Here are some fun harvest crafts that your kids can make to celebrate autumn. These are easy crafts suitable for young children. You will need glue and paint for some of these crafts. If you want, you can make your own glue or paint using some of these craft recipes:
How to Make Collage Glue
3 Paste Recipes: Thin Paste, Paper Paste, Classroom Paste
Paint Recipes for Kids – Foamy Paint, Instant Finger Paint, Glossy Paint
Harvest Craft for Kids #1 – Apple Collage: Your child will enjoy this easy apple collage craft. Give your child a paper plate and some red paper. The red paper can be tissue paper, construction paper or even red junk mail. Have your child rip the red paper into pieces and then glue the pieces to the paper plate. Then let your child cut a green stem and two leaves out of a piece of green scrap paper. Have them glue the stem and leaves at the top of the paper plate. You can see a photo of the Apple Collage and more instructions if you click here.
Harvest Craft for Kids #2 – Autumn Pumpkin: Have your child paint a small paper bowl with orange poster paint or acrylic paint. When the paint is dry, have your child draw some brown and dark orange stripes on the bottom of the bowl to give it a pumpkin look. Then have your child cut out a stem and some leaves out of scrap paper to glue at the top of the pumpkin. Let your child embellish the pumpkin with raffia or ribbon. You can see a photo of the Autumn Pumpkin and more instructions if you click here.
Harvest Craft for Kids #3 – Cardboard Tube Scarecrow: This is a very cute craft that is good for kids of all ages. Give your child an empty paper towel tube and some fabric scraps. Have your child cover the tube with fabric. Then have them wrap a pointed piece of fabric in the front to give the appearance of a scarf. Have your child decorate the scarecrow with buttons, ribbons, fabric or straw hair and a little hat. You can see a photo of the Cardboard Tube Scarecrow and more instructions if you click here.
Harvest Craft for Kids #4 – Coffee Filter Thanksgiving Bouquet: This is a good craft for older kids. First, have your child make some coffee filter flowers (click here to learn how to make coffee filter flowers). Then have your child paint a coffee can or a jar to use as the vase. They could also use decoupage to decorate the vase. Then have them arrange their coffee filter flowers in the vase. You can see a photo of a Coffee Filter Thanksgiving Bouquet and more instructions (including a different way to make the flowers) if you click here.
Sources for the harvest crafts for kids:
www.activityvillage.co.uk
www.amazingmoms.com
www.allfreecrafts.com
http://crafts.kaboose.com
