf-wreath-craft-for-kids-red-yellow-and-orange-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft-for-kids-red-yellow-and-orange-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids &#8211; Red, Yellow and Orange Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fall leaf wreath craft is a great fall craft you can make with kids.<\/p>\n<p>It is simple and easy to do and looks great as well. And the wreath is great for different ages of kids or groups of kids can do it together.<\/p>\n<p>You have a single wreath with branches and leaves on the branches for kids. It is a fun fall craft you can display all the way to Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Fall Leaf Wreath Craft is a great addition to the <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/fall-leaves-activities-and-printables\/\">fall crafts<\/a> and <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/25-wreaths-crafts-for-kids\/\">wreath crafts<\/a> on the site.<\/p>\n<h2>What is a Wreath Craft<\/h2>\n<p>A wreath is a collection of items around a circle. It can be used as a seasonal decoration around a house.<\/p>\n<h2>Fall Leaf Wreath Craft<\/h2>\n<p>This fall leaf wreath craft is made with a paper plate, glitter leaves, glue, and watercolors. It is simple to set up and do with kids. It is a fun way to have a fall craft for kids.<\/p>\n<p>You have a wreath with branches and leaves glued to the branches for kids.<\/p>\n<p>A mix of ages can make this craft, it is easy to change up for the ages. And it works for all of fall.<\/p>\n<p><em>We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a <a href=\"\/page\/privacy-policy\">small commission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Book to Read with this Fall Leaf Wreath Craft<\/h2>\n<p>We love the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Red-Leaf-Yellow-Lois-Ehlert\/dp\/006328670X?crid=L60PD80U15QB&#038;keywords=red+leaf+yellow+leaf+by+lois+ehlert&#038;qid=1697915663&#038;sprefix=red+leaf+%2Caps%2C139&#038;sr=8-1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=07403c8b05174963c283bc10af588c86&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf<\/a> by Lois Ehlert. It is always fun to come up with new craft ideas to do for this book. And the leaf wreath is perfect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Red-Leaf-Yellow-Lois-Ehlert\/dp\/006328670X?crid=L60PD80U15QB&#038;keywords=red+leaf+yellow+leaf+by+lois+ehlert&#038;qid=1697915663&#038;sprefix=red+leaf+%2Caps%2C139&#038;sr=8-1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=07403c8b05174963c283bc10af588c86&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-71766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-640x639.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What we used to make the Fall Leaf Wreath Craft<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Empress-Uncoated-Paper-Plate-Inches\/dp\/B0044S1CDS?crid=3HUO9BIY53E3I&#038;keywords=B0044S1CDS&#038;qid=1692010249&#038;sprefix=b0044s1cds%2Caps%2C311&#038;sr=8-2&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=4ee4463df0aa1b9b4147af80f14109af&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">paper plate<\/a> &#8211; center cut out<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/AROIC-Watercolor-Different-Beginners-Children\/dp\/B08C7XF63J?crid=S0IX737KRHTG&#038;keywords=watercolor&#038;qid=1645437689&#038;sprefix=watercolor%2Caps%2C109&#038;sr=8-19&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=14f3f31b35aa2117343f5c58655c16ae&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">watercolors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07HLVQGH2\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B07HLVQGH2&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=3c4811eba6315c797bf038e77649ea2a\" rel=\"noopener\">maple leaf punch 1 1\/2 inch<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B07HLVQGH2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B013NESBHS\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B013NESBHS&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=e1ef3846ac382754ed230c0610f943f7\" rel=\"noopener\">maple leave punch 1 inch <\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B013NESBHS\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B074CXX928?ie=UTF8&#038;th=1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=49977cc5ab559ec33733d28c9ca7c988&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">glitter paper<\/a>: yellow, orange and red<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Elmers-Washable-No-Run-School-Bottle\/dp\/B012UHCYHM?crid=1BRESIQACD06N&#038;keywords=B012UHCYHM&#038;qid=1645438380&#038;sprefix=b012uhcyhm%2Caps%2C86&#038;sr=8-1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=31f12634a4b20e007b4be8fc9c621af0&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\">glue<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft1.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>How we made the Fall Leaf Wreath Craft<\/h2>\n<p>You will see the steps below we used to make the leaf wreath craft. And after you finish this one check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/heartandsoulhomeschooling.com\/fall-leaf-confetti-craft\/\">fall leaf craft<\/a> with real leaves!<\/p>\n<h3>Paint the Paper Plate<\/h3>\n<p>We star off always by painting the wreath. You can see we used watercolors and that is because it dries pretty fast. <\/p>\n<p>Dot markers also work really well. Once the wreath is painting you want to set it aside to dry a little bit.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft2.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Punch out the Leaves<\/h3>\n<p>Next we work on punching out the the leaves. You can do this ahead of time if you want but I find that kids love to use the craft punches.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft3.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<p>You can see the size differences of the two punches that we have. You might be able to find larger sizes as well. All depends on what is available. <\/p>\n<p>We use an inch maple leaf and a one and a half inch leaf punch<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft4.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<p>You want to make a mix of the leaves for kids to use on the wreath. You can see the different sizes of colors of the glitter cardstock that we used.<\/p>\n<p>And a reminder you can do this in advance if you want.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft5.