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September 8, 2013 By Chelsey 34 Comments

Felt Fall Tree Play Set Inspired by The Little Yellow Leaf

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This fall invitation to play is a great sensory activity using felt and encourages pretend play.  It was inspired by the children’s book, The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger. All you need to make your own for home or the classroom is some felt and your child’s imagination!

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Encourage imaginative play with this fall felt tree play set! (Fall Activity for Kids Inspired by The Little Yellow Leaf)~ BuggyandBuddy.com

 

The kids really enjoyed playing with this easy to make fall invitation to play, and I especially love how this fall activity promotes creative play, language development, and fine motor skills!

 

Invitation to Play: Felt Tree and Leaves

Lucy has been SO anxious to get our our fall themed children’s books. One of  her favorites (and mine actually) is The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger. It’s such a cute story about friendship! This popular children’s book inspired me to set up this invitation to play using felt.  (This post contains affiliate links.)

 

Fall Activity for Kids Using Felt

 Materials for Fall Tree Felt Set

  • Felt Board
  • Felt trees and leaves (made with felt sheets and scissors)
  • Small container to hold leaves
  • Small figurines
  • Small rake (made from sticks and straws)

The felt pieces were really easy to make. There’s no need to trace or make things perfect. I just sat and cut out the trees and leaves from felt while the kids were playing.

I used brown felt to make two trees, and I used some fall colored felt to create lots of tiny leaves. I set the trees up on the felt board and placed a few leaves on them. I also scattered some leaves below the board to invite the kids to also bring their play off the felt board. The rest of the leaves were placed in a wooden bowl nearby.

 

Encourage imaginative play with this fall felt tree play set! (Fall Activity for Kids Inspired by The Little Yellow Leaf)

 

I used some sticks and straws to create a little rake and broom. To make the rake, I cut off 2 pieces on a plastic straw (about 1.5 inches long). I taped the straw segments to a stick and then cut slits into the bottom of the straw segments. To make the broom, I collected some dried pine needles and taped them to a stick. Super easy! Next to the broom and rake I placed a couple animal figurines.

 

Encourage imaginative play with this fall felt tree play set! (Fall Activity for Kids Inspired by The Little Yellow Leaf)

How My Kids Played with the Fall Tree Felt Set

Theo, my 2 year old, mostly seemed to enjoy interacting with the felt leaves. He would knock all the leaves off the trees and then put them back on again. Lucy, my 5 year old, turned the invitation into a creative play scene. The rabbit and deer would rake the leaves and have discussions as they were tidying up their area. The next day I found Lucy using the same felt set to talk about some of our fall stories.

 Encourage imaginative play with this fall felt tree play set! (Fall Activity for Kids Inspired by The Little Yellow Leaf)

Tips

If you are worried about chocking hazards, be sure to cut the felt leaves into large enough pieces for your child.

Modify this activity in any way you’d like! Maybe your child has been interested in apple trees lately so you may want to add some apples to your tree. You could put some little baskets below to collect the apples. Build on your child’s interests.

Use things you already have. We happened to have some wooden animals, but use whatever toy figures you have at home. There’s no need to go buy anything new.

 

Encourage imaginative play with this fall felt tree play set! (Fall Activity for Kids Inspired by The Little Yellow Leaf)~ BuggyandBuddy.com

Other Fall Invitations to Play

Cinnamon Maple Salt Tray by My Nearest and Dearest

Simple Apple Sensory Bin by Fantastic Fun and Learning

Play Dough Pumpkin Patch Train Play by Play Trains!

Pom Pom Apple Picking by Twodaloo


Filed Under: Children's Books & Activities, Fall, Invitations to Play, Preschool, toddler Tagged With: Fall, fall invitations to play, felt, leaves

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Comments

  1. Ann @ My Nearest and Dearest says

    September 9, 2013 at 4:06 am

    Chelsey, this is adorable! I’ve been wanting to make a new felt play set but just haven’t gotten around to it. I think this will be it though. The leaves are beginning to change color here and my son has already been collecting them. Plus he loves sweeping and raking. Yes – this would definitely be a hit here!

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  2. Kristan Price says

    September 9, 2013 at 7:07 am

    I love this set up for a felt board! Simply perfect for autumn! I think I found my mommy project of the day to do.. 🙂

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  3. Tricia says

    September 9, 2013 at 9:27 am

    Oh my goodness so very cute!!! Love this!! Thanks for sharing and I can’t wait to try this with my kiddos!

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  4. Sarah @ How Wee Learn says

    September 9, 2013 at 10:18 am

    This is adorable! I love that you are doing this as a group – I have been introduced to wonderful new-to-me blogs! My felt board has seen a lot of use in my Kindergarten classroom – I think it’s time for me to make a new one for my boys at home. This post was just the inspiration I needed to actually do it! I think … well – probably …. 😉

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  5. Jill says

    September 11, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    Invitations to play sound like fun. I haven’t used them before, but I can see their application working for me in the future. I will definitely keep this technique in mind. Thank you for linking up this week to the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop 🙂

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  6. Jackie says

    September 12, 2013 at 10:28 am

    This looks like something my little ones would love. I think the little rake and broom are just adorable. Thanks for the idea!

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  7. Anna@The Measured Mom says

    September 14, 2013 at 6:06 am

    I think kids of all ages would enjoy this peaceful activity – thanks for sharing at After School!

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  8. Lauren says

    September 14, 2013 at 1:30 pm

    Super cute! I love the little rakes too! I’ll have to get some Fall colored felt stocked up.

    Thank you for sharing at our Pinning for Play link party!

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  9. Debs says

    September 16, 2013 at 12:15 am

    So gorgeous! Thanks for linking this post up to Tuesday Tots. I’m featuring it this week in a tree activities round up on Learn with Play at home. 🙂

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  10. Megan says

    September 16, 2013 at 11:28 am

    Looks fabulous!!! I’m featuring this week on my after school round up! Thanks for linking up!

    Reply

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