93 Simple Crafts to Help Celebrate Fall in DIY-Style
Get in the spirit of the season with these fall-inspired crafts.
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Fall is finally here! With the cool temperatures nearing, it's time to start nesting which means easy and comfy-cozy DIYs. To help you get started and inspired, we've gathered the best fall crafts for adults and children. Each of these easy fall DIYs is incredibly cute, fun to make, and bound to go wonderfully with the rest of your fall decorating—especially because they're all easily customizable. Try changing the colors or adding meaningful personal details to any of these projects. While you explore these creative ideas don't forget about all the other fun fall things to make, like front door fall wreaths, yummy apple desserts, and delicious dinners using loads of fall ingredients.
What matters far more than following the instructions to a T is spending time away from your phone, off of your computer, and not plopped down in front of the tv. So get thoroughly engaged in your handiwork—all while celebrating the beauty of the season.
Once you've found a project that you are excited to make and that fits with your decor, why not make it a family affair? Crafting doesn't have to be a solo endeavor; on the contrary, it's actually the perfect thing to do in the fall with your whole family, just the kids, or even a group of friends. You can also head over to our favorite fall crafts for kids for more age-appropriate ideas. No matter which project you choose we know everyone will have a spectacular time!
More Crafty Ways to Celebrate Fall
Plaid Pumpkins
Nothing says fall quite like a cozy plaid blanket and these pumpkins will get you ready for the season and excited to spend time around the fire pit!
Bittersweet Wreath
This dramatic and colorful wreath only takes a few supplies to make and can adorn your door all season long. Hang using a plaid scarf or extra wide ribbon.
Dried Hydrangea and Leaf Wreath
A conical shaped hanging basket makes the perfect vessel for displaying dried hydrangea and fall leaves.
To make: Place a piece of dry floral foam, cut to size, into the the basket. Fill with dried hydrangea stems and fall leaves, pushing them into the floral foam so they stay in place.
Spooky Door Decor
Bats and brooms add a little fight but lots of charm to this fall doorway.
To get the look: Hang "witches" brooms from the windows with fishing line. Arrange purple mums around the steps with loads of white and green pumpkins and gourds. Place black cauldrons on either side of the door and fill with bare branches. Hang a moss wreath on the door and nestle wicker bats around the scene.
Decorated Door
Welcome guests with an abundant grapevine and bittersweet wreath (get the DIY instructions) and vintage milk buckets stuffed full of fall foliage branches. For extra warm, layer rugs in front of the door.
Fall Foliage Overload
Celebrate the colors of fall by decorating the front door with loads of blooms, foliage, pumpkins, and wicker.
To get the look: Hang an asymmetrical garland filled with fresh and dried leaves and dried hydrangea around the door. Nestle more branches in wicker-covered demijohns and add loads of blue, orange, and white pumpkins to the steps, some of which have been covered in even more dried leaves.
Simple Leaf Pumpkins
This super-simple DIY will add lots of fall charm to your door this year.
To make: Coat the back sides of colorful leaves with adhesive spray. Immediately attach the leaves to your pumpkin, being sure not to push down all the points so they have a more organic look.
Related: More No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas
Preserved Moss Wreath
This wreath is just the right amount of spooky for a fall doorway.
To make: Attach preserved forest moss to a grapevine wreath with hot-glue, then mix in Spanish moss (we used dried and artificial). Leave a few strands of moss hanging down for a dripping effect.
Night Sky Pumpkins
Bats, moons, and start adorn neutral pumpkins to create a spooky but sophisticated scene.
To make the bat and moon pumpkins: Draw a bat or crescent moon outline on a pumpkin. Next, fill in the outline with nails, using carbon steel nails for the bats and
silver flatheads for the moon.
To make the star pumpkins: Hollow out a gourd. Freehand star shapes with a pencil, then carve over the outlines. Illuminate with a battery-operated tea candle.
Related: More Fun Pumpkin Carving Ideas
Cozy Porch Overload
This modern farmhouse had a nice deep porch that is just screaming for over-the-top fall porch decorations.
