Make · Ages 3 to 5
Fall crafts for preschoolers
15 things to make for Fall, most searched first. Every one shows the level, the time and the cost before you start.
Paper bag scarecrow puppet
A lunch bag puppet with yellow paper straw hair and a patchy hat, ready for a fall puppet show.
Puffy paint pumpkins
Homemade puffy paint from shaving cream and glue dries into a squishy, raised pumpkin you can't stop touching.
Handprint turkey
A rainbow handprint becomes a puffed-up turkey, the classic Thanksgiving keepsake for the fridge.
Thankful tree
A paper tree on the wall where everyone adds a leaf with something they're thankful for, all November long.
Paper plate pumpkin
A fat orange pumpkin with a curly green vine that your preschooler paints, tears and glues all by themselves.
Handprint fall tree
Your child's hand and arm become the tree trunk, and fingertip dots in red, orange and yellow become the leaves.
Pine cone owls
A pine cone from the yard turns into a sleepy little owl with felt wings and big round eyes.
Coffee filter fall leaves
Color coffee filters with markers, spray them with water and watch the colors melt together into glowing fall leaves.
Sticky leaf suncatcher
Press real leaves and flower petals onto clear sticky paper for a window decoration that glows in the afternoon sun.
Torn paper acorns
Tear brown paper into tiny pieces and fill in a big acorn shape, a fall picture that quietly builds hand strength.
Crayon leaf rubbings
Hide fallen leaves under paper and rub with a crayon to watch every vein and edge appear like magic.
Bubble wrap corn
Paint bubble wrap and press it on paper to print bumpy rows of corn kernels for a fall harvest picture.
Fork painted hedgehog
A plastic fork dragged through brown paint makes the spikiest, cutest hedgehog you've ever seen.
Fizzing pumpkin volcano
Baking soda and vinegar bubble out of a small pumpkin's mouth for a Halloween science show that never gets old.
Apple stamp painting
Cut apples become paint stamps that leave a perfect apple print, star and all, for a back-to-school picture.
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