10 cool crafts to create with nature this fall

Turn autumn leaves into a bowl for holding your Halloween candy or even the acorns and/or pine cones you’ve collected. While artificial craft store leaves are recommended, try using real ones that you’ve preserved first for a more authentic look and feel. Get the tutorial here: Hellolucky.com

Add some pizzazz to your pine cones by giving them a colourful ombre paint job. Just remember to de-bug them first! Get the tutorial here: Whimzeecal.com

Create an eye-catching centrepiece by clipping a few branches of beautiful fall leaves and placing them in a sturdy vase filled with water.

Give your collection of acorns a pop of colour by painting them with acrylics. (They’ll look great in the leaf bowl, too!)

Fold freshly collected maple leaves into roses for a cheery decorative bouquet that’s both floral and fall-appropriate. Get the tutorial here: Designsponge.com

Gather some interesting-looking pressed leaves and create wall art by mounting, matting, and framing them. For a simpler yet equally effective look, stick the pressed leaves to card stock with spray mount and tack them on the wall for an instantly pleasing display. Get the tutorial here: Countryliving.com

Make your own leaf-printed linens—perfect for hosting Thanksgiving dinner— with some acrylic or fabric paint, scrap paper and cardboard, a foam brush, a plain tablecloth or tea towel, and of course, a leaf (or a few different ones). Get the tutorial here: Funtober.com

Cover the outside of a mason jar with leaves to turn it into a festive fall candle holder, and tie the top with raffia or ribbon as a final touch. Get the tutorial here: Sparkandchemistry

This is an all-time classic to do with kids: make homemade bird feeders out of pine cones with some peanut butter, bird seed and twine, and then hang them outside as a treat for the birds. Get the tutorial here: Freedbiefindingmom.com

For an elegant door decoration, glue gun some pine cones to strands of silk ribbon and tie the ends together in a knot to hang over your entryway as a nice fall welcome to guests.