7 Easy Fall Crafts for Preschoolers

We love the fall season in our home: the cosiness, and of course, the beautiful autumn colours. And mama, if you’ve ever thought, “I’m not a crafty mom”, I promise… these easy fall crafts are totally for you.

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All you need are paper, Sellotape, and crayons (or coloured pencils); that’s it. These zero-prep autumn crafts are perfect for busy afternoons when you want to keep your kids screen-free and doing something creative. One thing I love is how quickly you can set them up without worrying about any mess later.

Seven easy fall crafts

1. Collage Pumpkin Fall crafts

Draw a large pumpkin shape on white paper, cut coloured paper into small pieces (orange), and then give it to your child. Glue the paper pieces inside the pumpkin outline to make a textured pumpkin collage. For the leaf, draw your child’s handprint, cut it out and tape it behind, at the top.

2. Torn Paper Tree Fall crafts

Draw a big bare tree on a sheet of paper, then turn the paper over, stick clear tape behind the branches, and flip it back over. Now, let your kids paste the small pieces of red, orange, and yellow paper directly onto the sticky tape spots.
When they’re done, it will look like the tree is full of bright fall leaves!

3. Fall Bunting Garland

Draw acorns and leaves on separate coloured paper with different colours. For the leaves, trace your child’s handprint to make it personal, and cut them out. Then tape them to a string or ribbon to make a simple fall bunting you can hang across your kitchen.

We actually made a rainbow version of this bunting earlier this year when we did our 10 Easy Rainbow Crafts for Preschoolers. We loved it so much, I knew we had to try the fall crafts version.

4. Tape-Resist Name Art

Write your child’s name on a piece of white paper using strips of Sellotape (stick them down well).
Have your child colour all around the tape using crayons or coloured pencils. Once the whole page is full, carefully peel off the tape, and their name magically appears in white against the colourful background.

5. Paper Face Masks – Fox & Squirrel

Outline a fox face and a squirrel face on separate sheets. Colour them in with crayons or coloured pencils, cut them out, and tape a paper straw at the back for easy hold.

We made similar masks with paper plates in our Five Easy Paper Plate Crafts for Toddlers and Preschoolers, so if your kids enjoy this, you’ll definitely want to check that one out too.

6. Spiky Hedgehog Art

Draw a hedgehog’s body on cardboard and cut out just the part where the spikes will be. Turn it over, tape clear Sellotape behind the cut-out section, and flip it back to the front.
Then, paste pieces of orange, green, and yellow paper onto the sticky section so the spikes look like colourful fall leaves.

7. Autumn Paper Mat Weaving

This one is relaxing and a great way to work on fine motor skills. Take a sheet of white paper and cut evenly spaced slits from top to bottom (but don’t cut all the way through). Then, using strips of red, orange, yellow, and green paper, weave them in and out of the slits, over, under, over, under, until you’ve filled the whole page.
You’ll have yourself a beautiful fall-coloured paper mat your child can proudly use during pretend play.

Related post: How to make an Autumn paper mat

3 Reasons why these Fall crafts are perfect for a Long afternoon

First of all, they’re pretty much mess-free. There’s no paint spill to worry about, or sticky glue everywhere and definitely no big cleanup waiting for you afterwards.
Secondly, the prep is super low. Most of the supplies used are simple things you probably already have at home, so you don’t need to make any special trip to the store just to get started.
And thirdly, they’re open-ended enough for your kids to make them their own. All that tearing, sticking, cutting and glueing gives their little fingers some fine-motor practice while encouraging focus and concentration. And if it keeps everyone quietly busy for even 10–20 minutes on a long afternoon? I’ll happily take it.

In the end, the beauty of crafting with your kids in the fall season is all about welcoming this colourful season with simple, hands-on crafts that also sneak in a bit of learning and fine motor skills practice.

If you loved this post, PIN these ideas for your next fall weekend family craft session.