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Vintage Paper Leaf Wreath
Our favorite projects for welcoming fall around your home.
With a leaf template, you can turn an old book into a whimsical autumn wreath.
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Autumn Branch Centerpiece
Use branches, leaves, gourds, and artificial birds to plant a fall tree on your table.
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Gourd Birdhouses
Attract the beautiful creatures to your yard with these natural gourd birdhouses.
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Woven Door Arrangements
Fill horns of plenty with autumnal flora for exuberant door decorations.
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Nut Wreath
Celebrate fall's abundance of almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, and walnuts with this festive decoration. Use any hard-shelled nuts, including acorns you gather from your own backyard.
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Felted Acorn Pendant and Pin
Add a touch of fall to your wardrobe with an adorable acorn pendant and pin.
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Gourd Bowls Photo: Laurie Frankel
Gourd Bowls
Use sandpaper, paint primer, and enamel to turn traditional fall gourds into beautiful bowls that resemble modernist ceramics.
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Autumnal Wreath
Dress up your front door for fall with a beautiful wreath filled with leaves.
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Mini Cornucopia Favors
Make festive fall favors by rolling pieces of caning into cones, lining them with tissue paper, and filling with nuts.
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Bittersweet Autumn Wreath
Use fresh bittersweet and vines to make a decorative autumn wreath that greets guests at your door.
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Gourd Luminaries
Decorate your home with glowing seasonal gourds this autumn.
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Cornhusk Votives
Wrapped in dried corn husks, votives cast a soft glow and serve as a reminder that corn was part of the first Thanksgiving feast. -
Pumpkin Candles Photo: Johnny Miller
Pumpkin Candles
Pumpkin and gourd candles created from candy molds make clever gifts. -
Pumpkin Vase
Transform a pumpkin into a colorful homemade table vase. -
Gourd Lamp
It's easy to make this with a kit that is usually used for turning a bottle into a lamp; the kit is available at most hardware and crafts stores. When sawing or drilling a gourd, always wear a paper mask for safety, and work in a well-ventilated area. Choose a gourd with a flat bottom and a shape that goes well with your lampshade. -
Suede Pillow
Play around with the design of these pillows -- they're just solid bases with sleeves that slide over them. -
Twig Coaster
These coasters look like rafts afloat a tabletop. For each coaster, gather 22 small, straight twigs, and trim them to a length of 5 inches -
Felt Trivets Photo: Laura Moss
Felt Trivets
Large trivets in leafy shapes add seasonal style while protecting your dinner table from piping-hot plates. -
Gourd House Numbers Photo: Ellie Miller
Gourd House Numbers
For a functional entryway decoration, emblazon a gourd with your house number. Print the number in any font and size. -
Pinecone Candle Vine
A vine made of pinecones creates an elegant effect coiled around a candlestick. -
Canvas Rugs
Creating art underfoot is an easy step-by-step process, and no fancy supplies or skills are required. Just prime a piece of canvas, paint a design, and seal it with varnish. -
Outdoor Bouquet
Showcase a sunset-hued medley of fall vegetables and foliage in decorative urns. In the process, containers languishing without summer blooms will get a new job. -
Feather Wreath Photo: Maura McEvoy
Feather Wreath
The harvest theme takes on new dimensions when executed in unexpected colors and materials. Turkey quill feathers and magnolia leaves, colored on one side with floral spray, are mixed with stalks of wheat to create a stunning wreath. -
Pumpkin Chandeliers Photo: Lisa Hubbard
Pumpkin Chandeliers
These elegant fixtures may look intricate, but they are easy to re-create with the proper tools and a bit of patience. -
Pinecone Place Card
Florets burst from place cards, made by gluing card stock over veneer paper; prop up the cards with a triangle of heavy paper glued underneath, perpendicular to the veneer. -
Autumn Luminarias
These luminarias are perfect for lighting the way to your front porch, on Halloween or for any fall party. -
Oak-Leaf Cornucopia Photo: Maura McEvoy
Oak-Leaf Cornucopia
The cornucopia, that traditional symbol of fall's abundance, assumes a stately presence, thanks to a coating of shimmering floral spray and a wreath of gold-leafed oak leaves and acorns. -
Fringed Tweed Table Runner Photo: Laura Moss
Fringed Tweed Table Runner
A fringed tweed runner instantly adds an inviting air to any table and is a cinch to make. -
Pumpkin Pie Potpourri Photo: Lisa Hubbard
Pumpkin Pie Potpourri
Use a pumpkin incense burner to suggest the cozy scent of pie just out of the oven. -
Pinecone Hurricane Vase
Flowers and paper leaves look lovely accessorizing glass hurricanes. -
Cornucopia
A raffia cornucopia lined with a bed of dried wheat stalks creates a striking effect while holding an abundance of golden squashes, apples, and pears. -
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I think the box is just a tool so you don't have the glue touch anything. Working on foil would probably work just as well. Foil to work on, small disk to glue the scales on.
I made this craft with my advanced arts and crafts project in 4-H. The kids loved making it and no two were the same. I found a round, flat form in the floral dept. of my craft store that worked well. My daughter used a styrofoam form and glued 4 tea lights to it and the nuts around them as a center piece. It's lovely! Thanks, Martha, for a great idea!
All of this fall decor is charming. For a simple, seasonal pumpkin candle, start with small white pumpkins, carve out their centers, and insert tea lights. You'll have beautifully glowing gourds.
http://bread-n-chocolate.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-does-your-gourd-glow.html
The wreath is really sharp! I love books and refuse to to throw them away even if the pages have yellowed. I now will come up with even more ideas to turn old tomes into useful and sharp home accessories and gifts.
These are beautiful ideas that have the feel of nostalgia to them. Thank you so much, I look forward to decorating for fall!
What inexpensive ideas for welcoming fall!
rabbiya, you're in luck! Check out our pinecone craft ideas: http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/pinecone-crafts
Awesome!!! really very interesting projects.i wish there are some more pine cone projects
thanks for the great ideas, helps kick the imagination in...