Well fall is here! Below you will find some great craft and activity ideas to do with your kids!

Note: Our next feature will have some wonderful ideas AND recipes for Thanksgiving!

Fun Fall Activities and Crafts for Kids

ACTIVITIES

Fall winds blow and leaves make their decent from tree limbs. It is the perfect time for fun autumn activities for kids. Here are some ways to have fun with your kids this fall:

Create a fall collage for the yard: This is a great way to get your kids involved in beautifying your front lawn for the fall season. Materials you will need to create your autumn yard collage include hay bales, pumpkins (all sizes), scarecrows, etc. Anything related to fall will look wonderful. Stack your hay bales to create a backdrop. Next, place a huge scarecrow on the center of the stack. Then add other complimentary fall accessories.

Happy Autumn or Fall Cards: Supply each child with markers, paper, glue, glitter, stickers, etc. Let them make several cards and write a special message on the inside of each one. After any wet appliqués are dried, gather the cards and take them to your local nursing home to distribute among patients.

CRAFTS

Fall is such a fun time. Leaves turn shades of golden orange and brown. Use this beautiful creation of nature to your advantage. Focus on leaves for inspiration with these fun autumn craft ideas.

Leaf Tracings: Fold 10 sheets of copy paper in half and crease in the center. Bind the booklet by punching two holes in the spine, threading yarn through the holes, and tying the ends. Take your kids to the park. Challenge them to find and trace as many unique leaves as possible.

Book of Fall Leaves: Make a booklet, as described above. This time, have your child search for odd-looking fall leaves to collect and place in their book. Then give them an encyclopedia and let them research their leaves. Have them write down the name of each leaf and three or four interesting facts about the leaf.

Leaf Characters: Draw and copy different types of leaves onto thick construction paper. Let your children cut out the leaves and apply glitter to add sparkle. Next, have them create leaf characters by gluing leaves together to create a face, body, and limbs. After the glue dries, they can draw faces on the leaves with markers. If time permits, instead of just drawing faces on them, you can have them add squiggly eyes, button noses, tc.

Leaf Collage: Gather as many types of fall leaves as you can find. Glue the leaves in any kind of arrangement onto a piece of construction paper or cardboard. Or, spread white school glue across an entire sheet of paper or piece of cardboard. Crumble leaves at random over the glue. When the glue dries, you will have an awesome leaf collage.

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