I love Fall, and fall art projects and crafts for kids! The season is changing with beautiful fall leaves. The smells are fantastic! Crisp fall air, apple orchards, and pumpkin patches. There are many opportunities to experience Fall with colorful art and craft activities. Fall-themed crafts are a great way to learn about the many parts of fall we enjoy so much!
Why Do Fall Art With Kids?
Children are naturally curious. They observe, explore, and imitate, trying to figure out how things work and how to control themselves and their environments. This freedom of exploration helps children form connections in their brains, it helps them learn—and it’s also fun!
Art and crafts are a natural activity to support this essential interaction with the world. Kids need the freedom to explore and experiment creatively. Adding a seasonal theme such as Fall creates a sense of excitement for the seasonal changes to come!
Simple, easy Fall crafts allow toddlers to preschoolers to practice many valuable skills for life and learning. These include the aesthetic, scientific, interpersonal, and practical interactions that can be discovered through the senses, intellect, and emotions.
For elementary and middle school grades and older kids, art is fantastic for relaxation and a good outlet to express themselves through creativity. From process art to exploring famous artists, fall art activities are a valuable resource to have on hand.
Making and appreciating art involves emotional and mental faculties!
Creative work, whether making it, learning about it, or simply looking at it – offers a wide range of important experiences. In other words, it’s good for them!
Helpful Art Resources To Get You Started
Here are a few resources to help you introduce art more effectively to your kids or students and feel confident when presenting materials. You’ll find helpful free printables throughout.
Fall Themes For Art & Craft Activities
You can explore so many fun themes for fall! apple crafts, pumpkin crafts, leaf projects, and more!
Below you’ll find easy-to-use templates for apples, leaves, and pumpkins as well as suggested projects to try.
Apple Art Projects
Apples are always first on my mind this time of year, making for a fantastic learning theme. You will find awesome Apple art projects with printable Apple templates to help you get started!
Leaf Art
Fall is the best time for leaf crafts. Easy, affordable, and fun for all ages! Get out into nature and collect your own colorful fall leaves to use. Or try one of these leaf projects below with our free leaf template printable.
Pumpkin Art Projects
The wagon ride to the pumpkin patch, have you ever been on one of those? I know we remember it fondly every time October rolls around. Pumpkins are such a classic fall theme, and it is a fantastic time for fun pumpkins activities. Grab the free pumpkin template and art guide.
Apples for Fall Art
Coffee Filter Apples
Coffee filters and markers is all you need for this fun Fall craft.
Paper Apple Craft
Transform paper into apples with a 3D fall craft that doubles as art and STEM! Make table decorations, try doodle art, and get creative with super simple materials.
Apple Stamping
Get stamping or printmaking this fall with a fun process art activity that uses apples as paintbrushes.
Apple Painting In A Bag
Try mess-free apple painting in a bag. Fall finger painting for toddlers without the big clean up!
Apple Bubble Wrap Prints
Bubble wrap is definitely more than just a squishy packing material that’s fun for kids to pop! Here you can use it to create fun and colorful apple prints for Fall.
Fizzy Apple Art
This fizzy apple painting activity is a fun way to dig into a bit of science and art all at the same time! Make your own baking soda paint and enjoy a fizzing chemical reaction.
Yarn Apples
This fall craft is super simple to pull together with yarn and cardboard but is also super fun for small fingers!
Black Glue Apples
Black glue is a cool art technique that is perfect for Fall art. All you need is some paint and glue.
Leaves for Fall Art
Leaf Painting In A Bag
Try mess-free leaf painting in a bag. Finger painting for toddlers to preschoolers without the big clean up!
Yarn Leaves
This leaf craft is super simple to pull together with yarn and cardboard but is also super fun for small fingers!
Black Glue Leaves
Black glue is a cool art technique that is perfect for Fall leaf art. All you need is some paint and glue.
Leaf Salt Painting
Even if your kiddos aren’t the crafty type, every kid loves to paint with salt and watercolor or food coloring. Combine science and art with this easy absorption process.
Leaf Crayon Resist Painting
Use real leaves to make a simple leaf painting using watercolor paints and white crayons as a resist. Easy to do for a cool effect!
Fall Leaves Painting (Toddler, Preschool)
Paint the colors of fall leaves with crumpled paper and tongs for a super simple process art that toddlers and preschoolers will love! Let your kiddo add their own branches with markers!
Fall LEGO Stamped Tree
Use your LEGO bricks and a handprint to create this fun and simple fall tree craft with stamping or printmaking!
Scented Leaf Art
Try sensory painting with this easy natural scented leaf spice painting.
Leaf Marble Art
Marbles make a cool paintbrush in this super simple to set up activity for fall! Process art is fantastic fun for preschoolers!
