We’ve always been a rather crafty family. Kids and crafts go together like peanut butter and jam. There is a lot to love about crafting where kids are concerned.

a) Kids are free to be creative and work without constraints
b) Kids love to make a mess I also think it’s good for their wee brains, and their hearts (if you know what I mean.)

I have been keeping a list of small crafty projects that I wanted to share with you.

• Apple dolls remixed – I would like to make a bunch of these and display them outdoors, speared onto long sticks or the tines of a pitchfork in the style of medieval apple people. I wonder, however, if someone is likely to stab themselves with a carving instrument. Hmm.
• Corn husk dolls
• Rock bugs and other creatures
• Crocheted nature necklace (so pretty!)
• Woven paper pumpkin
• Leaf rubbings– Pressed leaves would also be pretty in between two layers of clear contact paper. It might make a cool placemat too!

Wouldn’t this leaf be pretty pressed between two layers of clear contact paper? I see fall placemats in our future!

Halloween crafts

• Flapping bat
• Salt dough ghosts
• Shadow puppets
• Gingerbread skeletons (I love these!)
• And hoo boy, check out this spider’s nest I found on Pinterest!

Got any fall crafts to add to the list? Please share!