A fun Autumn tradition for us is making masks of pressed leaves.
You need:
pressed leaves- use leaves that have been pressed for about 24-48 hours, they are still quite flexible at this stage and lay nicely
glue solution- 2 parts glue, 1 part water (or use Modge Podge)
Download the mask onto card-stock
crayons
scissors
hole punch and yarn for the masks that tie around the head
glue gun and a stick for the type of mask you hold
*Cut out the mask, color, and glue on the leaves.
Fauna’s mask (top photo) is a made of scarlet maple leaves with a stick hot glued to the back for her to hold the mask in front of her face. Araina chose to make a chihuahua mask (hmmm, looks like an owl to me, but she insists it is not).
Preserve the masks by covering the leaves with the glue solution or Modge Podge.

















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Oh oh I could so have done with that stunning mask yesterday for the little one’s halloween outfit. The maple leaves are such an amazing colour! What a beautiful idea. I have downloaded the mask template, thank you so much for sharing. Will try out some other variations – we have hundreds of leaves left in our basket!
Lovely to have discovered you on Autumn Crafty thanks to RedTedArt!
MJM.
Those are so beautiful!! Thanks
Myself mask making and I researching about Mask and found your website and one picture with red leaves which real awesome. Thank you for share.
Great idea, and beautiful mask.
I use your beautiful pic on my site, if you don’t mind.
God bless you and your family!
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I have been trying to think of a halloween costume for weeks and now I know what to be! Owls are my favorite and I’m going to press some extra leaves for a mask.
I love the masks ~ they look great. Thanks for another great idea for autumn!!!
what a great idea! I’ve been looking for some fall projects to do with my 2 year old, and she would get the biggest kick out of a leaf mask!
I JUST LOVE LOVE LOVE! This little project. I am gonna use this for some journaling projects I am working on for Christmas.
Those are so beautiful!! How special~
I love these! I have been modgepodging some leaves but didn’t quite know what to do with them yet! Fauna’s mask is stunning! She looks like a forest faerie, indeed! And Araina’s chihuahua mask is too cute! I can’t stop smiling!
Looks like you are enjoying autumn!
Have a great weekend!
Lisa
Love this idea! We’re doing this one.
I love these. What a wonderful idea. We’ll have to try some!
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Those are really cool! The red leaves are so bright and beautiful! I agree, I thought the other mask looked like an owl. It was a clever use of the different shaped leaves.
Oooh, a mysterious leaf fairy has come to visit!
How beautiful
Wow, Gorgeous! Impressive!
Very beautiful! Nice tradition
beautiful! What a fun idea, thank you for sharing!
This is a cool craft. You can become little woodland elves!
Neat idea! I’ve never seen this done with real leaves before. Your kids did a beautiful job!
We are all over this! Thank you!
How perfect! I adore this post! Never would have thought to do that myself. You’re such a wealth of information on fun things to do and I appreciate you sharing it with us. xxoo
These are so lovely! We need to get out and gather some lovely leave!!! Thanks for the reminder.