Fabulous Fall Crafts

I adore Pinterest.  I’m one of those people that keeps 6+ tabs open in my browser at any given time.  And I simply will not allow Pinterest to be one of those tabs because I would never get anything accomplished!  It calls to me to visit and find fun things for my kiddos (and me!) to do.

This first craft is one that I found on Pinterest (here’s the link to the original pin) and the other craft is one I dreamed up one day while planning school.  They were both hits here at the Hill House!

Fall Fingerprint Trees

These are so fun!  I ended up making one too, actually.

You’ll need quite a few colors of paint.  Brown for the tree and any other fall-ish colors you can round up.

To make the branches, paint your child’s hand brown and place palm down on the page a few times.  Then use a sponge brush dipped in brown paint to create a trunk on the tree.

Now here’s the fun part:  Your little one’s fingerprints are used to make the leaves.  How great is that ?!  I squirted a small amount of paint on several plates and let the kids get busy making as many leaves as their papers would hold.

My son is a creative little soul and ended up using a paint brush to paint a tree house on his picture.

This is a versatile craft in that it appeals to ones as young as 2 and as old as 8 or 9 or even older.  Make it as simple or as busy as you want.

(As a side note, the baby did not like this craft at all.  She cried every time I put paint on her hand.  Who knew?  But her tree and minimal leaves are so sweet!)

Tissue Paper Pumpkins

These tissue paper pumpkins are a good choice if you have kiddos that love to glue and stick.  My girls love to glue and stick anything and this was a fun project for them.

Simply take a fall-colored piece of construction paper and draw an outline of a pumpkin.  It doesn’t have to be precise or perfect.  Just a quick outline.

Next, tear fall-colored tissue paper into about 1”-2” pieces.  Using white glue and and paintbrush or Q-tip, paint a dot of glue inside the outline of the pumpkin and then put a piece of tissue paper on top.  They can leave the tissue paper flat or roll it a little to make it look crinkly.

Continue placing the tissue paper until the entire inside of the outlined pumpkin is filled.

Lastly, cut a small green stem to paste at the top.

I had some art tissue paper left over from a VBS craft and the different colors just made this project beautiful! I love having random art supplies around the house for my little ones to use. 

What fall crafts are your kiddos doing this week?  If you have a link to share, feel free to leave it in the comments so I can take a look!  And please find me on Pinterest so I can see all of your fabulous fall items you’ve pinned.  I need some new ideas for next week.

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Lauren Hill

Lauren Hill is a Christian mom to 5, ages 19 to 7. She homeschools her children in the classical education tradition and is currently in her 15th year of homeschool. She creates engaging worksheets and hands-on printable activities for Preschool and Elementary age children to supplement their daily studies.

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