Well, it’s officially Autumn. Soon it’ll be time for Halloween and Bonfire night, two of the few good things about Autumn if you ask me!
I do like the colours of Autumn though and we went out at the weekend to collect some leaves. We were also looking for conkers but didn’t find any.
After our walk, we had a big pile of leaves and I headed to Pinterest to think of some things to do with them. Here are 3 easy Autumn crafts that we came up with, so easy you can pretty much just leave the kids to do them on their own (that’s why ours don’t look like your usual perfect Pinterest-worthy crafts!)
Leaf Pictures
The first thing we did was to make some leaf pictures. I drew a tree trunk and Little H stuck the leaves on.
She then wanted a go at making a leaf lion and drew its little face herself. Very easy to do.
Leaf Sun Catcher
Another easy Autumn craft is to make a leaf sun catcher. We cut the middle out of a paper plate and stuck some white tissue paper over the hole. Lastly, we stuck some leaves on top of the tissue paper and taped a bit of string to hang the sun catcher from.
Leaf Lantern
Lastly, we made a leaf lantern. To begin with we tried sticking the leaves straight onto the jar but it didn’t really work, so we covered the jar in white tissue paper. Then we stuck the leaves onto the paper which was much easier. Stick a tea light inside and there you have a leaf lantern.
See, I did say they were really easy Autumn crafts!
Are you looking forward to Autumn?
Oh these are awesome and I think we are definitely going to try the leaf sun catcher idea.
You made some great items, we love doing Autumn crafts, they really get you in the mood. Mich x
I am loving the Autumn crafts here. So beautiful and creative. Thanks for the inspiration.
Fab idea! We are definitely going to do some. Maybe a leafy hedgehog x
Great idea! We will collect colourful leaves and try these tips.
I think the colour of the leaves this time of year lend themselves very well to crafting. I love the lantern a lot
Love the different uses for autumn leaves. Fun ideas that are simple enough to do with children but also look fab
These are super cute ideas! Perfect for presents for Nan’s from the kids if they have an autumn birthday! #sharingthebloglove
Super cute. I love the candle one the best. Beautiful.
These colors are so beautiful, I love fall.
The sun catcher is such a cute idea! I love easy crafts.
Love autumn crafts the leaves are so beautiful. Should do more pictures with them #Blogstravaganza
Love the leaf lion #Blogstravaganza.
I really love the lantern, that’s a fab idea! Thanks so much for sharing with #Blogstravaganza xx
Ah I do love a great craft and particularly love the look of the sun catcher. #SharingtheBlogLove
Beautiful and very achievable for little ones! We’re big on collecting leaves here, lovely ideas for what to do with them. Thanks for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
These are gorgeous! Last week we picked loads of gorgeousleaves from the garden and stuck them all over a piece of card! Thanks for linking up with #TwinklyTuesday
Lovely ideas and ones that I can easily do with my preschooler. She is forever collecting leaves on our walks, not I have something we can do with them. Thank you for joining us at #SharingtheBlogLove
Ah I love these, we will be doing the tree ourselves! #sharingthebloglove