Lion Leaf Craft
Servings: 0
Ingredients
- Freshly fallen leaves
- Glue
- Yellow, red, white, and black construction paper
- Scissors
Instructions
- Leaf Collection: Start by heading outdoors and collecting a variety of freshly fallen leaves. Look for leaves with unique shapes and sizes to give your lion some character.
- Lion's Face: Begin by cutting a large circle from the yellow construction paper. This will be the lion's face. Also cut out two small ears from the yellow paper. From pink paper cut out the inner ear.
- Eyes of the Beast: Cut two small circles from the white construction paper and glue them onto the lion's face to create the eyes. Then, cut two smaller circles from the black construction paper and glue them onto the white circles for the pupils. Glue the inner ears to the ears and glue them to the back of the lion's head.
- Majestic Nose: Cut a small oval shape from the red construction paper for the lion's nose. Glue it onto the center of the yellow circle, just below the eyes. Use the marker to draw a smile and whiskers. Set it aside to create the lion's leaf mane.
- Regal Mane: For the lion's mane apply glue to the back of leaves of different colours and arrange them in a circle (use the lion's head you cut as a reference for size. This creates the lion's leafy mane. Feel free to mix and match leaf shapes and colors for a wild and unique look.
- Finishing Touches: Once the mane is compete glue the lion's head on top in the middle.