{"id":319493,"date":"2026-11-02T13:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/319493\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T13:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:26:07","slug":"maker-monday-kids-can-make-beautiful-leaf-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/319493\/","title":{"rendered":"Maker Monday: Kids can make beautiful leaf prints"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Monday, Kidsburgh readers! This super-fun installment of our Maker Monday \u201cLet\u2019s Try\u201d video series, created by our friends at the Children\u2019s Museum of Pittsburgh<\/a>, teaches kids to get creative with beautiful fall leaves.<\/p>\n

In this free maker activity, kids will learn to make easy art prints with leaves they collect.<\/p>\n

A note to kid\u00a0makers: Please work with a parent or caregiver on every project and always be very careful when using tools of any kind.<\/p>\n

Maker Monday materials you\u2019ll need:<\/p>\n

paper
\na bit of paint
\na sponge brush (or other small paint brush)
\na piece of cardboard or styrofoam tray
\na leaf
\na cup of water and a rag (just in case you need to clean up!)<\/p>\n

Instructions:<\/p>\n

Find a leaf (or a few leaves) that you want to print with
\nChoose a paint color and squirt some paint onto your cardboard or styrofoam tray
\nPut the leaf down on your paper and use your brush to apply paint to one side of your leaf. (Quick tip: The more veiny or textured side of your leaf will make a more detailed print.)
\nBe sure to get paint all around the entire leaf all the way to the edges.
\nLift your leaf off of the paper to reveal the outline you\u2019ve created.
\nIf needed, apply more paint to the middle of your leaf before printing, so that it\u2019s fully covered with a thin layer of paint.
\nThen gently press the painted side of your leaf onto a different spot on your paper.
\nThen lift your leaf off the paper to reveal your print.
\nYou can do this with several different leaves in different colors on one page. And once the paint is dry, you can draw additional designs on the page with crayons, pens or markers!<\/p>\n

Want more at-home fun creating cool stuff and making beautiful things? Check out more\u00a0Maker Monday projects right here<\/a>.
\nDo you have an idea for a Maker Monday craft project? If so, please share it with Kidsburgh! Send your maker activities to\u00a0info@kidsburgh.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Happy Monday, Kidsburgh readers! This super-fun installment of our Maker Monday \u201cLet\u2019s Try\u201d video series, created by our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[24174,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-319493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-childrens-museum-of-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}