Autumn Crafts

Fill your house with the sights and scents of the fall season with these wonderful autumn craft ideas. Easy autumn crafts including autumn crafts for adults, simple autumn crafts you can make in a few hours, 15-minute autumn crafts, fall leave crafts, candy corn crafts, pumpkin crafts and more!

Homemade Bountiful Harvest Basket

August 8, 2018 By Ann 2 Comments

Fall is traditionally harvest time. Bring a little of that bountiful harvest indoors with this beautiful fall decorating idea! This easy to make DIY fall decor piece makes a great fall centerpiece, side table decor, or even a floor decoration. Follow these step-by-step tutorial instructions for this beautiful, abundant fall harvest basket to add to autumn decorations.

Homemade Bountiful Harvest Basket

The point of this fall decoration is over-the-top! More is more!

This is a great fall decoration for someone new to craftings or making flower arrangements as it is very difficult to mess up. This isn’t about height, it is about texture and color. You could stop at nearly any step of these instructions after the gourds are in the baskets (once the foam is covered) and this bountiful harvest basket is going to look complete.

Notes:

Because this is so full and abundant, you also cannot add too much. As long as your picks and gourds are attached and not falling off, layer as many items as you like into your fall harvest basket.

The basket used in this craft is approximately 11″ long, 6″ tall, and 6″ wide. If your basket is smaller or larger it may impact how many materials you use to fill it.

Great places to look for baskets (if you do not have an old one in your basement) is a yard sale, a thrift store, or a consignment shop. You can, of course, hit a local craft store such as Jo-Ann Fabric, Michaels, and Hobby Lobby.

Homemade Bountiful Harvest Basket Materials Used:

• Wicker Basket
• Floral Foam
• 6 small Pumpkins
• 10 Gourds
• 3 Corn
• 3 Small Floral Bushes
• Fall Foilage – including autumn leaves, whispy floral, and wheat (for height)
• Scissors
• Cutters
• Glue Gun
• Hot Glue

• Cut down (if necessary) your floral foam and hot glue in place. This has a higher front to the floral foam than in the front. We built the floral foam up because our gourds were short. If you have higher gourds, you may not need to build up the front.

• Hot glue gourds in basket on top of the floral foam. You may need to cut down your picks. Once you begin to layer the gourds on top of one another you will need to clip the picks off completely. Make sure you place the gourds before you hot glue just to give yourself an idea of how this will look. Pay special attention to the textures and sizes of the gourds being used.

• Insert wheat in the back of the harvest basket for height.

• Insert whispy foliage.

• Cut the flowers off the bushes.

• Starting in the back with height on your florals, begin filling in any holes with flowers. Do not worry if you still have a few open spots right now. Hot glue floral in place.

• Insert corn, Clip the autumn leaves from the bush, and insert in any holes. Hot glue in place.

• Give your basket a little shake to confirm everything is hot glued in place. Since this has layers, things may not be quite as secure as desired.
• Display where you like. Since this is a basket a foyer is a great idea, an unused staircase, a side table, centerpiece. Because this is a basket it is extremely versatile!

If you would like to make some other beautiful Autumn crafts, you might want to try these:

• Rustic Fall Burlap Wreath DIY – This DIY tutorial on how to make a Rustic Fall Burlap Wreath has easy to follow, step-by-step instructions. Less than an hour or so of your time results in a lovely autumn wreath that is highly customizable, and a lot less expensive than a store bought wreath! Perfect fall decor for your front door.

• Sunflower Knot Wreath – This DIY tutorial on how to make a sunflower knot wreath has easy to follow, step-by-step instructions. An hour or so of your time results in this lovely sunflower knot wreath, perfect for your front door!

• Shabby Chic Autumn Wreath – If you are a fan of shabby chic décor for your home, you are going to want to make this lovely shabby chic autumn wreath! Simple to make, the soft and understated colors are perfect shabby chic wall décor or door décor.

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Shabby Chic Autumn Wreath

August 2, 2018 By Ann 12 Comments

If you are a fan of shabby chic décor for your home, you are going to want to make this lovely shabby chic autumn wreath! Simple to make, the soft and understated colors are perfect shabby chic wall décor or door décor.

