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Do you know what makes leaves change colour?  Study the rocking motion of the earth, as she  rocks making our seasons.  And spins creating day and night.  Around the sun.

we pick our harvest and stock for the winter.  Giving thanks to the earth and sharing our abundance.  
Give thanks on Autumn Equinox when it is equal day and night for everyone all round the earth.

Hollows eve is a time for dressing up and facing fears. November first is the pagans new year. When the doors between the worlds is thin and spirits roam looking for life.
 
Study all the different ways creatures prepare for the winter.  Gathering, eating there full for hibernation.  How did the natives survive before electricity.

make a leaf book, 
leaf rubbing, printing, pictures from leaves. or go round rubbing the different bark on trees.

Autumn coloured wealth for the door, from colourful, fallen leaves strung round in a circle.

dry corn or squash for ornaments or make a rattle from a gord.

gather sticks and make a mobile or sculpture. stick people, stick teepee....stick imagination..

Autumn craft ideas