# Fall Art Projects and Crafts for Kids > A roundup of easy, practical fall art projects, crafts and learning activities from fellow kid bloggers, including leaf suncatchers, painted fall trees, acorn and pinecone crafts, leaf threading and nature play. Click through to each original activity. - URL: https://www.funlittles.com/fall-crafts-for-kids-and-art-projects/ - Ages: 3–8 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: medium - Time: prep none, activity varies - Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class - Skills: art, fine-motor, nature-exploration, sorting, pretend-play - Cautions: corn ## Safety - Several ideas use small items such as acorns, acorn caps, buttons, beads, googly eyes and popcorn. These are choking hazards for young children, so supervise closely. - Adult handles any heat or spray: the melted crayon idea involves heat, and the spray paint leaf art uses spray paint, which should be used by an adult in a well-ventilated area or outdoors. - Check collected leaves, pine cones and twigs for sharp bits and wash hands after nature collecting. ## Ideas - **Spray Paint Leaf Art**: Leaf art made with spray paint and fall leaves. - **Fall Scented Sticky Paint**: A homemade fall-scented paint in autumn colors, set out in a muffin tin with brushes. - **Fall Leaf Watercolor Resist Art**: Leaf shapes painted in red, orange and yellow watercolors, with white resist outlines around each leaf. - **Fall Leaf Suncatcher in a Twig Frame**: Arrange bright fall leaves into a suncatcher, framed with twigs tied together at the corners. - **Leaf Drawing and Doodling**: Draw and doodle on fall leaves and arrange them into leaf mandalas. - **Egg Carton Fall Tree**: Preschoolers paint fall trees using egg cartons. - **Leaf Art Project for Kids**: A process art project with fall leaves and liquid watercolors. - **Blotto Painting in Fall Colors**: Fold-and-press blotto painting in fall colors for a mirror-image print. - **Melted Crayon Leaves and Apples**: Melted crayon art in leaf and apple shapes. - **Autumn Cork Painting**: Stamp the leaves of a fall tree with corks dipped in red, orange, yellow and brown paint. - **Q-tip Fall Tree Painting**: Paint a fall tree by dabbing on the leaves with cotton swabs. - **Pine Cone Splatter**: Splatter art made with pine cones. - **Fall Puffy Paint Tree**: A fall tree painted in puffy paint, with dots of red, orange, yellow and green for the leaves. - **Stamping with Acorn Caps**: Use acorn caps as stamps for fall art. - **Paper Roll Fall Tree Craft**: A standing fall tree with a paper roll trunk and paper leaves, set on a painted base. - **Cotton Ball Fall Tree Craft**: A fall tree with a canopy of painted, glittered cotton wool balls. - **Stained Glass Fall Leaves**: Leaf suncatchers made of colorful tissue paper inside black leaf outlines, displayed in a window. - **Fall Popcorn Tree Craft**: A fall tree craft for preschoolers made with popcorn. - **Autumn Jigsaw Puzzle Tree and Sensory Tub**: A fall tree made from jigsaw puzzle pieces, plus an autumn sensory tub. - **Autumn Mobile**: A hanging fall mobile kids can make. - **Fall Tree Centerpiece**: Twigs decorated with little red, orange and yellow pieces, set in a burlap-wrapped can as a table centerpiece. - **Acorn Toadstools**: Turn acorns into tiny red toadstools with white spots. - **Leaf Wall Hangings**: Wall hangings made with fall leaves. - **Coffee Filter Fall Trees**: Fall trees made with coffee filters. - **Collage Owls**: Owl pictures made as collages. - **Pinecone Black Crows**: Black pinecones become crows with googly eyes, orange beaks, feathers and tiny straw hats. - **Autumn Button Branch**: Lay a real twig on colored paper and add fall-colored buttons along its branches. - **Fall Leaf Poster and Nature Graph**: Sort collected leaves by color onto a poster to make a nature graph. - **Fall Sticky Trees**: An invitation to create: decorate a cone-shaped tree with fall leaves, little acorns and glitter. - **Leaf Man**: Build a leaf person from leaves, a pine cone and pine needles, inspired by the picture book Leaf Man. - **Autumn Leaf Threading**: Thread fall leaves and colorful beads onto string to make a hanging. - **Magnetic Fall Tree**: An invitation to play with a magnetic fall tree. - **Fall Tree Pretend Play**: A small-world play setup under a paper fall tree, with leaves and baskets of loose parts. - **Build a Nature Wall**: Stick collected leaves and flowers