To get the look: Stack plain and decorated pumpkins on the steps along with metal buckets, olive buckets, and maroon, yellow, and orange mums. Flank the front door with loads of fall foliage nestled in tall, narrow-necked metal vessels such as milk cans. Hang a DIY bittersweet wreath on the front door and drape blankets over chairs and place comfy pillows on a bench to complete the scene.
Grain Sifter Wreath
A vintage grain sifter makes the perfect base for a colorful and textured fall wreath.
To make: Attach a piece dry floral foam to the bottom inside, slightly to the side of a vintage grain sifter with wire. Cover the floral foam in preserved floral moss, holding it in place with hot glue. Insert fall leaves, feathers, Hypericum berries, anddried wheat into the foam. Attach acorns with hot glue.
Apple and Boxwood Wreath
Nothing says fall like load of fresh apples, apple cider, and apple cider donuts (a personal favorite!). If made with with fresh apples this wreath will last one season. If you want to display it year after years opt for fake apples.
Twine Leaves
Look for a variety of fern leaves to create a nature-inspired pumpkin you can put on your front porch our scatter about the yard.
To make: Draw leaf shapes on the pumpkin with a pen. Attach gardening twine over the drawing with hot glue.
Flower Power
Artfully arrange cleaned and dried pumpkin seed flowers with acorn top centers on a classic orange pumpkin.
To make: Start by cutting small circles of craft paper (about a 1/2-inch diameter). Hot-glue the pointy ends of the seeds around each circle to create the petals, then cover the exposed center with a small acorn top. Use craft glue or hot-glue to attach the flowers to the pumpkin in a haphazard fashion.
Wreath of Plenty
Grasses come in all colors, shapes, and textures, creating infinite opportunities for embellishment.
To make: Craft a wreath from dried millet and hare’s-tail grass to circle the stem of a larger pumpkin, such as a blue Jarrahdale (middle), or use a wispy grass such as stipa to crown a small white pumpkin (bottom center). Glue stems of puffy hare’s-tail grass (far left) at differing heights around a white pumpkin.
Moss, Lichen, and Pumpkin Wreath
Create a textural wreath by incorporating different types of moss, such as Spanish moss, preserved forest moss, and dried tree lichen.
To make: Cover a 12- to 16-inch foam wreath form with clumps of moss and lichen, attaching with hot-glue. Glue tiny bits of moss and lichen around the stems of mini white pumpkins, then secure to the wreath with floral pins and wire.
Pretty Plummed Pumpkins
Feathered friends lend their plumes to help create these fancy pumpkins. Perfect for your fall tablescape all season long!
To make: Hollow out a tall gourd such as a Hubbard squash, and slice a sliver off the bottom to help it stand. Place a piece of damp floral foam inside and fill with feathers, foliage, and flowers (here, roses and ranunculus). For the festooned pumpkins, use hot-glue to cover with long turkey (large) or pheasant (small) feathers. For the larger pumpkin, finish with wispy green chicken feathers around the crown.
Leaf Etched Pumpkins
Take inspiration from nature to create these pretty leaf etchings.
To make: Start by tracing leaves on a pumpkin with a pen. Use a thin linoleum cutting tool to etch each leaf outline and stem, then a wider linoleum tool to remove the skin inside the etched outlines, exposing the flesh.
Flower Tower
Create a stunning centerpiece for your fall table of buffet with a stack of pumpkins and loads of seasonal flowers.
To make: Start with three white pumpkins that stack nicely. Remove the stems from the bottom and middle pumpkins. Insert three wooden skewers into the bottom of the middle
pumpkin, then pierce the skewers into the top of the bottom pumpkin to help hold them together. Repeat with the top and middle pumpkins. Using long floral greening pins, attach small pieces of damp floral foam where the pumpkins meet. Insert flowers (here, dahlias, ranunculus, and roses), foliage, and privet berries around each tier.
Felt Flower Wreath
Choose any color flowers you like to make this simple yet charming wreath.
To make: Make or buy felt flowers and leaves. Hot-glue flowers and leaves to a grapevine wreath form and hang with a length of ribbon.
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