Celebrate the arrival of fall with a night themed around leaves.
Leaf Night Instructions
Leaf Night Instructions
DINNER & DESSERT
Leafy Lettuce Taco Wraps·
Cook taco filling of choice (beef, chicken, tofu, etc) – I highly suggest the Southern Living Lean Green Lettuce Tacos recipe.
Prepare fillilngs and toppings. Serve on different types of lettuce leafs (romaine, iceburg, etc). Use cookie cutters to cut out tortillas, sprinkle with cheese,
toast (can also make quesadillas)
Leaf Crust Cookies
Use packaged pie crust or make your own. Use leaf shaped cookie cutters to cut out crust cookies. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. ·
Bake in oven at 350 for 8-12 minutes. Watch to make sure they don’t burn.
Optional: Cut up 1 apple/person. Combine in pot with cinnamon, dash of nutmeg, 1 Tbs sugar per apple and water/apple juice. Simmer 15-20 minutes.
Serve with crust cookies
Cook taco filling of choice (beef, chicken, tofu, etc) – I highly suggest the Southern Living Lean Green Lettuce Tacos recipe.
Prepare fillilngs and toppings. Serve on different types of lettuce leafs (romaine, iceburg, etc). Use cookie cutters to cut out tortillas, sprinkle with cheese,
toast (can also make quesadillas)
Leaf Crust Cookies
Use packaged pie crust or make your own. Use leaf shaped cookie cutters to cut out crust cookies. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. ·
Bake in oven at 350 for 8-12 minutes. Watch to make sure they don’t burn.
Optional: Cut up 1 apple/person. Combine in pot with cinnamon, dash of nutmeg, 1 Tbs sugar per apple and water/apple juice. Simmer 15-20 minutes.
Serve with crust cookies
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DINNER ACTIVITY
During the fall, most craft stores have little wooden ornaments you can color or paint. If the kids are too little to be helping in the kitchen, let them at the table with some colors/paint and let them create while you cook.
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CRAFT: Leaf placemats or Leaf rubbings
Walk around a park or your neighborhood to gather leaves. If you don't have any, use the template.
Leaf Template
Black and White Leaf Template
Leaf Placemat: Cut 2 pieces of contact paper (purchased at local dollar store or all-in-one store in the shelf liner aisle). Gather fall leaves from outside. Unstick one sheet of contact paper and use collected leaves to stick onto the paper. Unstick the second sheet and lay on top of first sheet, sandwiching the leafs. Leave as is or cut placemat into a leaf shape as well.
Leaf rubbings
On a piece of plain white paper, position leaves vein side up in a pattern that you find pleasing. Lay another sheet of plain white paper over the top of the leaves. Select the crayons that you would like to use to create your rubbing and peel off the paper wrappers. Turn crayon on its side and gently rub over the top sheet of paper. The leaf images will appear on the paper! Experiment with different colors and leaf arrangements.
Leaf Template
Black and White Leaf Template
Leaf Placemat: Cut 2 pieces of contact paper (purchased at local dollar store or all-in-one store in the shelf liner aisle). Gather fall leaves from outside. Unstick one sheet of contact paper and use collected leaves to stick onto the paper. Unstick the second sheet and lay on top of first sheet, sandwiching the leafs. Leave as is or cut placemat into a leaf shape as well.
Leaf rubbings
On a piece of plain white paper, position leaves vein side up in a pattern that you find pleasing. Lay another sheet of plain white paper over the top of the leaves. Select the crayons that you would like to use to create your rubbing and peel off the paper wrappers. Turn crayon on its side and gently rub over the top sheet of paper. The leaf images will appear on the paper! Experiment with different colors and leaf arrangements.
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ACTIVITY: Pin the leaf on the tree
A twist on the classic pin the tail on the donkey game
1) Use brown construction paper or kraft paper to make a trunk
2) Attach trunk to wall or door of choice with double sided tape or sticky-tac
3) Use purchased leaf cutouts (or cut your own from template)
4) Take turns using blindfold and sticking leaves on the tree truck until all leaves are gone
Alternate activity: If you have a lot of fallen leaves in your yard, use a rake to make a maze/path in the leaves and then time each family member from start to finish as they race through the maze.
1) Use brown construction paper or kraft paper to make a trunk
2) Attach trunk to wall or door of choice with double sided tape or sticky-tac
3) Use purchased leaf cutouts (or cut your own from template)
4) Take turns using blindfold and sticking leaves on the tree truck until all leaves are gone
Alternate activity: If you have a lot of fallen leaves in your yard, use a rake to make a maze/path in the leaves and then time each family member from start to finish as they race through the maze.
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