Shabby Chic Autumn Wreath

If you are looking for new and different fall decorating ideas, this beautiful wreath is unique and distinctive, yet mainstream and timeless. If you are having a shabby chic fall wedding, smaller versions of this would be fabulous on a table as the outline of a centerpiece (candles or tealights in the center!)

The secret is in the colors. It is a muted color wreath, not the sharp yellows, oranges, and reds commonly found in Autumn décor.

Notes:

• This is a quick-to-put-together the wreath. It will take you 30 minutes (probably less).

• The focal point is the pumpkin (you could use another type of gourd if it pleases you). The flowers form a cascade that surrounds the pumpkin. What makes this wreath different is the colors – a light blush rose, a rose gold wreath, lavender, and gray flowers… unexpected, yet traditional. A great juxtaposition of old and new!

• The grapevine wreath is rose gold. If you cannot find a rose gold wreath to purchase, of if you already have a non-rose-gold grapevine wreath laying around in your craft stash, you can always spray paint a grapevine wreath rose gold.

• Hydrangeas can be difficult to work with because they are so massive. It is an excellent flower to use on a grapevine as it provides broad coverage, however, it usually looks better if it is broken up a bit.

• Thistles were used (with a bit of the “wood”) to make the wreath seem more “natural”. Leaving a bit of the stem gives the shabby chic wreath a bit of a “woody” look.

• The ribbon chosen for this wreath is silvery. You can choose grey, rose, lavender, etc. Use what matches your flowers. Pick a rose ribbon for the pale rose blush, a purple ribbon for the hydrangea, or as we chose, a silver ribbon to compliment the entire wreath. Make certain it is a wired ribbon if you are making the bow yourself, and not purchasing a premade bow. Wired ribbon is generally easier to work with. Big, small, or medium bow, any will work with this wreath. It just depends on the look you are seeking.

Shabby Chic Autumn Wreath Materials:

Note: everything on this wreath was purchase at my local craft store last week. Autumn is in-season at your local Jo-Ann Fabric, Michaels, and Hobby Lobby right now!

• 17″ Rose Gold Grapevine Wreath (or Grapevine Wreath + rose gold spray paint)
• Pumpkin (white w/gold accents used)
• Hydrangea Bush (lavender grey used)
• Roses Bush (pale blush used)
• Wired Ribbon (2½” x 12″, silver was used or premade bow)
• Scissors
• Cutters
• Glue Gun
• Hot Glue

Shabby Chic Autumn Wreath D‏irections:

• Clip down flowers.

• Separate leaves from hydrangea flowers, reserve the leaves for later (ie, do not toss anything). With a grapevine wreath, it is difficult to hide stems. You may end up doing a double clip – one you “think” will be short enough, then a second clip of the stem that really is short enough! It is tough to hide stems in a grapevine wreath!

• Hot glue pumpkin in place on your grapevine wreath.
• Build the hydrangea flowers around the pumpkin. This is two on the bottom, three on top. The larger hydrangea flowers went to the inside, the smaller flowers went to the outside to compliment the pumpkin and start to form a cascade.
• Add in roses.
• Hot glue flowers in place after you are happy with their placement. Always place items before hot gluing so you can adjust positioning to be more astetically pleasing. You want a cascade of flowers, punctuating the hydrangea flowers with the roses.

• Clip the thistle leaving a bit of the wood “bark”.
• Add the thistle in to break up the hydrangea flowers.
• Hot glue thistle in place.

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• Tuck in some of the hydrangea leaves around the pumpkin to highlight it. The pumpkin will get lost in the background otherwise.
• Hot glue hydrangea leaves in place. The leaves will help the pumpkin stand out.
• Make a bow with you ribbon if you have not purchased a premade bow.

• Attach bow at the bottom of your flower cascade.
• Attach a ribbon for a hanger if desired.

• Pick up the wreath and give it a light shake to see if any of the flowers fall before you unplug your glue gun! If any are loose, hot glue in place!

• Hang as desired.

If you would like to make some other beautiful Autumn crafts, you might want to try these:

• Homemade Autumn Spice Soy Candles – Easily and inexpensively make your own Homemade Autumn Spice Soy Candles! These are great for gifts or to scent your own home during the fall and holiday season. These Homemade Autumn Spice Soy Candles are a fun DIY project that yields great results!

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Floral Horn of Plenty DIY

September 7, 2017 By Ann Leave a Comment

This beautiful floral horn of plenty is a wonderful centerpiece or end table decorative piece, perfect for the fall season. A lovely Thanksgiving decor accessory, this overflowing cornucopia is easy to make, and highly customizable.

