Fall is my favorite season and my son and I have made a lot of fun and cute fall crafts together over the years!
Fall–
Tissue Paper Apple Craft — make an apple out of scrunched up tissue paper!
Coffee Filter Leaves — make gorgeous fall leaves with coffee filters, markers, and a spray bottle!
Handprint Pumpkin — memorialize your little one’s handprint with this cute handprint pumpkin.
Leaf Stick Puppet— a simple, nature inspired fall craft. Go on a a leaf hunt and bring home your favorites to turn into stick puppets!
Owl headband Craft–make an adorable owl headband to wear!
Basic Shapes Fire Truck — October is fire safety month. Make a construction paper fire truck out of basic shapes.
Scarecrow Paper Bag Puppet— paper bag puppets are one of my favorite go-to crafts! They are fun and easy to make. This scarecrow puppet turned out cute and it was fun to play with while we read some scarecrow books!
Coffee Filter Bats — awesome bats made from coffee filters, clothes pins, paints, markers, and a spray bottle.
Tissue Paper Fox — for me, foxes are synonymous with autumn, so we just had to make a cute little fox!
Paper Plate Hedgehog — I LOVE hedgehogs! Make this cute little hedgehog craft with your little one. All you need are a paper plate, scissors, and paint.
Halloween:
Ghost Paint Craft — fine motor skills craft using cotton swabs to make paint dots around ghosts.
Mickey Mouse Paper Plate Pumpkin — celebrate Halloween Disney style with this cute Mickey Mouse pumpkin made from a paper plate, orange tissue paper, and black construction paper.
Handprint Ghost Stick Puppet — I love handprint crafts and Halloween, so this is one of my favorite crafts! My son turned his adorable little handprint into a ghost stick puppet and “flies” it around the house, saying boo!
Thanksgiving:
Turkey Paper Bag Puppet — make a turkey puppet out of a paper bag and construction paper.
Toilet Paper Roll Turkey — feathers, a paper plate, a toilet paper roll, and your imagination come together to make this adorable craft!
Disguise the Turkey — use your creativity to disguise the turkey so that it doesn’t get eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.
Hanukkah:
Some years Hanukkah is in the fall and other years it is in winter.
Decoupage Star of David: make a beautiful Star of David craft for Hanukkah.
Easy Star of David: easy Star of David craft for toddlers/preschoolers that only needs craft sticks, glue, and a blue marker.