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Celebrate the fall season with these creative autumn projects for kids with fall leaf crafts, fall nature activities, pumpkin crafts, apple crafts, and harvest-themed art projects fun for kids of all ages.
9 Fall Harvest Crafts For Kids
Harvest is the time of year when farmers gather ripe crops from the fields, such as pumpkins, apples, corn, squash, and grains.
The main harvest season happens from late summer through fall, especially September through November, and many people honor it around a fall equinox celebration.
Harvest time is closely associated with autumn traditions, changing leaves, cooler weather, seasonal foods, and celebrations that give thanks for the year’s crops.
It’s a great time to honor the harvest and nature changes for fall!
Make Tissue Paper Pumpkin Crafts
I love these paper pumpkins because not only are they really fun to make, but you can also use them for table decor for your harvest dinner or harvest festival decorations!
LEARN HOW TO MAKE TISSUE PAPER PUMPKINS
Press Fall Leaves and Make Waxed Leaves
Wax leaves for nature-inspired autumn activities using colorful leaves and other seasonal treasures to celebrate fall harvest or Thanksgiving crafts.
They’re fun in nature garland, harvest dinner place settings (you can write people’s names on them after you dip them in wax!), leaf craft dancers (see below) or other crafts with leaves, or for harvest festival decorations.
LEARN HOW TO MAKE WAXED LEAVES
Create Your Own Autumn Leaves Dancers and Leaf People
Celebrate the harvest and nature by making your own DIY leaf dancers or people with leaves!
This is such a unique way to use fall leaves from your nature walk or after pressing leaves.
GET FREE LEAF DANCER PRINTABLES FOR THIS CRAFT
Make Mini Pumpkin Bird Feeders
If you’re having a church fall harvest dinner or need group crafts for autumn, these little pumpkin bird feeders are perfect because mini pumpkins are cheap and there are usually a lot of them around for autumn decorations.
After you make this autumn craft, host a nature walk where everyone can hang their bird feeder or have a designated area of trees to hang the DIY feeders during the festival.
LEARN HOW TO MAKE BIRD FEEDERS WITH LITTLE PUMPKINS
Make Dried Apple Ornaments Decorations
Nothing says fall like trips to the apple orchard, apple baking recipes, and apple crafts, right?
Make this dried apple recipe and then use them in your harvest decorations and to make harvest ornaments that guest can take home.
If you’ve never made dried apple ornaments, you’re in for a treat. They really are beautiful nature ornaments!
GET THE CRAFT INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRIED APPLE ORNAMENTS
String Popcorn Garland
I know most people think of Christmas when they make popcorn garland, but stringing (popped) corn can also go with a harvest theme of celebrating the harvesting of corn.
Not only is popcorn garland fun to make, it’s really beautiful for your outdoor harvest dinner and (BONUS) you can leave them in nature for the animals when you’re done.
LEARN HOW TO STRING POPCORN GARLAND (Plus a secret tip to keep the popcorn from falling off!)
Make Pine Cone Ornaments
This is another craft we usually make for Christmas, but they can be a fun harvest nature craft to do, too!
Read some harvest books and then go on a nature walk with the group to gather pine cones and then make these easy crafts to hang on trees for harvest nature decorations.
GET THE CRAFT INSTRUCTIONS FOR PINE CONE ORNAMENTS
Make a Nature Garland
Nature garland can be made with just about anything that you find in nature: pinecones, acorns, sticks, leaves (your waxed leaves are great on here), and even dried fruit like dried oranges or dried apples.
If you’re doing it for a harvest party or fall equinox celebration, connect everyone’s nature garland when they’re finished and then hang it on a tree for nature party decor!
This is a really fun group craft for fall because everyone sits around the table and talks and enjoys harvest foods while they’re working on the harvest craft!
LEARN HOW TO MAKE NATURE GARLAND
Cook Harvest Recipes
I think sometimes we forget how much kids can learn with hands-on cooking and baking projects.
Fall is a perfect time to make crafts you can eat! You can honor the harvest foods like baking homemade pumpkin cookies, making this apple salad, different corn recipes, or creating your own harvest bowls recipes like this.
SEE ALL THE HARVEST RECIPES FOR AUTUMN
Happy Fall & Happy Harvest!
I hope you have fun with these harvest crafts for kids!
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