Happy Harvest Candles

Materials: Baby food jars; white glue; paint brush; yellow, orange and green tissue paper. 

Method: Tear tissue paper into little pieces. Paint the outside of the jar with glue, thinning the glue with water if needed. Stick the tissue paper bits to the jar until it is completely covered. Let it dry overnight. Place a small tea light in the jar and have an adult light the candle.

Pin the Apple on the Tree

You will need a large brown paper tree shape; blindfold; paper apple with the child's name and tape on the back; a basket. 

Tape the tree to a door or a wall. Give the child his or her apple, put on the blindfold, and point the child toward the tree. The child tries to stick the apple on the tree. After all the apples are placed on the tree, count them and ask each child to "pick" an apple and place it in the basket.

Pamela Pigella's Haystack Snacks

Ingredients:

•     12oz. package of butterscotch morsels
•      2 cups of thin chow mein noodles

Adult: Heat morsels in a double boiler or microwave on medium 3 to 4 minutes until melted. Stir well. Add noodles and toss with two forks until evenly coated.

Children: Drop mixture by spoonfuls onto foil or wax paper. Refrigerate until set. Makes about 24 yummy haystacks!

Fun Fingerplays - Autumn Leaves

Autumn leaves are floating down.
(float arms and hands up and down)

They make a carpet on the ground.
(make a spreading motion on the ground)

Then, swish! The wind comes rustling by,
(move arms to side quickly)

And sends them dancing to the sky.
(point upward)

Miss Pennypack's Autumn Puzzler

You will need a yellow, red, and green apple.

Each apple is a different color 

In this puzzler's apple game. 

But when the apples are cut open, 

Each one is just the same! 

People are different colors. Are we the same inside?

See "Hayride" and other seasonal songs on Months of Music.