Making a Maple Leaf

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Materials:

* a maple leaf
* plain white piece of paper
* crayons in fall colors (red, brown, yellow, orange, green)
* scissors

Instructions:

1. Put maple leaf flat in front of you.
2. Take the piece of paer and place it over the maple leaf.
3. Pick a crayon and rub it over the paper. The imprint of the leaf will show through onto the paper.
4. Cut out the leaf and you have a fall colored leaf.

Facts about maple leafs:

* North America ha many different kinds of maple trees.
* Two types of maples trees are used to tap sap from. They are called Sugar Maple and Rock Maple
* The sugars in the Sugar Maple and Rock Maple trees are the sweetest.
* Did you know that Canada has a maple leaf on it's flag?
* Our Prime Minister has proclaimed February 15th as an offiacial day of recognition for Canada's Maple leaf flag.