Leaf Prints

God made the trees and plants, and each one of us.

Memory Verse:

Genesis 1:31, "God saw everything He made was very good."

Materials Needed:

Two A4 sheets of paper.
Several types of leaves (thin ones with pronounced ribs).
Thick crayons.

Age Group:

Preschool to Grade 2.

Trees and plants are gifts from God.  If you go to a desert, all you see is sand and rocks.  It looks very bare and there are no trees and plants to make it interesting.  Next time you play on the grass in your garden, look at all the trees and flowers that God made.  And then go inside and look at yourself in a mirror.  What do you see?  A child that God made, and He made you very well!

Today we are going to take leaves and put them under a sheet of paper so that we can make leaf prints.  Look at how well they are made, and then we will thank God for the gift of trees and plants.

Activity:

1.  Give each child two sheets of paper, a crayon and several leaves.
 
2.  Let the children arrange one of more leaves upside down on one sheet of paper.
 
3.  They must then carefully cover it with the second sheet of paper.
 
4.  The children then rub the top sheet of paper with their crayon to bring out the leaf print(s).
 
God bless!

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