Tired of rainy days??
For a good time, cut out leaves from several sheets of colored tissue paper — you can cut through several sheets at one time, so it goes quickly.
Play in your indoor leaf pile!!!!!
These leaves are great fun to toss around!
It’s fun for grown-ups, and kids alike!
Rake them back up……
….and toss again and again! We covered a bean bag chair with the leaves and the girls took turns jumping into the “pile”.
Have fun!!
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October 15th, 2010 on 9:31 am
And I thought I was the queen of messy play. I love the photo of you with the leaves in the air. Wonderful photos!
October 21st, 2010 on 11:43 am
It’s surprisingly not that messy, since they all raked up into a brown paper bag…. but then the cat had fun playing in said paper bag, and they ended up all over the floor again! but you get the idea.
October 15th, 2010 on 9:33 am
Luckily, our weather has been perfect for outdoor leaf piles – but I’ll keep this in mind if it starts raining, or fails to warm up, after the frost, one of these days – I’m sure the kids would love it
October 21st, 2010 on 11:43 am
Oh, you lucky lucky duck you!!
October 15th, 2010 on 9:43 am
What a great idea! Awesome pictures.
October 21st, 2010 on 11:44 am
Thanks so much! xoxo
October 15th, 2010 on 10:00 am
I was thinking about doing this next week. We’re supposed to have two days of crappy weather – so this will be perfect!
October 21st, 2010 on 11:44 am
Yes, yes, do it! It’s so much fun!!
October 15th, 2010 on 10:10 am
oo so much fun! I love the rake to rake them up
October 21st, 2010 on 11:45 am
It’s the perfect size for them, and really comes in handy sometimes!
October 15th, 2010 on 10:11 am
Great! I love seeing kids having a blast doing something simple that doesn’t have music or buttons!
October 21st, 2010 on 11:46 am
LOL That pretty much sums up life in this house about 90% of the time! I’m always amazed at how many toys have flashing lights or make super-annoying sounds, and my girls would rather play with the cardboard box.
October 15th, 2010 on 10:34 am
You and your girls always look to be having so much fun.
October 21st, 2010 on 11:47 am
Thanks, Anna! xoxo
October 15th, 2010 on 10:40 am
So much fun! The great thing is that you can always use the tissue paper for something else after you are done with the leaf pile!
October 21st, 2010 on 11:47 am
Yes, we have plans for that too! How did you know?
October 15th, 2010 on 11:14 am
I’ve just “fallin’” in love with this activity! (hee! hee!)
October 21st, 2010 on 11:47 am
LOL You just couldn’t help yourself, could you?
You crack me up!!
October 15th, 2010 on 11:16 am
We are SO doing that. Perfect cure to National Grouch Day!
October 21st, 2010 on 11:48 am
Ha!! I had no idea there was such a thing as National Grouch Day! Yes, it’s perfect!!
October 15th, 2010 on 12:02 pm
Wow! what a creative idea. I need to get some tissue paper then. I only have pink and no where near enough to do that.
I would of never thought to do that!
I just love your blog!!
October 21st, 2010 on 11:49 am
It’s cheapest at the dollar store, I think. This is so much fun!! Enjoy, and I’m SO happy you’ve been enjoying FFFB!
October 15th, 2010 on 1:01 pm
You are a super fun mom. And I think we’ll try this out, one of these rainy days…
October 21st, 2010 on 11:49 am
Good!!!! They will have so much fun!
Especially if you join in!
October 15th, 2010 on 1:31 pm
I know for a fact that My Hannah will love this. She recently cut & colored (itty bitty) flowers and put them in her Flower Girl basket (from a recent wedding she was in) and she happily skipped threw the house tossing them. So that is no doubt she will love this.
October 21st, 2010 on 11:50 am
That. Sounds. Adorable!!!!!
Can that girl get any cuter??
October 15th, 2010 on 1:44 pm
Oh, how fun! Even my older girls would love this and of course my 2 year old boy would think it was fun. He loves throwing things so getting permission to throw in the house would be great!
October 21st, 2010 on 11:50 am
Let them go wild, and have fun!!
