25+ Decorative Crafts for Fall
Before you know it, the air will have a bite to it, the leaves will start to change colors, and the days will get shorter and shorter. While the transition into fall makes us dread the looming winter cold, it also gives us an opportunity to soak up the natural beauty of the season. Use these 25+ Decorative Crafts for Fall to celebrate the stunning colors, shapes, and images that make fall the unique, beautiful season that it is. Fall is the best season because everything is changing into its most beautiful form. The trees explode into the shocking reds and yellows, and we can finally bring out the cozy sweaters and blankets we hid away during summer. Make your home just as beautiful with these fall decor ideas.
Look through these fall decorating ideas and spruce up your home with wreaths, leaves, and pumpkin decor. With this collection of fall ideas, you can bring some of the natural wonders of the outdoors into your cozy home. With browns, reds, and yellows, your home can have a magical autumn atmosphere.
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DIY Wreath Crafts
A wreath on your front door can make all the difference. These DIY wreath crafts are a wonderful way to gather the beautiful elements of fall and post them up on your front door. Using leaves, twigs, and items found around your home and backyard, these DIY wreaths are inexpensive and easy to make. They give any home a rustic feel for the crunchy leaf season.
This scrap-busting project will clear out any autumnal reds, oranges, and greens from your scrap pile.
If you're a teacher or know someone who is, this is the perfect project to hang on their front door...or their classroom door!
Simple and trendy, this fall wreath is an instant upgrade to your front door game.
Another scrap-buster, this burlap wreath pairs sustainability and autumn cuteness.
This wreath is a showstopper, so if you're looking for something that will turn heads, try this project out.
Put a pumpkin in your wreath to make it the perfect combination of fall items.
DIY Fall Wreath From a Pool Noodle
If you haven't got a regular wreath backing but have some pool noodles (that maybe your kids have taken a bite out of) that you'd rather not store anymore, turn them into a fall wreath!
Crafts with Leaves
Leaves are probably the most magical part of autumn. We sit back and watch as they change into deep reds, bright yellows, and vibrant oranges. Eventually, they float gently to the ground and crunch under our feet as we take our brisk fall walks. Now you can craft with leaves and celebrate their wonderful beauty. Browse through this list and bring some of that colorful crunch into your home.
Turn the pretty leaves you see on the sidewalk into glowing luminaries with this lovely craft.
Ruffled Leaf Pattern Table Runner
Pick your favorite fall leave pattern and make an adorable ruffled table runner.
Autumn Leaf and Picture Garland
Pair the offerings of fall with your sweetest memories to make a wall hanging you'll want to leave up forever.
Take and old leaf and turn it into something beautiful by painting it your favorite pattern.
Make these fall leaves and then display them however you like--in a jar, from some string, or scattered on a side table for a felt, fall feel.
These super-soft pillows are a good exchange for any summery throw pillows you've got on your couch or bed.
Combine leaves and pumpkins--two of the most "fall" things out there--to get this crazy craft.
Falling Leaves Door Decoration
Perfect for filling up a lot of space on your door or an empty wall, this cute door decoration will announce to everyone that fall is here.
Pumpkin Crafts
Fall just isn't fall without at least one pumpkin on your stoop. These pumpkin crafts give you tons of ideas for painting pumpkins, using them as decor, and making them out of different materials. Make each of these pumpkin crafts, and place a pumpkin in each room of your house.
If your front porch is looking a little under-decorated, try this cute and unique craft.
Beginner Fabric Pumpkin Tutorial
Not great with sewing? Try this beginner tutorial that will take you slowly step-by-step to make those fabric pumpkins you see everywhere.
A great alternative to carving, these painted pumpkins will draw all eyes to your porch.
Try this craft with a big group to foster community and share artistic talents!
An alternative to carving AND painting, you can decoupage your pumpkins to have the most complex patterns available.
What's one pumpkin alone on your porch? Lonely. So make your pumpkins into a sweet family. Bonus: make them into YOUR family!
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