Painted Leaf Napkins

Plain white napkins are painted with yellow, orange, brown and green leaves to make festive autumnal napkins with me and my inklings.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.meandmyinklings.com/index.php/2014/09/17/hand-painted-fabric-napkins-for-autumn/

Fabric Folders

Fun fabric patterns are cut and glued onto regular paper folders to make them more exciting with tikkido.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://tikkido.com/blog/back-to-school-fabric-folders-notebooks

Counting Games

Pipe cleaners are labeled with a number and kids are given colorful beads to try and see if they can put the correct number of beads on the corresponding pipe cleaner as well as work on their fine motor skills.  Partially perfection shares the details.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.partiallyperfection.com/11-correspondence-activity-for-preschoolers/

The mud kitchen uses leaves and clothes pins.

Get the instructions here:
http://themudkitchen.com/fine-motor-counting-activity/

Acorn Picture Frames

Acorn tops are glued to a wood photo frame to make a fun fall picture with crafts by amanda.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/acorn-frame/

Shape Bingo

Download this great printable shape game from partially perfection.  Kids will learn about stars, ovals, diamonds, circles, pentagons, rectangles and triangles as well as colors.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.partiallyperfection.com/shape-bingo/

Lunch Notes

The country chic cottage shares a fun lunch note printable to include in kids' lunches including messages such as have a great day, you r amazing, and u r super.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.thecountrychiccottage.net/2014/07/mini-book-printable-lunch-love-notes.html

Hello wonderful shares ones with graphics.

Get the template here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/cute-free-printable-lunchbox-notes

Decorated Pencil Cube

A Styrofoam block makes the basis for this nifty pencil holder.  Simply poke holes into the Styrofoam and then decorate with beads and baubles.  Crafts n coffee uses grommets to store the pencils.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsncoffee.com/2015/06/09/kids-craft-idea-make-a-decoden-style-pencil-cube/