What you'll need

• A bag to collect leaves in

• Paper

• Glue

• Newspaper

• Large books

What to do

1. Take a collecting bag to put your leaves in.

2. As you are out on a walk round your garden, park or in the countryside, think of an animal and then the colour of leaves you might need to make the animal. Keep an extra look out for twigs or seeds that might be added to your picture and remember to collect some small leaves to use for eyes, beaks or claws.

3. You can find a quiet place and make your animal on the ground when you are on your walk or take the leaves you have collected home to press and make pictures with.

4. Remember to only collect leaves that have fallen to the floor and wash your hands after you have been collecting.

5. When you get home, press your leaves to make them easier to use. You can then use your leaves to stick with card or paper to make lovely pictures, cards, writing paper or bookmarks.

How to press leaves

What you'll need

1. Lovely leaves

2. Newspaper

3. Big books

What to do

1. Dry the leaves you have collected by patting them with kitchen towel.

2. Open out the sheet of newspaper and spread the leaves out on the paper - make sure that they don’t touch each other.

3. Place another sheet of newspaper on the leaves and put a heavy book on top.

4. Leave them for about a week - then you're ready to use your leaves to make things with!