The 6th grade asked if they could do something to bring home for Thanksgiving. So for this lesson they picked either a maple or an oak leaf shape and cut it out of cardboard. Then they added the veins of the leaf with yarn to add dimension. Next paper towels where paper mached on the whole thing. Once it was dry the student painted it in fall colors. Each leaf was dried in a bowl so it's bowed and could be used to hold objects.