Floral Horn of Plenty DIY

The definition of a cornucopia is a container shaped like a goat’s horn and an abundant supply of good things. We have come to associate a horn of plenty with Autumn and Thanksgiving. The harvest is plentiful. Cornucopias generally are overflowing with fruits, vegetables, nuts, and more.

In this craft, we used a rustic grapevine cornucopia vessel, beaded fruit (the juxtaposition works beautifully) and some floral greenery to make this fabulous horn of plenty. You can definitely customize with a less rustic cornucopia, non-jeweled fruit, etc. Use pumpkins, gourds, pinecones, acorns, more flowers – the possibilities are endless!

A lot of the crafts we (that is the royal “we” – these are 95% my niece – I’m good for the cash and a little bit of input) make go home with my niece. She keeps them, gives them to friends, or saves some for gifts. This one didn’t leave my house. And she knew half way through it was never leaving my house. It is freaking gorgeous. I have it in my foyer, and it is going to stay there through Thanksgiving. I have not decided if it will return afterward for the entire year, or only be a seasonal adornment, but it may stay out year-round.

My front hall is pretty nice… marble floors, lovely wood furniture – the walls were done by some decorator before we moved in, and we have not touched them since as they are simply gorgeous (gold on cream). If you are getting the idea it is pretty elegant; you would be correct.

So how does this rough cornucopia fit in? Well, very well indeed! This is rustic OR glitzy. Using beaded fruit is what made it work in my foyer. This would also work in my more rustic family room because the cornucopia is a grapevine. Keep this in mind when choosing what will go into your cornucopia. Do you want it to be shiny, muted, will it be rustic or ornate?

Floral Horn of Plenty Materials:

• Cornucopia
• Floral Foam (knife to cut ti fit)
• Floral (flowers, pinecones, pumpkins, gourds, acorns, etc)
• Wire Cutters
• Glue Gun
• Hot Glue Sticks
• Beaded Fruit

Floral Horn of Plenty Instructions:

• Cut and fit floral foam inside cornucopia. You will need to cut several pieces; however do not fill the cornucopia as you need room for the fruit.
• Hot glue the floral form in place.

• Select a large piece of beaded fruit. Hot glue it into the cornucopia in front of the floral foam. The fruit is in the foreground on this craft.
• Select a few pieces of fruit that “dangle”. Hot glue them in place. You are forming spillage. You want the abundance of the cornucopia to “spill out” from the horn.
• You are going to build on top of those bottom spills. The grapes were the easiest to work with plus they came in various colors (which helped!)

• Clip your flower stem(s) a bit longer as the stem needs to be inserted into the floral foam (which is not close to the front of the horn). Do not discard the leaves as you strip the flowers.
• Insert your flowers into the foam. You can hot glue in place.
• You are going to have holes. That is fine. You will be filling them in.

• Every so often take a step back and see how your spillage looks. You want to keep a balance even if it is not symmetrical.
• Wisps were added to one side only of this cornucopia. You may choose to add them to both sides. You will see how we balanced it out later (it was my idea!! – hey, I needed to contribute something).

• You cannot overfill a cornucopia. More is better. If you layer flowers and fruit on top of each other, make certain you glue it in place, so it is stable, even if you are gluing it to another piece of fruit and not the horn.

• When stripping your flowers to be inserted, do not toss away the leaves. You never know when they will come in handy. In this case, they were perfect to fill in that hole on the left after more fruit was glued in place.

• And the front hole? One small twig was all it took to balance that out!
• A few pinecones were added. You might also want to consider acorns.

• This is the left side.

• This is the right side.

• This was a very simple piece to make. It took under 30 minutes, and no part of this craft was difficult to do. It was simply layering, and hot gluing!

If you are interested in more fall decor, you may want to consider:

• Sunflower Knot Wreath – probably the simplest wreath you will ever make! You can change the colors to make it other flowers rather than a sunflower.

• Rustic Fall Burlap Wreath DIY – less than an hour or so of your time results in a lovely autumn wreath that is highly customizable, and a lot less expensive than a store bought wreath!

• Dollar Store Craft: Fall Centerpiece – this is abslutely adorable! I was shocked that everything came from the dollar store!

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