5 DIY Decorations for Fall

INSIDE: LEARN HOW TO MAKE 5 DIY DECORATIONS FOR FALL WITHOUT BREAKING YOUR BUDGET

I am so excited! Cause it’s FALL! AND I get to decorate for another ‘holiday.’

It feels like I haven’t been able to decorate in a LONG time. Probably because it has been awhile. I did hang a red, white, and blue star wreath on the door for the summer. That covered Memorial Day, Flag Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day. But I’m tired of it!

So today – we go crazy with the fall decor!

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My artsy-fartsy friend Kate made me a cute “all season” door hanger.

She also made me a special one for the fall – good thing, cause I think I threw away the previous one away after last fall.

In this post, I talked about my formal living room and how I use it for decorating. The mantle and chimney stack are center pieces, so much so that I put a hook to hang wreaths for most of the year.

I decided I was going to take on a few crafts to help make the house festive.

First, I made a trip to the craft store. This is a DANGEROUS place! But I found some good things AND decided that I need to go back AFTER Halloween and Fall – SALES!!!!

I grabbed some fall flowers, pumpkins, and a table runner. I couldn’t spend $8/piece on placemats so….I’ll have to look elsewhere for those.

Second, DOLLAR TREE I mean, it’s like a magic place that gets EVERYONE’S creative juices flowing! I grabbed some craft pumpkins, stencils, leaf votive holder, fall leaves, un-popped popcorn and glass vases.

Third, spread it all out to see what I’m working with!

Here’s what I came up with –

Popcorn candle holder

Remove the stickers at the bottom of the the glass vases and votive holders. TIP: soak it in a sink full of soapy water for 5 minutes and the sticker will just slide off.

Let them dry. Then add enough popcorn to fill the vase about half way. TIP: I used 2 bags for all 3 vases.

Place tealight in the center. TIP: I tried lighting the tealight first then placing it in the popcorn. It was hard to push it into the popcorn. I also tried pushing it in first THEN lighting it. It was HOT! So…..my recommendation would be to put the tealight in the popcorn first and get a long lighter.

Place the leaf votive on the top. AND finally, add your favorite candle wax (Scentsy or otherwise) in the votive.

Craft pumpkin sign

Remove the green tops or stems from the craft pumpkins.

Using white acrylic paint I had on hand, I painted 4 craft pumpkins (but you can buy some here). It took 2 coats, but I didn’t focus on the tops or bottoms (cause you aren’t going to see that part, except the top one).

Apply the stencils to the front of the pumpkins. You can use a piece of tape to keep the stencil in place. Choose whatever color you want for the letters. I picked gray, seems to go well with most of my home’s decor.

Of course, you can write whatever you want on the pumpkins. My example says “FALL” but I thought about doing “THANKS,” I have too many ideas!!!
I stacked mine on top of one another using toothpicks. It works well, until you try to move them. So my recommendation is don’t put them together until you’ve reached their final destination.

I made one other thing with the craft pumpkins, but I’m not sure how I feel about it yet. So…..maybe I’ll tell you about it if it grows on me.

Fall floral arrangements

Using vases I already had, and some flowers I already had (plus some new ones), I created some fall flower arrangements. Keeping with the idea that fall is for orange, red, and yellows – adding in some texture with pussy-willows and wheat stacks – I came up with these.

Porch display

We found this plant stand years ago and use it at our front door. Most of the time it holds in season flowers; sometimes it holds nothing. Today, it holds a basket full of hay and pumpkins, a gourd, and some mums.

Basket – Starting with an apple basket, I threw in a bale of hay (and made a giant mess in the driveway). I put the tree bark pumpkins on top and called it a craft!

Mums – I took a little munchkin to Home Depot and we picked out all the pretty colored mums (and a strange looking white pumpkin/gourd.) We decided that it was boring to have them all by themselves at the door, so we decided on small plants and a large planter. (I am, personally, so excited to see what this looks like when it blooms.) We put some mums next to the pool and firepit!! I love these pretty flowers!!!

Pallet pumpkins

I have this very special guy, we like to call him Gru, and he likes to build things. Especially things with pallets. Last year, he made me these, I don’t think I’m going to paint them….but I guess I should seal them somehow….maybe I’ll figure that out this year.