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Easy autumn art activities for children
This section of NurtureStore’s seasonal children’s art activities has ideas for fun and easy autumn art activities for children, including lots of apple and pumpkin crafts and art projects for Diwali, Halloween, Remembrance Day and Thanksgiving.
This article is part of our children’s art lessons and craft activities.
Table of Contents
Autumn arts and crafts about:
– ready-made art curricula
– apples
– bats
– Bonfire Night
– Day of the Dead
– Diwali
– fireworks
– Halloween
– lanterns
– leaves
– Light Party
– mushrooms
– pumpkins
– Remembrance Day / poppies
– spiders
– Thanksgiving
– trees
– twigs
Ready-made art lessons, all in one place
The best and easiest way to teach great art lessons is to use our ready-made art curricula. Choose from:
Art Spark: This kit gives you everything you need to get started with art and develop a rich and creative art practice with your children. 30+ inspiring process art projects, famous art, world culture, practical tips, and endless possibilities! See more and get your copy here.
Exploring Great Artists: This book gives you everything you need to teach an exciting art program inspired by the great artists of the world. With profiles of each artist, materials lists, lesson plans, and creative, hands-on art projects for every featured artist you’ll easily be able to deliver engaging and educational art lessons. See more and get your copy here.
Diversify Your Art Curriculum: This art curriculum bundle of five ebooks gives you everything you need to teach 25 art projects inspired by contemporary artists of colour from four continents. See more and get your copy here.
Color Theory Art Lessons: This curriculum gives you all the resources you need to learn about the color wheel and color theory and enjoy hands-on, easy, creative art projects for every lesson. It includes art history, famous artist profiles, and wider cross-curricular lessons in science, math, language arts and world culture, plus bonus printables and posters. See more and get your copy here.
Easy autumn art activities for children
Enjoy these art activities for children featuring the motifs of the season and the main fall festivals.
Apple arts and crafts activities
Apple print garlands
How to make apple print garlands and gratitude bunting.
Apple still life and taste test
Use this printable apple taste test sheet to learn about apple varieties, paint them, and discover which apple is your favourite.
Bat arts and crafts activities
Splatter painting with pumpkin and bat templates
For a super fun Halloween art project try splatter painting with pumpkin and bat templates to create negative space silhouettes.
Glow in the dark bat lanterns craft
These glow in the dark bat lanterns are easy to make and look fantastic when they are lit up.
Bonfire Night arts and crafts activities
Easy Bonfire Night arts and crafts
How to make firework crafts that spin and explode, plus ideas for firework art lessons.
Day of the Dead arts and crafts activities
Day of the Dead activities and crafts
Ideas for Day of the Dead activities and crafts including sugar skull art lesson and collages.
Diwali arts and crafts activities
Diwali activities and crafts
Ideas for Diwali crafts including paper plate diya craft, how to make clay diya lamps, Rama and Sita puppets, and rangoli designs for children.
Firework arts and crafts activities
Easy firework crafts
How to make firework crafts that spin and explode, plus ideas for firework art lessons.
Halloween arts and crafts activities
Halloween crafts for children
Here’s a great collection of easy Halloween crafts including pumpkins, bats, spiders and lanterns.
Lantern arts and crafts activities
Halloween lantern craft made from paper
This Halloween lantern craft made from paper is perfect for families, classes and groups. It uses very simple materials and each child can create their own unique design.
Paper lanterns
How to make paper lanterns from willow.
Glow in the dark Halloween lanterns craft
These glow in the dark Halloween lanterns are easy to make and look fantastic when they are lit up.
Paper house lantern
These easy paper house lanterns are so pretty and lead the way into exploring math and art, where you live, and architecture around the world. Download my free printable house template and customise to make your own gorgeous paper houses.
Jam jar lanterns
A great lantern craft for all ages.
Leaf, tree and twig arts and crafts activities
How to preserve leaves in wax and make a simple gratitude tree craft
Follow this easy guide on how to preserve leaves in wax and use them to make a beautiful gratitude tree.
