Sweet Shoppe Designs

The idea for my “Falling Leaves Encouragement Kit” came from a children’s book, “Fall is for Friends”by Suzy Spafford. It is the cutest book about two friends that come up with a plan to help the leaves want to fall from the trees so they can start the autumn season. They try leading a cheer, and then they tape leaves all over themselves and show the leaves how to dance, spin and drop. They also try magic spells and a song. Such a sweet, fall-color infused book.

I thought it would be fun to create something similar - with a slightly more sophisticated approach. There are so many parts of Autumn that I love. I hoped using some of those ideas, to make the leaves think it was already fall, just might cause them to drop. To narrow it down, I selected one idea from each sense to put in the basket. There is a fuzzy blanket for touch, a fall-scented candle for smell, a yummy apple pie for the leaves to taste, a pretend crackling fire to hear and some sweet paper leaves (printed from Dani Mogstad’s amazing Softly Falling kit) to place on the ground for the leaves to see. The labels and sign are also made with Dani’s kit.

other supplies: ribbon