Free Printable Leaf Templates: 16+ Pages of Outlines

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Looking for a free printable leaf template? This collection includes more than 16 pages of leaf outlines in one easy-to-use PDF, with large and small designs for crafts, coloring, tracing and classroom activities.

You’ll receive eight different leaf designs, including maple, oak, oval and simple shapes.

Choose from blank outlines or leaves with vein details, then print them on regular paper or cardstock for fall decorations, learning activities, stencils and creative projects.

What’s Included in the Free Leaf Template PDF

The complete printable collection is combined into one PDF, so you won’t need to download each leaf separately. Inside, you’ll receive:

• More than 16 printable pages
• Eight different leaf designs
• Large and small leaf templates
• Maple, oak, oval and simple leaf shapes
• Blank leaf outlines for coloring and decorating
• Detailed leaves with vein patterns
• Black-and-white designs that are easy to print

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Large and Small Leaf Templates

The printable PDF includes the same leaf shapes in multiple sizes. Use the larger leaves for coloring, writing activities and classroom displays, or choose the smaller leaves for wreaths, garlands, collages and other projects that need several leaves.

Large Leaf Templates

The large leaf templates are ideal for projects that need one prominent leaf shape. Children can color, paint or decorate them, while teachers can use them for writing prompts, bulletin boards, classroom trees and seasonal displays.

The simple oval and rounded leaves provide plenty of open space for drawing or writing. The oak and maple outlines have more distinctive shapes, making them especially useful for fall crafts and lessons about different kinds of leaves.

Small Leaf Template Printables

The small leaf templates place several leaves on one page, making them a good choice when you need multiple cutouts. Use them for fall wreaths, garlands, classroom trees, gratitude activities, collages and seasonal decorations.

The collection includes both blank leaves and detailed versions with vein patterns. Print them on white paper for children to decorate, or use colored paper to create red, orange, yellow and brown fall leaves.

How to Print the Leaf Templates

For the clearest results, download and print the PDF rather than printing the preview images from this page.

• Choose standard US letter-size paper in your printer settings.
• Select “actual size” or 100% to print the templates at their intended size.
• To make a leaf smaller, reduce the scale percentage in your printer settings.
• Regular printer paper works well for coloring pages, writing activities and simple crafts.
• Use cardstock when you need a sturdier leaf for tracing, stencils, wreaths or classroom displays.
• For colorful cutouts, print the blank leaf outlines directly onto colored paper.

Check the print preview before printing multiple copies to make sure the entire leaf fits within the page.

How to Use a Leaf Template as a Stencil

The printable leaf outlines can also be used as tracing patterns or stencils.

1. Print your chosen leaf on cardstock.
2. Carefully cut around the outside of the leaf.
3. Place the cutout on construction paper, felt, fabric or another craft material.
4. Trace around the edge with a pencil or washable marker.
5. Cut out the traced shape and decorate it for your project.

For a reusable classroom stencil, laminate the printed leaf before cutting it out. This makes it sturdier and allows children to trace the same shape multiple times.

How to Download the Free Leaf Template PDF

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Leaf Craft Ideas

Once you’ve printed the leaves, try using them for one of these easy projects:

• Arrange small leaf cutouts around a paper plate to create a fall wreath.
• Attach colorful leaves to string or yarn to make autumn bunting.
• Add the leaves to a large paper tree for a classroom or homeschool display.
• Write something you’re thankful for on each leaf to create a gratitude tree.
• Turn the large leaves into coloring pages using crayons, markers or watercolor paint.
• Trace the templates onto patterned paper to make a leaf collage.
• Write vocabulary words, story ideas or descriptive sentences inside the large leaves.
• Use the detailed leaves during lessons about leaf shapes, veins and seasonal changes.

Easy Printable Leaf Garland

Print several pages of the small leaf templates on white or colored paper. Color and cut out each leaf, then attach them to a long piece of yarn or twine with tape, glue or small holes punched near the stems.

Alternate the shapes and colors as you work along the string. Hang the finished garland across a classroom bulletin board, mantel, window or doorway for an easy fall decoration.

Educational Ways to Use Leaf Templates

Leaf templates can support art, writing, science and fine-motor activities in the classroom or at home.

• Practice scissor skills by cutting around simple leaf outlines.
• Compare oak, maple and oval leaf shapes.
• Draw vein patterns inside the blank leaves.
• Write fall vocabulary words or descriptive sentences inside the large leaves.
• Sort the leaves by shape, size or color.
• Use them to explain why leaves change color during autumn.
• Create a classroom tree that changes with the seasons.

For younger children, begin with the simple rounded leaves. Older children can work with the more detailed maple and oak shapes.

Free Printable Leaf Template FAQs

For a harvest bulletin board, pair the leaves with our free printable corn templates. Let the kids decorate a corn cutout and a few leaves, then arrange them together around the display.

More Leaf and Fall Craft Ideas

These free printable leaf templates make it easy to create fall decorations, classroom activities, writing prompts and seasonal crafts. Choose a large leaf for coloring or writing, use the small leaves for garlands and wreaths, or turn your favorite outline into a reusable stencil.

For more seasonal projects, explore our fall craft templates and fall crafts for kids. You can also make a paper flower wreath or create a paper-strip 3D pumpkin to display with your colorful leaves.

Mix the leaves with our free printable apple templates to make an orchard-themed bulletin board or a red, yellow, and green fall garland.