When you think of Autumn, what comes to mind? Oversized sweaters, leaves changing colors, a warm drink in your hands? All of that and more, maybe?
The autumn season is here and we are ready for it. But even as you break out the the cardigans and boots for a walk through the fall foliage, don’t forget that you can also bring that feeling of autumn into your own home with some super simple decorating.
How do you get creative when you decorate for fall? Tell us for a chance to win fall scented candles!
Paint a Pumpkin
We know that not everyone has the chance to go pumpkin picking, but how about the pleasing aesthetic of a painted white pumpkin from the craft shop? Better yet, painting pumpkins is a great alternative to the mess of carving one. Make some stencils of ghosts, jack-o-lantern faces, bats, or leaves (you can even buy the stencils) and use those to trace out the image you want to paint onto your pumpkin.
Fruit Centerpiece
Don't know what to do with all those apples you picked at your local orchard (or grocery store!)? They make a great centerpiece on your table. Mix those apples with other fruit, like pears or mini-pumpkins. Add acorns and pine cones to make it look like you plucked them right out of the autumn woods.
The Aroma
You can also have your home smell like the season by using air freshening sprays and candles. Apple cinnamon, pumpkin spice, and autumn leaves are super great and easy to find scents. Stores like Bath and Body Works usually have whole lines of scents dedicated the season. Sometimes you can even find great candles for a low price at the 99 cent store or Target. The candles are also a great way to decorate since they come in plenty of colors and designs.
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DIY Halloween Decorations
While fall brings us plenty of beautiful things, there is always room for a little (not so) spooky decor as well. You are never too old for Halloween. Grab some cardboard, construction paper, string, and paint to make shapes to hang on door and drawer handles. You can create little pumpkins to stick on the doors, refrigerator, cabinets, and windows by gluing some orange construction paper to a piece of carboard and then cutting it out in the shape of a pumpkin. Then decorate to make lots of jack-o-lantern faces and anything else you'd like to see on your new spooky pumpkins! You can do the same with other shapes too, like ghosts, pumpkins, and, if you're talented, witches.
Lots of Leaves
You can bring the warmth of fall colors into the house by decorating with a leaf wreath or garland of leaves that you can buy anywhere from the 99 cent store to Walmart or Amazon. Similarly, you can achieve that look by using throw pillows, blankets, picture frames and candle holders in shades of orange, green, brown and red.
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Happy Fall!
To exhibit my creativity when it comes to fall decorating, I love to press leaves or decorate pumpkins with leaves I find.
I love to put out my Halloween decorations in October and then my Thanksgiving decorations in November. I love this time of year! I also will make things with pine cones or acorns and even some fall colored leaves.
I put out my cornucopia. I have my autumn scented candles. I have cute witches around.
Change the wreath on my door
We use a lot of natural found objects.
I don't get too creative when I decorate for fall, but I don't leave any room untouched. I just added fall hand towels and hand soaps to my kitchen and bathroom, new fall pillows to my couch and I even bought pasta in fall and Halloween shapes. I love buying pumpkins and gourds and using them as a centerpiece in my kitchen. I don't carve my pumpkins. I prefer to decorate them in other ways (stickers, stencils, markers)
Love bringing the outdoors inside with pine cones sprayed with a apple cinnamon scent and leaves that have turned made into a wreath!
A lot of fall scented candles and decorations
Love using Indian corn and pumpkins with haystacks
Pumpkin pies and candles!
I love having fall scented candles and pumpkins on Halloween decorations for fall! I grew up in Michigan and fall was always amazing and there are so many colors and it got cool but I live in Arizona now and it's just not the same so I try and bring fall into my house as much as I can.
I put out my pumpkin shaped lights. They are perfect for the season and for Halloween!
We always have a blend of carved and painted pumpkins.
I love checking out project ideas on michaels.com and then making something that catches my eye!
I love to cut leaves out of different patterns of scrapbook paper and make garlands!