October "Falling Leaf" Tree

I was checking one of my favorite blogs and saw this fun idea for making fall leaves from melted crayon shavings and waxed paper.  We decided to try our own.  Some are hanging from the ceiling and get especially exciting when the heater turns on and the air blows them around.

I also read an idea in a "bulletin board" book that suggested making a tree with 31 leaves...and having one leaf "fall" (and get re-placed on the "ground" below) for each day of October.  We made our tree from a brown paper bag.  It has little branches so that as the leaves disappear it will look like the "bare" tree it's supposed to be.  =)