Fall for Fall Crafts!

It’s that time of the year. Everything turns a wonderful shade of green then yellow and then orange and slowly fades into a darker shade of red and then brown.

Nothing says Autumn or Fall like warm colors and comfort food that make you want to stay inside the house after an afternoon of playing on a pile of orange Maple leaves.

Here are more reasons to fall in love with Fall. Make the most out of the beauty of Fall around you: fallen leaves!

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Give your family and friends a warm welcome every time they come over by putting an Autumn-inspired wreath on your front door. All you need is an old wire hanger and a bunch of fallen leaves. Using a wire clipper/cutter, unravel the twisted wire hanger and form it into a circle. This will be the foundation of your wreath.

Next, gather a lot of fallen leaves — and I mean A LOT. This project would work best if you can find leaves of various shades of Autumn: yellow, orange, red, and brown. Thread each leaf into the wire by piercing each leaf in the center. Fill out the rest of the wreath by inserting twigs, dried berries, and blades of dried grass for added depth and attitude to the design. Make your artwork look fuller by bunching and scrunching the leaves to form a full, voluminous wreath.

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Another fun Autumn craft that you can do is making craft materials from leaves. If you have a craft puncher of different designs (actually, just one design would do), you’re good to go. All you have to do is pick out a bunch of fallen leaves and ‘punch out’ shapes using your craft puncher. Again, a variety of colors would yield better results. You can keep the ‘punched out’ shapes flat by laying them in between sheets of tissue paper and keeping them in between thick books. These pieces of cut-out leaves will add autumnal whimsy to any scrapbook, letter, or note.

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Fall crafts aren’t limited to dried leaves. You can also make jewelry from corn!

Yes, corn. Indian Corn kernels make excellent beads and jewelry pieces. All you need are some embroidery or nylon floss (thread), a needle, and some corn kernels. It goes without saying that the corn kernels you’re going to use should be raw and not cooked. Thread the floss into the needle and start threading in your corn kernels. Interspersing various colors will make your necklace (or bracelet or anklet) look better and will definitely scream “Autumn.”