Fall Art

This month at JR OSC, we are jumping right in to Fall with the various activities that we have planned for the kids. Some of these activities include making lanterns which can be used at West Richmond’s upcoming lantern festival, or on Halloween! Last week Pearlena made Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with the kids and I made Fall Lanterns. Both activities went wonderfully, and I think many of the participants were quite excited to take their treats home. For the Lanterns, we used tissue paper and mod podge to add fall colours to our jars. We applied both mediums to the jars with paint brushes, then finished off our lanterns by hot gluing twine and a faux sunflower onto the lids. As you can tell by the photo, the jars look beautiful.

For the pumpkin spice cupcakes, we used a spice cake recipe and added in pumpkin puree for that warm, comforting fall flavour. By adding the pumpkin, the cupcakes immediately became softer and juicier, as well as healthier!

Fall is one of my favourite times of year, so look forward to these upcoming activities that follow the fall theme:

October 6^th – Fall Prints

October 9^th – Leaf Wreaths

October 14^th – Leaf Prints

October 28^th – Halloween Activities

October 29^th – Cheese Cloth Ghosts

October 30^th – Pumpkin Mason Jars

Enjoy!

Katie