Fall Leaf Zentangle
These printable zentangle leaves are a fun Fall take on a classic zentangle art activity.
Leaf Rubbings
Collect your own colorful fall leaves and turn them into leaf rubbing art with our step by step instructions. A great way for preschoolers and elementary kids to make colorful art from nature.
Leaf Pop Art
Combine a repeating leaf pattern and color to create fun pop art inspired by the famous artist, Andy Warhol!
Matisse Leaf Art
Combine bright colors with real leaves to create fun abstract art inspired by the famous artist, Henri Matisse! Matisse art for kids is also a great way to explore art with kiddos of all ages.
O’Keeffe Fall Leaves
Combine the colors of fall with our leaves printable to create a fun fall leaf art project inspired by the famous artist, Georgia O’Keeffe!
Pinecones for Fall Art
Nature’s bounty makes for fun fall crafts in this super simple to set up a process art activity for fall! Grab a handful of pinecones for fantastic art and craft activities for kids. Click on each image below to explore a pinecone activity this fall!
Pinecone Sun Catcher
Nature provides wonderful sensory experiences for kids, and it is free! Have fun exploring the great outdoors and using pine cones you find to make this fun pinecone sun catcher craft.
Pinecone Painting
Nature’s bounty makes a cool paintbrush in this simple to set up process art activity for fall! Grab a handful of pinecones for a fantastic pinecone painting activity.
NEW! Corn Painting
Forget the paint brushes, and try this fun corn on the cob art project instead! Corn painting makes for awesome process art to explore the colors and textures of Fall.
Pumpkins for Fall Art
Click on each link below to get started with these easy and hands-on pumpkin crafts for kids with our free printable pumpkin shaped templates!
Pumpkin Painting In A Bag
Try mess-free pumpkin painting in a bag. Finger painting for little ones without the big clean up.
Pumpkin Bubble Wrap Prints
Bubble wrap is definitely more than just a squishy packing material that’s fun for kids to pop! Here you can use it to create fun and colorful pumpkin prints for Fall.
Kusama Pumpkin Art
Decorate a pumpkin with painted dots in the style of famous artist, Yayoi Kusama for a fun fall art project.
Yarn Pumpkins
This pumpkin craft is super simple to pull together with yarn and cardboard but is also super fun for small fingers!
Black Glue Pumpkins
Black glue is a cool art technique that is perfect for Fall art. All you need is some paint and glue.
Pumpkin Dot Art
Grab the hole puncher and let’s get started with this fun and colorful pumpkin art project that also doubles as pointillism art! Little fingers with test their fine motor skills in all sorts of ways as they punch and paste with this easy pumpkin craft.
Paper Pumpkins
Transform paper into pumpkins with a 3D pumpkin art project that doubles as art and STEM! Make table decorations, try doodle art, and get creative with super simple materials.
Zentangle Pumpkins
These zentangle pumpkins are a fun Fall take on a classic zentangle art activity.
Fizzing Pumpkin Art
This fizzy pumpkin art activity is a fun way to dig into a bit of science and art all at the same time! Make your own baking soda paint and enjoy a fizzing chemical reaction.
Pumpkin Skittles Painting
Learn how to turn skittles candy into paint and create a pumpkin painting for a fun fall theme art activity.
Have leftover skittles candy? Try our pumpkin skittles experiment!
Bonus Fall Theme STEM Activities
Of course, we also have lots of fun with easy and inexpensive science experiments and STEM projects. Check out some of our favorite ideas below for fall…
- Apple Browning Experiment
- Erupting Apple Volcano
- How An Apple Grows
- Measuring Pumpkins
- Rotting Pumpkin Jack Experiment
- Life Cycle Of A Pumpkin
- Candy Corn Experiment
- Pumpkin Catapult
Halloween & Thanksgiving Art Projects
Fall is even better because it is the time of year that includes Thanksgiving and Halloween.
Halloween
Halloween can be such a fun and novel holiday for kids. It certainly doesn’t have to be scary or frightening. Instead it can be a little creepy, crawly and filled with silly Halloween play and learning too!
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Thanksgiving
Our Thanksgiving crafts and activities are sure to be a hit anytime during the season. They also make for fun play and learning leading up to Thanksgiving. No need to rush Fall! You can still enjoy the bounty of the harvest in everyday play.
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Printable Fall Art Project Pack
Everything you need is included in this Fall Art Project Pack. Just add art supplies! Perfect for kids of all ages to enjoy with a variety of techniques. Whether in the classroom, at home, or with groups, there is a fantastic variety of art activities to try!
Find all the instructions and templates necessary for over 40 art projects this Fall.
Apples, pumpkins, leaves, Halloween, and Thanksgiving!
Explore process art, STEAM, and even famous artists with these very doable art activities that won’t break the budget or the time you have available!
