Cardboard Box Organizer

Cardboard boxes are dressed up with colorful duct tape to make an organizer for notebooks, pens and other homework items with aunt peaches.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.auntpeaches.com/2014/08/back-to-school-homework-caddy.html

Autumn Leaf Wreaths

A wire hanger is reformed to a circle and colorful fall leaves are poked through the center to make this easy festive wreath from willowday.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.willowday.com/2012/11/easiest-leaf-wreath-ever.html

Crafting connections presses the leaves.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftingconnections.net/the-blog/make-together-pressed-leaf-wreath

Everyday dishes cuts yellow and brown felt into leaf shapes.

Get the instructions here:
http://everydaydishes.com/creative-crafts/felt-leaf-wreath/  

Meaningful mama cuts orange, yellow, red and brown paper into leaves.

Get the instructions here:
http://meaningfulmama.com/2012/11/day-311-thanksgiving-wreath-with-paper.html

Popsicle Stick Football Game

Popsicle sticks are glued together to make goal posts with orange paper footballs to throw in between.  Momtastic shares all of the details.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.momtastic.com/life/175337-football-game-craft/

Windsock Football

A large tin can is painted brown and given white stripes to look like a football.  Next, brown and white ribbons are hung around the edges to make a festive football windsock to celebrate the season.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2011/09/football-windsocks.html

Sandwich Kabobs

Kids will love to find these deconstructed sandwiches from super healthy kids.  She takes cookie cutters and makes shapes from each item and then pokes them onto a skewer for a really neat lunch presentation.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.superhealthykids.com/healthy-kids-recipes/sticky-stacky-sandwiches.php

Fall Felt Leaf Pin

Felt is cut into leaf shapes and then sewn together to make this pretty fall pin with make it your own. 

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://make-it-your-own.com/fall-fun-traced-leaves-floral-pin/

Makeshift Football Field

Cardboard tubes, felt and masking tape come together to make a homemade backyard football field with cindy derosier.  Visit her link to see how she makes a felt football complete with stuffing, cardboard tube goal posts, and masking tape yard lines. 

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2014/07/cursive-project-football.html

Paper Pencil Boxes

Cut and fold these cute pencil shaped pencil boxes for a fun school supply from mr. printables.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.mrprintables.com/back-to-school-pencil-favor-boxes.html

Fall Chalk Leaves

Fall leaves are drawn onto the sidewalk with autumn colored chalk to make a fall leave landscape.  Almost unschoolers shares the details.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2014/09/sidewalk-chalk-leaves-good-bye-to-summer.html

Patchwork Bookmarks

Fabric swatches are stitched onto strips of paper to make this patchwork bookmark.  For younger children glue could be used as well.  Blogging the moments shares all of the details.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://bloggingthemoments.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-patchwork-bookmarks-by-my-girlies.html

Fall Leaf Frame

Colorful fall leaves are glued onto a wood frame to make it perfect for the fall season. Twig and toadstool shares all of the details.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://twigandtoadstool.blogspot.com/2010/11/fantabulous-fall-frames.html

Leaf Wall Hangings

Fall leaves are mounted on paper and glued onto foam board to make these fall leaf hangings.  Crafts n activities then hangs them from a colorful piece of yarn.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftsnactivities.com/Craft_Ideas/Aleafintime.html

Colored Sand Paper Leaves

Sandpaper is cut into leaf shapes and colored with crayons for this sensory inspired fall kids craft. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://pinkandgreenmama.blogspot.com/2011/10/sandpaper-leaves.html

Banana Magic

Send kids to school with a secrt message written on their banana.  Use a sharp point to write your message and then in less than five minutes it will go from invisible to visible. Find all of the details on cute food for kids. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cutefoodforkids.com/2010/10/banana-art.html

Stained Glass Leaf Windows

Fall leaves and broken pieces of crayon are melted together with wax paper to make these stained glass windows.  Kolcraft shares all of the details. 

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.kolcraft.com/blog/fun-fall-craft-for-kids/

Fingerprint Trees

White glue makes the tree trunks for this fall tree paint from mad town macs.  After the glue is set kids use their fingers to make all of the leaves.   Find all of the details on mad town macs.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://madtownmacs.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-birch-tree-paintings.html

My bored toddler uses a brown tree.

Get the instructions here:
http://myboredtoddler.com/autumn-tree-painting/ 

Projects for preschoolers uses cutout paper trees.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com/fingerprint-art-fall-tree-craft/ 

Momdot uses fingerprints to paint the tree trunk too.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.momdot.com/fingerpainting-a-fall-tree/

Toilet Paper Roll Bird Crafts

Toilet paper tubes take the enter of these bird ornaments with added paper painted wings and drawn on face and legs.  Parent children tips has the full details.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.parenting-children-tips.com/crafts-for-children-toilet-roll-bird.html

Arts and crafts kids makes girl black birds adding wings, feet and a pink tissue bow. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.artsandcraftskids.net/bird-crafts/

A bird and a bean adds googly eyes.

