DIY autumn decorations: at home or at school, the kids can try out these fun, seasonal projects
Decorating the home and/or their classrooms is an activity that your kids can get involved in and have fun with, thanks to the many creative projects that they can undertake during autumn. Seasonal decorations, in particular, can help kids get in touch with nature, discovering its rhythms and learning to respect its cycles.
There are many projects that you can do with your kids during autumn, using all-natural resources such as pumpkins, acorns, chestnuts and colorful leaves. Below, we list some fun, creative projects to make autumnal decorations with your kids.
1. Pom-pom animals
Tutorial via onelittleproject. com
A very simple project, is to make small, pom-pom animals using cardboard and wool.
Get some cardboard, a ball of wool, some small, woolen pom-poms and googly, stick-on eyes to glue and you're ready to go:
- First of all, cut out the shape of the animal you've chose from the cardboard;
- Wrap the wool thread around your fingers and cut the ends to form a big pom-pom;
- Tie this pom-pom to the cardboard, which becomes the animal's fur;
- Use the small pom-poms for noses and stick on the googly eyes;
- Now, your little pom-pom animal is ready!
2. Parchment paper lanterns and leaves
Tutorial via ellaclaireinspired.com
Whatever the season, children love to run around outside. So, why not take advantage of this to get them to collect bunches of colorful, autumnal leaves?
When you get back home, you can use these leaves to make cute, autumn lanterns:
- Place the leaves on the shiny side of a sheet of waxed paper (parchment paper is perfect);
- Cover the leaves with another sheet of parchment paper, with the shiny side facing downward;
- Iron the sheets to get them to stick together;
- Use scotch tape to form a cylinder with the sheets;
- Place your parchment paper cylinders over small, battery-powered fairly lights and switch on (don't use real candles or expose to naked flame).
Now, your home will be illuminated by these cute lanterns, setting the perfect autumnal atmosphere!
3. Painting with fruit
Tutorial via craftymorning.com
Amongst the simplest of projects that children can undertake on their own is creating paintings using all-natural resources.
This autumn, get the kids to try out painting using fruit: an apple cut in half is the perfect shape to create small pumpkins! Dip the flat side of the apple half in orange, acrylic paint and the kids can use this as a "pumpkin stamp". They can then complete their "masterpieces" by drawing on additional details - like the stalks - using markers.
4. Cotton wool balls and autumn trees
Tutorial via projectswithkids.com
Another interesting resource to use when painting pictures with your kids, is cotton wool: use small balls of cotton wool like paint brushes to create autumn trees with watercolour paints.
5. Turkey pegs
Tutorial via thekeeperofthecheerios.com
An unmistakable icon of autumn is the turkey - a creature that immediately makes us think about Thanksgiving. Make some cute turkeys by recycling old pegs which you can get the kids to decorate with autumn leaves and colored paper.
6. Leafy gnomes
Tutorial via gluedtomycraftsblog.com
The colorful leaves that you and the kids can pick up in autumn are the perfect raw materials for numerous, seasonal projects. For example, how about making some cute gnomes using colorful, autumn leaves and cardboard?
7. Leaves and acorns as decorative elements
Acorns - like leaves - are also great, all-natural materials that the kids can use for their projects: for example, cut out some cute hedgehog shapes from cardboard and decorate them with lots of small acorns.
At school or at home, these fun projects will help you celebrate autumn with your kids and keep their minds off the colder, wetter weather!