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Paint the Branches on the Tree<\/h3>\n<p>You paint the big branches of the tree first. But remember kids can paint this how they want. It is a fun way to how they look on the plate.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft6.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After you have the big branches you paint smaller limbs on the tree. It is fun to see the tree come alive on the wreath. You can do as many small limbs as you want.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft7.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Glue on the Leaves on the Branches<\/h3>\n<p>One you have the branches and limbs on you start gluing on the leaves on the wreath. This is fun to place the leaves around the different branches.<\/p>\n<p>You can use as many leaves as you want. You can have single leaf or group the leaves together on the branches. Kids can do as many as they want.<\/p>\n<p>In the end this should be their fun fall craft.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft8.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Red-Leaf-Yellow-Lois-Ehlert\/dp\/006328670X?crid=L60PD80U15QB&#038;keywords=red+leaf+yellow+leaf+by+lois+ehlert&#038;qid=1697915663&#038;sprefix=red+leaf+%2Caps%2C139&#038;sr=8-1&#038;linkCode=ll1&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=07403c8b05174963c283bc10af588c86&#038;language=en_US&#038;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-71766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-640x639.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/red-leaf-yellow-leaf.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Final look at our Fall Leaf Wreath Craft<\/h2>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft9.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft10.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/10-2023\/fall-leaf-wreath-craft11.jpg\" alt=\"Fall Leaf Wreath Craft for Kids with a watercolor painted paper plate and leaves made from glitter paper - 3Dinosaurs.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>More Fall Leave Crafts for Kids<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/fall-leaf-themed-wreath\/\">Fall Leaf Wreath Craft<\/a> are cute wreaths to make with fall leaves from oil pastels. This is a great craft to keep around for all of fall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/watercolor-fall-tree\/\">Watercolor Fall Tree<\/a> is a great fine motor activity while painting a tree. You use watercolors to make the leaves on the tree and background. You start with oil pastels for the tree trunk. This is a great mixed art project for kids of all ages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/paper-roll-stamped-fall-tree\/\">Paper Roll Stamped Fall Tree<\/a> is a super fun way to make a fall tree with watercolors, paints and paper rolls. Plus has suggestion of different ages for this as well.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/leaves-cookie-cutter-painting\/\">Leaves Cookie Cutter Painting<\/a> is a fun fine motor painting activity that kids can have tons of fun with. You can use fun leave and fall cookie cutters for this painting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/fall-tree-leaves-painting\/\">Fall Tree Leaves Painting<\/a> is a great fall tree painting activity. This is a great fall painting with foam stamps for kids to use.<\/p>\n<p>Check out all the fun <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/fall-leaves-activities-and-printables\/\">Fall &#038; Leaves Activities &#038; Printables <\/a> on 3 Dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/fall-leaves-activities-and-printables\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/9-2025\/fall-leaf-printables-activities-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Fall &#038; Leaves Activities &#038; Printables - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fall leaf wreath craft is a great fall craft you can make with kids. It is simple and easy to do and looks great as well. And the wreath is great for different ages of kids or groups of kids can do it together. You have a single wreath with branches and leaves on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,86,1647],"tags":[1591,215],"class_list":["post-65657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-crafts","category-fall","category-fall-leaves","tag-leaf-craft","tag-wreath"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":9,"label":"Art and Crafts"},{"value":86,"label":"fall"},{"value":1647,"label":"Fall Leaves"}],"post_tag":[{"value":1591,"label":"leaf craft"},{"value":215,"label":"wreath"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Cassie","author_link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/cassie\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":9,"name":"Art and Crafts","slug":"art-and-crafts","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":11,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":238,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":9,"category_count":238,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Art and Crafts","category_nicename":"art-and-crafts","category_parent":0},{"term_id":86,"name":"fall","slug":"fall","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":553,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":278,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":86,"category_count":278,"category_description":"","cat_name":"fall","category_nicename":"fall","category_parent":0},{"term_id":1647,"name":"Fall Leaves","slug":"fall-leaves","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1650,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":86,"count":9,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1647,"category_count":9,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Fall Leaves","category_nicename":"fall-leaves","category_parent":86}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":1591,"name":"leaf craft","slug":"leaf-craft","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1594,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":215,"name":"wreath","slug":"wreath","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":236,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":41,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65657"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77560,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65657\/revisions\/77560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}