Crayon Rubbings - Leaves

We were walking through the school grounds today when we noticed this clump of leaves. James, of course, had to stop and pick it up. He wanted to know what I thought we could make with it so I suggested we try crayon rubbings. These leaves are perfect for it since they have very pronounced veins and an interesting shape.

Here are our tools

James did one complete rubbing and then thought the paper around the edge was in need of decoration too, so we have a collection of partial rubbings.

The other children didn't want to be left out and tried different colour crayons. We found that the oil based pastels made the best rubbings for little fingers. The ordinary crayons needed a little extra force as well as a steady hand to stop the leaf slipping under the paper.