October 15th, 2010 on 3:08 pm
How much fun, we rarely get leaf piles to play in in autumn ’cause most of our trees are evergreen, so an indoor pile would be just the thing!
October 21st, 2010 on 11:51 am
I have a love/hate relationship with them. Raking the real leaves can be a lot of work! But these are much more fun (and colorful) to play with. Have fun!!
October 15th, 2010 on 3:28 pm
1) Where’s Mark???
2) This is too fun, I’ll be linking (I’m SO FAR behind – eek)
3) Clara is getting more and more adorable by the second! Love her outfit!
October 21st, 2010 on 11:53 am
LOL He must have heard you, see below!
Thanks SO much for the link love!!!
Thank you!! I can’t believe how much she has grown — it all goes by so incredibly fast!
October 15th, 2010 on 4:05 pm
Dear Valerie,
It is supposed to be nice this Sunday. Maybe you and the girls can take care of the REAL LEAVES IN OUR YARD?
Love,
Mark
October 21st, 2010 on 11:53 am
Somehow that just doesn’t seem to have the same kind of appeal…. nice try, though!
October 15th, 2010 on 5:22 pm
OMG! I LOVE the pic of your oldest daughter in the leaves!!! Try to get any professional photographer to catch a smile like that. It isn’t happening. Utter joy
We will definitely be making a pile of these after q.t. (quiet time/nap time)
October 21st, 2010 on 11:54 am
Awww… thanks so much!! She had SO much fun with this!!!! I’m SO happy you’ll be trying it too. Enjoy!! xoxo
October 15th, 2010 on 5:42 pm
Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting.
Wondering what part of PA you live in.
This activity looks great. Gotta find me a little rake.
October 21st, 2010 on 11:55 am
You’re welcome! Always nice to meet another local blogger!
October 15th, 2010 on 5:54 pm
I love it! We did this last week and it was so much fun. We also tore some brown packing paper into large pieces, and balled it up a bit, so that it makes a sound like crunching leaves when you walk/play in it. We set it up under a brown paper tree with cut out leaves that we had taped to the wall. It has been so much fun that we’ve left it up and played with it all week.
October 21st, 2010 on 11:56 am
What a GREAT idea to add brown packing paper!!! Love it!!
October 15th, 2010 on 6:31 pm
I don’t think my kids have a clue what falling leaves look like aside from on TV…….
October 21st, 2010 on 11:59 am
I grew up with a large amount of leaves in my parents yard — so much work to rake them all, but so much fun to play in the pile when we were done! Must be nice to live in such a warm place all year round!
October 16th, 2010 on 12:12 am
Hi Valerie,
Just wanted to let you know I nominated you in the 2010 Homeschool Blog Awards (Best Thrifty Homeschooler).
Warmly,
Mari-Ann
October 21st, 2010 on 11:59 am
Yay!!!!! That makes me SO happy, thank you!!!!!
October 16th, 2010 on 6:53 pm
Now that looks like so much fun. Another great idea!
October 21st, 2010 on 12:00 pm
Thanks, Debby!
October 16th, 2010 on 10:47 pm
LOVE this! Sometimes I wish I could pick your brain for upcoming books that we are rowing. . . I am book marking this for sure!
October 21st, 2010 on 12:01 pm
Feel free to drop me an email anytime!! Your blog is super-cute, Michelle!
October 16th, 2010 on 10:54 pm
Whoever took your picture did a great job. It looks like great fun for everyone!
October 21st, 2010 on 12:02 pm
That would be Emily! We had so much fun!!
October 17th, 2010 on 12:36 am
What a crazy fun idea!!
October 21st, 2010 on 12:02 pm
October 19th, 2010 on 3:54 pm
What a great idea! We have all sorts of allergies here and playing in the leaves can make us really sick, but we want to so much. Thanks for an alternative idea!
October 21st, 2010 on 12:03 pm
I can relate to that! There’s some type of mold I don’t tolerate very well, and it can make my allergies flare up too. Fortunately, the girls don’t seem to have any problems, but this is a great alternative, and LOTS of fun!!! Enjoy!!