Patterned Leaves

I saw the Line Pattern Leaf project at Art Projects for Kids and thought the girls would enjoy it.  They have been enjoying their new black drawing pens, so this activity was perfect!

Supplies: white drawing paper, black pen, leaf tracers (optional – we used leaf shape templates cut from file folders)

The girls and I both spent a long time working on these leaves.  It was fun to peek at each other’s papers to get more ideas for patterns!

Here is Delaney’s (age 5) – you can see she did one of her leaves with letters:

Here is Natalie’s (age 6) – she loved doing this so much, she made a patterned willow tree later in the day, too!

Based on the recommendation by Mona Brooks in her popular book Drawing with Children, I purchased Flair black felt pens for the girls to use.  I am loving these pens and so are the girls!  They are inexpensive and quick-drying, so we have had no smearing or bleeding when we draw.  Love it!  We are just starting to do some of the beginning exercises in the Drawing with Children book and I am enjoying learning some drawing skills along with the girls.

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Happy Playing!