The vibrant colors of fall can come alive in your home with this Fall Leaf Bowl Craft. Use a recycled margine tub to create the ideal autumn decoration, and get the kids involved in making this beautiful colorful craft. Plan this activity a few days in advance to allow for drying and preserving the leaves. Turn your fall leaf craft into a whimsical Thanksgiving Turkey bowl to hold nuts or candy. First follow the directions for the leaf bowl here and then create the turkey leaf bowl!

Materials

• clean Margarine tub
• scissors
• white glue or Mod-Podge Decoupage Medium

• glue gun or glue dots
• any of the following: brown colored construction paper, burlap, calico fabric .
• fresh preserved autumn leaves (directions for preserving here)

Instructions

1.
Cut the fabric or paper into pieces of varying shapes and sizes.
2.
Apply diluted glue or Mod-Podge onto the tub with a paint brush adding fabric, burlap or paper as you go. Continue with this step until the container is completely covered. Follow with another coat of Mod-Podge.
3.
Set it aside to dry (for a few hours or overnight).
4.
Now that your bowl is dry you can add your autumn leaves using glue dots or a hot glue gun.