Fall leaf art lesson using easy marbling technique
In this beautiful fall leaf art lesson we’re using an easy marbling technique to create unique autumn-coloured prints.
Printable leaf colouring sheet
Use this free printable leaf colouring page as an easy Thanksgiving art project to explore pens, paints, pastels and pattens.
Yarn-wrapped leaf craft with printable leaf template
This yarn-wrapped leaf craft is a pretty thanksgiving decoration and a great fine motor skill activity for fall. Use the printable leaf template and get wrapping!
Free printable leaf lacing cards for fall fine motor skills
Here’s a pretty set of autumn leaf lacing cards that you can print and use to help your children develop their fine motor skills.
Leaf crown
Celebrate the season in style with this easy autumn craft from forest school – make a leaf crown!
Autumn leaf bookmarks
These autumn leaf bookmarks invite children to explore the shape and colour of autumn leaves, working with watercolour and adding patterns with white and black pen. They make a lovely little homemade Thanksgiving gift too.
Twig weaving
How to weave with yarn on a twig frame.
Light Party arts and crafts activities
Easy Light Party crafts for children for church
Here’s a great collection of easy Light Party crafts for children which you can use for children’s ministries, Sunday School, and as an alternative Christian celebration to Halloween.
Mushroom arts and crafts activities
Printmaking with mushroom spore prints
Learn about the structure of fungi and use them to create art as we make spore prints from mushrooms. A fun and fascinating nature art and science project!
Pumpkin arts and crafts activities
Easy pumpkin craft for scissor skills
Here’s a cute and easy pumpkin craft for preschool that is great for practising scissor skills.
Doodle-style easy pumpkin art lesson for kids
Here’s an easy pumpkin art lesson that anyone can try – we’re doodling!
Pumpkin marbling with shaving foam
Marbling with shaving foam is a fun art technique that’s easy to do and looks unique every time. Try it to make these gorgeous marble pumpkins for an easy Halloween art project for kids.
Easy pumpkin suncatcher craft
Here’s an easy pumpkin suncatcher craft that’s simple to make and so pretty. It’s a great, simple pumpkin craft for toddlers and preschoolers, and perfect for a group.
Splatter painting with pumpkin templates
For a super fun Halloween art project try splatter painting with pumpkin and bat templates to create negative space silhouettes.
Simple pumpkin art project using pipette painting technique
If you’re looking for a simple pumpkin art project for Halloween, use this pipette painting technique – it’s gorgeous!
Easy pumpkin suncatcher craft with printable template
Here’s an easy pumpkin suncatcher craft with a printable pumpkin template that’s simple to make and so pretty. It’s a great, simple pumpkin craft for toddlers and preschoolers, and perfect for a group.
Pumpkin decorating art party
For an alternative to a traditional Halloween party, try a pumpkin decorating art party!
How to make Halloween yarn pumpkins
This Halloween pumpkin craft is certainly messy play and great fun for children who love to get their hands into everything.
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin art lesson
Let’s learn about the Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, and create pumkpkin art inspired by her famous dots.
Remembrance Day / poppies arts and crafts activities
Poppy wreath Remembrance Day craft
Here’s an easy poppy craft that’s perfect for a Remembrance Day activity for children.
Spider arts and crafts activities
How to make an easy spider craft
Here’s a simple spider craft for preschool that’s great for Halloween craft or nursery rhyme fun.
Yarn wrapped spider craft
This ever so cute, not really scary yarn wrapped spider is easy to make and offers a great fine motor skills work out for little fingers.
Thanksgiving arts and crafts activities
Thanksgiving arts and crafts for children
This is a great collection of thanksgiving arts and crafts, including gratitude activities for children, printable Thanksgiving coloring pages and place mats, leaf-themed arts and crafts, and a native American art lesson.
More children’s art lessons and craft activities
Use NurtureStore’s extensive resources to find more great art lessons and craft activities for your children:
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