Our Favorite Art Projects for Fall

If you are a follower of this blog you know that I love incorporating lots of art into our days.  Over the years we have tried many different techniques and projects together.



Here are some of our favorite art projects for celebrating fall.

1.  Tissue Paper Leaf Art:  I loved the colors and the textures of these paintings so much that I have debated about doing the exact same project again this year!


2.  Mason jar luminaries: these are so beautiful lit up at night!


3.  Drawing leaf skeletons; these fine line drawings were a lot of fun to make. 


4.  Zentangle turkeys;  We had so much learning about Zentangle and it's so versatile.  I could absolutely see this working really well with leaf shapes, pumpkins, and even bats! 


5.  Wax resist leaf rubbing paintings.  We not only loved our finished pictures, but we also loved how quick and easy this art project this was!


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Comments

  1. Kym ThorpeOctober 25, 2017 at 10:30 AM

    Love these projects! We've done a couple of similar ones, but I'd really like to do the mason jar luminary. It's so pretty!

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  2. Beckey POctober 25, 2017 at 1:10 PM

    I used to LOVE doing leaf rubbings as a kid. Maybe I should revisit this project!

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    1. Mother of 3October 25, 2017 at 1:43 PM

      Definitely! :) I am finding that I have lots of fun recreating old crafts I used to do with my boys. We've made friendship bracelets with embroidery floss and tissue paper flowers too. It brings back fun childhood memories and we have fun together making new memories.

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  3. Camie MadsenOctober 25, 2017 at 6:08 PM

    These are awesome!

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  4. Chas' Crazy CreationsOctober 26, 2017 at 8:47 AM

    I love the mason jar, brings back memories from my own childhood

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    1. Mother of 3October 26, 2017 at 10:37 AM

      Thank you; so happy I could bring back memories for you.

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  5. Lisa PomerantzOctober 30, 2017 at 1:24 PM

    Oh, I love every one of these... Um, can I , maybe come over? #FridayFrivolity xoxo

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    1. Mother of 3October 30, 2017 at 3:37 PM

      LOL! Thank you! I think that might be quite a commute for you.

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  6. MelissaNovember 7, 2017 at 8:55 AM

    These are so cute and simple! The best kind of projects! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Deena @Shoes to ShirazOctober 22, 2018 at 9:50 AM

    I LOVE that first piece- I need to replicate that one with the giant leaves my kids found this weekend. Thanks for linking up with TBB!

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    1. Mother of 3October 22, 2018 at 2:17 PM

      That is by far my favorite art project we've ever done for fall.

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  8. Abbie GintherOctober 22, 2018 at 3:20 PM

    LOVE these ideas. They are perfect for my girls’ age! Shared on Facebook as well.

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    1. Mother of 3October 22, 2018 at 4:13 PM

      Thank you so much for the share and I am so happy that you like them.

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