If Mohammed can't go to the mountain...

Hey there!!
Winter is a difficult time for kids. They want to play, they want to go to the park, they want to do lots of things... but they can't because of the terrible weather. So here's a little an easy idea to cheer them up a little. If they can't go to the park....why don't you bring home a piece of the park?
You will need to collect some leaves (you can choos different shapes and sizes, variety is always a plus). Then, you just need same white sheets and some crayons. And if you want to make the whole thing a little bit funnier, you can add glue and glitters (or coloured paper, or coloured cotton...) to the lot.

Then, you put the chosen leaf on the table, you put the paper on the leaf and you start rubbing with your pencil. You'll see the leaf starts to show!! You can explain every step to the kids while you go on, or you can give them the adequate instructions, so they can do it.

Once you have the main part, the rest is decoration. You need some glue, so you can stick cotton, papers or glitter to your leaf.

Last step: decorate your leaf. I've chosen glitters, but there's a great number of posibilites. Look, this is what you can get in the end:

We tried this activity at school this afternoon and it was fun, kids really enjoy it. I hope you do too!!