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    Home » Fall Recipes and Activities

    Fall Leaves Using Black Glue

    Modified: Sep 30, 2022 · Published: Nov 15, 2011 by Vicky · This post may contain affiliate links · 33 Comments

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    Around Halloween time, I saw the coolest project on Carissa Darling for Spooky Black Glue Drawings.  They used black glue to create some spooky Halloween pictures.  We never had time to make those pictures, but with Fall upon us, we made some Fall leaves using black glue. We have since used black glue for other projects such as Black Glue and Watercolor Pumpkins and Hearts with Black Glue.

    Fall leaves made with black glue on construction paper.
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    Why watercolor fall leaves are awesome

    • A fun fall art project for kids of all ages

    Supplies

    • Black paint
    • regular white school glue in a glue bottle
    • Paper (I used copy paper)
    • Water color paints and brush
    • Construction paper

    How to make fall leaves with black glue

    To make your black glue, just squirt some black paint into your Elmer's glue bottle.  I wanted to be sure to have a dark black color so I emptied out most of the white glue from the bottle until there was only ¼ left. Then I added some squirts of black paint and shook it up.

    making black glue

    I was left with some cool-looking black glue.

    black glue

    Older kids would probably have a great time making their own leaf picture.  Since my kids are all ages 3 and under, I made the leaf picture outline.  Note that this is not much of an improvement.

     fall leaves using black glue

    I added some veins.

     fall leaves using black glue

    These took forever to dry.  I made them while the kids were napping, thinking we could use them when they woke up.  Nope.  It took a day for the black glue to dry.  So plan accordingly.

     fall leaves using black glue

    When the glue had dried, I talked to the girls about Fall leaves and the different colors they can be.  Of course, this went in one ear and out the other.  The kids used watercolors to paint the leaves whatever colors they wanted.

    child painting leaf on paper
    watercolor painted leaf picture

    Little C was so into painting her leaf.  Her colors actually did look like all the shades of Fall with the combination of yellow and orange!

    watercolor painted leaf picture

    When "A" finished painting her leaf with watercolour paint, she decided to paint the paper surrounding it too.

    child painting leaf picture

    After the paintings were dry, I cut them out and glued them to some Fall colored construction paper. They would also really pop on black construction paper or white cardstock. I left one on the water-colored background to show you how it looks.  I really like both options.  I was so pleased with the vibrant leaves the kids created.  Even B who painted a large portion of her Fall leaf black still managed to have a colorful leaf.

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     fall leaf pictures on construction paper

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    1. Wise Owl Factory says

      September 20, 2014 at 3:40 pm

      this is great for children to see how to use glue the opposite of how we usually use it (white and hidden) so this will be a creative experience---thanks for all the supportive information
      I pinned and am linking to this from a recent blog post of mine (KBN network)

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      • Vicky @ Mess For Less says

        September 22, 2014 at 4:52 pm

        Thanks so much for sharing and for the kind words!

        Reply
    2. divina besenio says

      April 10, 2013 at 2:14 am

      these are sooo cool! We'll try to do these tomorrow (after the paint has dried. thanks for the tip!)

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    Vicky from Mess for Less

    I'm Vicky, the founder of Mess For Less, which I started in 2011 to share easy, family-friendly recipes. With over a decade of experience as a home chef and recipe developer, I love creating meals that bring people together. I also design play and learning activities for kids, using my background as a former teacher with a Master’s degree in education. Learn more about me.

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