Our raking leaves activity yesterday based on the book Red Leaf Yellow Leaf by Lois Elhert was so much fun that I followed it up with another fall activity. I am just so excited about fall! I love the colors. I love the leaves. So I put them together in a fall sensory bin.

I used the popcorn kernels I saved from our popcorn sensory bin. I threw in some foam gourds I bought at the dollar store, and some fake leaves I had on hand. To top it off I threw in an orange spoon for stirring and an apple bean bag.

Sweet Girl stirred and scooped and poured popcorn kernels all afternoon. It was a little messy. Kernels went flying a few times.We talked about all the fall colors and the names of the items in the sensory bin. I still could not get her to say leaves. It kind of sounds like fleas when she says it.

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Today was our first really cool day in months. As we were driving back from our errands this morning in the rain I was in the mood to celebrate fall. I just wanted to relax, watch a chick flick and craft. So while Sweet Girl napped I watched While You Were Sleeping and worked on my fall wreath, post coming soon. It was a lovely afternoon.

When Sweet Girl woke up the fall celebration continued with an activity inspired by the book Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Elhert. While she was sleeping I spread some fake fall leaves on the living room floor and set out a toy rake.

Together we played in the leaves, and raked them into a pile. Well, I raked them into a pile and Sweet Girl just raked them around in different directions. I couldn't quite convince her that they were leaves and not flowers. In the end she compromised by calling them fleaves.

We still have to wait a couple of months for the leaves here to start falling, but for now we can have fun playing with our own red and yellow leaves in our living room.

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Even though it is still almost 100 degrees here, fall is in the air and I am excited! I love fall. I love the holidays, the food, wearing sweaters, and lots more. Fall is also a great time for crafting. I love word art. I think they are such a fun decoration for every season. I decided I wanted to experiment with making my own word art for fall. So here is my first attempt. I included all the things I love about fall. Feel free to click and download this fall word art printable to add to your fall decorations.

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This fall serving platter used to be this Christmas platter. The transformation cost me $3.50.

This lovely Christmas platter was given to me a couple years ago. It has been sitting in my cupboard in the original box ever since. It's a nice platter, but it's just not my style. A few weeks ago I was cleaning out my cupboards and decided to put this in the box of things to get rid of. Then I cam across this Tray Makeover from Shabby Gals. Perfect timing. I decided to try to makeover my platter. Worst case scenario, it turned out really bad and I threw it away instead of donating it.

I bought some yellow spray paint from Walmart and started spraying. Looking back, it would have been a good idea to use primer, because it took a lot of coats to cover up that red trim. After it was painted I sprayed a matte finishing spray on it to prevent chipping. Then I added the vinyl letters that I cut out on my Cricut. I used leftover vinyl from another project. I am a big believer in saving your scraps!

It looked a little empty with just the word, so I added some leaves to make it look more like a fall platter. I'm excited to use this to serve up some delicious fall treats. Maybe some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

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