onto a wall to build your own nature wall. - **Decorate a Window for Fall**: Decorate a window with fall designs. - **Fall Tree Sticker Scene**: An invitation to create a fall tree scene with stickers. ## The original post by TurkeyMom (2014) It's almost Fall! To help you prepare for the season I have collected some of the best, easy and practical fall crafts for kids along with some gorgeous fall art projects. I have also thrown in a few fall themed learning ideas and fun fall activities in the mix. Enjoy browsing and clicking through to the original activity. *Stop by our category page for all our [**fall activities for kids**](https://www.funlittles.com/category/season/fall-season/)* ### Fall Art Projects **Spray Paint Leaf Art** from Artsy Momma **Fall Scented Sticky Paint** from Learn Play Imagine [**Fall Leaf Watercolor Resist Art**](http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2014/09/fall-leaf-watercolor-resist-art.html) from Fun At Home With Kids [](http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2014/09/fall-leaf-watercolor-resist-art.html) [**Autumn Art From The Garden Classroom**](http://nurturestore.co.uk/autumn-art) from Nuture Store [](http://nurturestore.co.uk/autumn-art) [**Leaf Drawing And Doodling**](https://artfulparent.com/how-to-preserve-fall-leaves-and-create-mandala-leaf-art/) from The Artful Parent [**Egg Carton Fall Tree**](http://www.teachpreschool.org/2011/09/painting-fall-trees-with-egg-cartons-in-preschool/) from Teach Preschool [**Leaf Art Project For Kids**](https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/leaf-art/) from What We Do All Day [**Blotto Painting For Kids in Fall Colors**](http://buggyandbuddy.com/blotto-painting-kids-fall-colors/) from Buggy and Buddy [](http://buggyandbuddy.com/blotto-painting-kids-fall-colors/) **Melted Crayon Leaves And Apples** from Life With Moore Babies [**Autumn Cork Painting**](http://www.thepickyapple.com/blog/2011/10/13/autumn-cork-painting/) from The Picky Apple [](http://www.thepickyapple.com/blog/2011/10/13/autumn-cork-painting/) **Q tip Fall Tree Painting** from Mess for Less **Pine Cone Splatter** from Mess For Less [**Fall Puffy Paint Tree**](https://www.funlittles.com/fall-art-activities-fall-tree-art/) from Blog Me Mom [](https://www.funlittles.com/fall-art-activities-fall-tree-art/) **Stamping With Acorn Stamp** from My Nearest And Dearest ### Fall Crafts **Paper Roll Fall Tree Craft** from All Done Monkey **Cotton Ball Fall Tree Craft** from Our Little House in the Country **Stained Glass Fall Leaves Craft** from Mom On Time Out [**Fall popcorn Tree Craft**](http://happyhooligans.ca/popcorn-trees/) from Happy Hooligans **Autumn Jigsaw Puzzle Tree and Sensory Tub** from Sunny Day Today Mama [**Autumn Mobile**](https://www.redtedart.com/kids-crafts-fall-mobile//) from Red Ted Art [**Fall Tree Center Piece Craft**](http://www.housingaforest.com/fall-centerpiece-craft-for-kids/) from Housing A Forest [](http://www.housingaforest.com/fall-centerpiece-craft-for-kids/) **Acorn Toadstools** from Twig and Toadstool **Leaf Wall Hangings** from Things To Share and Remember **[Coffee Filter Fall Trees](http://www.theiowafarmerswife.com/2012/09/coffee-filter-fall-trees.html)** from The Iowa Farmer's Wife [**Collage Owls**](https://creativefamilyfun.net/collage-owls/) from Creative family Fun **Pine one Black Crows** from We Made That **Autumn Button Branch** from Rub Some Dirt On It ### Fall Activities and Learning for kids **Leaf Poster Art And Craft** from The Mommy Talks **Fall Sticky Trees** from Two Daloo [**Leaf Man**](http://inspirationlaboratories.com/leaf-man-virtual-book-club-for-kids/) from Inspiration Laboratories [](http://inspirationlaboratories.com/leaf-man-virtual-book-club-for-kids/) [**Autumn Leaf Threading**](https://picklebums.com/autumn-leaf-threading/) from Picklebums [](https://picklebums.com/autumn-leaf-threading/) **Magnetic Fall Tree** from Two Daloo [**Fall Tree Pretend Play Idea**](http://buggyandbuddy.com/invitation-play-fall-tree/) from Buggy and Buddy [](http://buggyandbuddy.com/invitation-play-fall-tree/) **Let' Build A Nature Wall** from Meri Cherry [**Decorate A Window For Fall**](http://innerchildfun.com/2013/10/decorate-a-window-for-fall.html) from Inner Child Fun [**Fall Tree Sticker Activity**](http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/fall-sticker-scene-invitation-to-create.html) for Fantastic Fun and Learning Thanks for reading!