Get the instructions here:
http://abirdandabean.com/2012/01/cute-owl-craft.html

Back to School Countdown

Kids will look forward to counting down the days to school with this clever back to school or just starting school activity from the nature of grace.  She wraps an apple adorned paper with a secret message listing a fun pre-school activity such as shopping for school supplies on a pencil with each apple displaying the number of days until school begins. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://thenatureofgrace.blogspot.com/2011/08/back-to-school-countdown-can.html

Tissue Paper Leaves

Pieces of fall colored tissue paper are crumbled and glued onto leaf cut outs to make these textured autumn leaves with free kids crafts.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/tissue-paper-fall-leaves/

Pysselbolaget cuts colorful tissue paper into leaves and has the kids decorate them.

Get the instructions here:
http://pysselbolaget.se/2015/03/24/paskfjadrar-av-silkespapper/

Autumn Leave Glass Jars

Glass jars are dressed up with colorful autumn colored leaves from ginger bread snowflakes.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://gingerbreadsnowflakes.com/node/102

Autumn Tissue Paper Lanterns

Fall inspired tissue paper is glued onto a plastic cup to make these pretty, seasonal lanterns.  Find all of the details on the mucky macbook.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.themuckymacbook.com/2010/10/kids-craft-autumnal-table-lanterns.html

Kids craft room uses cellophane.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidscraftroom.com/colour-mixing-lanterns-autumn-fall-craft-for-kids/

Duct Tape Pencil Roll

Duct tape, fabric and some simple sewing turn into this cute pencil roll with chica circle.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://club.chicacircle.com/easy-pencil-craft-idea-for-back-to-school/

Sight Word Games

For this sight word learning game each word is written into the slot of a paper drawn parking lot.  Kids then pull out a word from a jar or hear the word read out loud and then drive a car into the correct space.  Juggling with kids shares all of the details.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.jugglingwithkids.com/2011/10/sight-word-parking-lot.html

Painted Acorn Jewelry

Acorns are painted in vibrant colors and then turned into pretty necklaces with lady with the red rocker.  The tricky part is drilling the hole into the acorn hat to make a pendant.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://ladywiththeredrocker.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/painted-acorn-necklaces/

We made that uses glitter paint.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/acorn-necklace/

Glue Leaves

Colored glue is used to trace and fill in leaf drawings with wax paper with pink and green mama.  Once the glue dries she can then peel them off for decorations.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://pinkandgreenmama.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-fun-making-leaves-with-elmers-glue.html

Fishing for Letters and Numbers

Paper fish are labeled with letters and numbers, stapled and placed in a box for kids to fish them out with magnets.  Find the details and fish template at joyfully weary.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://joyfullyweary.blogspot.com/2012/01/ice-fishing-for-letters-and-numbers.html

Pom Pom Apple Tree

Green, yellow and red pom poms turn into apples with this pretty pom pom apple tree from mess for less.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.messforless.net/2011/10/apples-two-ways-part-deux.html

Coffee Filter Water Color Leaves

A coffee filter is painted with beautiful fall colors, cut into little leaves and then glued onto a real tree branch for this fall inspired kids craft.  Find all of the details at meet the dubiens.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2011/10/coffee-filter-and-watercolour-fall-tree.html

Paint Writing Bags

One great way for kids to practice their writing skills is to fill a plastic ziploc bag with paint.  Kids will love the sensory squishy feeling of writing with a q-tip.  Get the details at let's explore.

Good for ages 1 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://lets-explore.net/blog/2009/10/paint-bag-writing/

Yarn Apples

Green and red yarn is wrapped around a brown pipe cleaner to make these cute apples from make and takes. 

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.makeandtakes.com/little-apple-yarn-favors

Family Handprint Trees

The entire family can participate in this hand print project from creative carmella.  She uses brown paint for the trunk and branches (arm and hand) and then has the kids use fall color paint for finger print leaves.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.creativecarmella.com/2011/10/family-art-project.html

Leaf Coasters

Foam sheets make the backing for these pressed leaf coasters from inner child fun.  She uses duct tape to provide the second background and contact paper to seal in the leaf.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://innerchildfun.com/2009/10/400th-post-fall-leaf-coasters.html

One artsy mama uses tiles and fall colored tissue paper leaves for her version. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.oneartsymama.com/2012/10/fall-leaf-coasters.html

Tracing Placemat

Contact paper and washable markers make alphabet and writing tracing mats with no time for flashcards.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2010/09/write-and-trace-place-mats.html

Apple Cider Cups

Apples are hollowed out and filled with cider in this cut drink idea from busy mommy.  She adds a cinnamon stick for fun and stirring.

Good for ages 13 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://busy-mommy.com/2009/12/apple-cider-cups.html

Felt Egg Carton Squirrels

Egg carton cups are painted brown with brown squirrelly felt pieces glued on to make these cute little squirrels from spoonful.  They recommend creating 3 and hiding acorns underneath for the classic find the acorn game.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://spoonful.com/crafts/nutty-squirrels

DIY Pencil Cup

Popsicle sticks and beads are glued onto a tin can to make a simple pencil holder with meaningful mama.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://meaningfulmama.com/2012/08/day-219-decorative-tin-can-containers.html

Craft passion uses yarn in her version and makes cute flowers by adding button and felt.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftpassion.com/2010/09/recycle-pencil-holder-tutorial.html

Mood kids uses cut out paper pieces to create cute scenes on her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.moodkids.nl/diy/2014/08/18/diy-blik-2