1. Hold three of the pipe cleaners together and bend them in half. Twist 3 in. of the folded end of the pipe cleaners together to form a tree base. Spread the ends of the pipe cleaners to form the branches of the tree.
2. Cut the remaining pipe cleaner into 3 in pieces. Wrap the pieces around each branch to make smaller branches.
3. Slide buttons on the different branches to make leaves.
4. Slip the back of the safety pin between the twisted pipe cleaners to form a clasp.
5. Now you can wear your pin or give it as a gift!

Cut a 41/2″ circle out of white paper. Have children glue circle on construction paper. Ahead of time collect a variety of leaves. Let children glue leaves on circle for hair. Use markers or crayons to add the facial features. You can also make a leaf collage.

Paint child’s forearm and hand with brown tempera. Print onto construction paper. This makes the trunk and branches for a tree. Leaves can be made Dipping the child’s Fingers into green, yellow, orange, or red paint. Then Print them on the branches of the tree. You should do more yellow, orange, and red, then green. This way they look more autumn like.

A delicious apple for those crisp fall days.