There’s something so beautiful about autumn. From the stunning colours to the cosy clothes and the warming autumnal and halloween house decorations, it’s one of our favourite times of the year. If you want to get your little ones involved in the spirit of autumn, there are tonnes of autumn crafts for them to have a go at using things you can probably find on your walk to the park.
From getting creative with leaves to conker fun, we’ve compiled all our favourite autumn crafts and ideas from Pinterest to give you a little inspiration at this time of year.
Autumn craft ideas
1 of 9Hedgehog art
All you need for this simple craft is some thick cardboard, wooden lolly pop sticks, a button and a handful of real or artificial leaves.
2 of 9Leaf animals
Another animal inspired craft involving leaves. Grab some different coloured leaves and different coloured paint to add eyes, legs and tails to the animals.
3 of 9Conker hedgehogs
Take a black marker and a white marker to create these sweet baby hedgehog conkers that you can dot around your house and on window sills.
4 of 9Autumn mobile
How adorable is this autumnal mobile? It can sit in the window to bring some seasonal charm to your home, the mobile is made up of leaves, acorns and twigs.
5 of 9Acorn art
Simply get your autumnal coloured paint together, dip in little hands and print on the paper before leaving to dry and painting on your acorn top!
6 of 9Pasta necklace
Paint your penne pasta shells with some autumnal colours before leaving them to dry and threading onto a piece of string. You can make necklaces, bracelets and more with this simple craft!
7 of 9Pinecone hedgehogs
We love a pinecone at this time of year (and we'll also be saving them for our Christmas decorations!), and all you need for this craft is some felt, glue and googley eyes!
8 of 9Conker snake
This sweet wiggly conker snake is so adorable. Little ones will just need a bit of help from grown ups to drill a hole in each conker to thread the string through.
9 of 9Autumn jars
These look so perfect on any windowsill or shelf around this time of year. To make it extra safe, we'd recommend popping a fake candle inside the jar so you don't have to worry about dealing with fire.