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Autumn and Fall Conkers

Omni Orangutan's Activity Packs - Preschool play: Colouring, Printables and information to explore ...


Autumn and Fall .. Conkers for all !

Enjoy the Season of falling leaves ....


 DOWNLOAD THE PDF
 

Contains
Playdough Conker ideas
Colour Chart Matching
Acitivity Sheet using a Pixelated image.
Selection of 4 images using different styling techniques.


~ Around Silkysteps ~
Autumn is a wonderful time of year .. the trees and plants, animals and us prepare for the coming Winter  ..
We have gathered together the other various Conker resources located around the site.
~~ Please Enjoy ~~ 
Colours of Autumn and Colors of Fall Printables
Sheets that look at the seasons colours and can be used as placemats, playdough mats or door signs.

Colors of Fall  Colours of Autumn

 USA ~ Colors of Fall  UK ~ Colours of Autumn
Our Autumn Forum has many activities 

Conker Photo ~ Use as a base for your Counting and Size sorting activities
Huge Conker mat so the Children's ones don't get lost.

Artistic impressions, effects and techniques
Not all these images are included inside the pdf because of their file size .. 
please save them individually to your computer ... they are marked which are & aren't included !!
Click each thumbnail and it will open up into a new window.

The Main Horse Chestnut and Conker Photograph


 'Dry Brush'
      Fresco style
Dry Brush Painting technique ~ IS included in thePDF  Fresco artistic style ~ IS included in the PDF 
 Mosiac  Pixelated
Mosaic ~ is NOT included in the PDF
  Pixilated version is included as an Activity sheet for the children to water paint themselves.
       Glass Ripple   Luminated edges 
Glass effect ~ is NOT included in the PDF  Glowing edges ~ NOT included in the PDF
      Pontillism    Spatter effect
Pointillism ~ IS included in the PDF  Spatter ~ is NOT included in the PDF
 Stained Glass ~ Mosaic
  
 Stained Glass - Mosiac ~ IS included in the PDF 


Playdough Conker Shells 
Playdough Conker shells .. bury, mould & hide .. count and re discover !

 Use a selection of playdough colours to mix, match and recreate the Conker's shell.
 Hide the conkers inside the dough and build up a balled collection that the children can open up, find and count out the conkers !

Colour Chart Matching

Full sized version is also included in the PDF

 How many colours in a conker, its shell or in the a leaf from the Horse Chestnut tree ?
 Use this basic chart to match collage materials to the tones & hues of a Conker + Leaf
 Tear, rip and glue materials onto the pixelated version of the image and build up your own style of Conker art !!

 DOWNLOAD Our Autumn Conker Activity Pack PDF