25 Fall Crafts For Toddlers

Last Updated on June 16, 2026 by Masha Eretnova

Fall brings SO many ways for creative kids to enjoy the season with all its colors, leaves, and, of course, holidays. Toddlers can make cute projects at home or day care with just a little help.

My list has more than twenty easy fall craft ideas for toddlers: using paint, handprints, leaves, paper, and a touch of creativity.

Pumpkin Apple Stamping

This apple stamping craft will show your kids how to use halved apples dipped in orange paint to create pumpkin prints on paper or cards. Super easy fall activity for toddlers with very little room for a mistake.

Painting With Corn

This fall sensory art activity introduces your toddler to different forms of corn — harvest cobs, dried kernels, popcorn, and cornmeal mixed with glue into a textured paint — so they can experiment with each one as a different painting tool. It works well as an open-ended process art session for toddlers, preschool, and kindergarten ages.

Fall Snow Globe

This DIY fall sensory bottle is just a mason jar filled with water, glycerin, and foil leaf confetti that swirls slowly when shaken. What a fun seasonal snow globe to make for fall! And no need to wait until Christmas 🙂

Leaf Spray Painting Art Activity

Kids can have fun choosing their favorite leaves and spraying different colors over the paper. The best part is lifting each leaf and seeing the shape appear like a little surprise. It’s a simple fall art idea that lets toddlers play with colors and enjoy nature at the same time.

How To Make Fall Leaf Lanterns

Collecting pretty fall leaves makes this craft feel fun before the lantern even starts. Toddlers get to choose their favorite leaves, press them onto the jar, and watch the colors shine when the light is added. It’s a sweet fall craft that feels special when they see their lantern glow.

Sweeter Than Pumpkin Pie Footprint Craft

This pumpkin pie footprint craft gives your toddler a fun way to make a sweet fall keepsake with their own little foot. They can enjoy seeing their print turn into a pumpkin pie slice, and parents or grandparents can keep it as a special Thanksgiving memory.

Pumpkin Spice Play Dough Recipe

This pumpkin spice play dough gives toddlers a soft, squishy fall activity they can enjoy with their hands. They can roll it, shape it, use cookie cutters, and pretend to make tiny pumpkin pies. The warm pumpkin spice scent makes playtime feel extra fun for fall.

Autumn Wreath

Toddlers can enjoy coloring paper leaves and placing them around a paper plate wreath. The simple fall colors, leaf shapes, and hands-on decorating make this a fun craft for home, daycare, or a classroom fall activity.

Fall Dot Marker Pages

These fall dot marker pages give toddlers an easy way to enjoy pumpkins, leaves, acorns, animals, and Thanksgiving pictures. They can fill each dot with color, practice focus, and keep their hands busy with a calm fall printable activity.

Free Printable Fall Headband Craft for Kids

Let your toddler color their own fall crown with leaves and acorns, then wear it for the rest of the activity. The printable pages make it easy for a classroom or home craft, and the extra bands can even turn into little fall bracelets.

Fall Fox Handprint Craft

A fox handprint printable gives toddlers and their parents a fun way to turn their painted hand into part of the animal. They can press their hand onto the page, see the fox shape come together, and add little details once the paint dries.

Fall Paper Bag 3D Tree Craft

Toddlers can enjoy making their own little tree that stands up on the table. They get to twist the paper bag, tear the fall-colored paper, and add leaves wherever they want, so the craft feels playful and hands-on.

Fall Leaves Paper Plate Wreath Craft

Decorating a paper plate wreath gives toddlers and preschoolers room to choose their favorite leaves, colors, ribbon, and glitter glue. They can enjoy adding each leaf around the wreath and then hanging their fall craft on a door or wall when it’s done.

Pumpkin Seed Painting Fall Art for Kids

Pumpkin seeds make this fall painting feel extra fun and hands-on. Toddlers can slide the seeds through paint, mix fall colors, and make their own colorful art in a way that feels more like play than a regular painting activity.

Colorful Pumpkin Seed Art Fall Tree

Bright pumpkin seeds make this fall tree art feel fun for kids to build piece by piece. They can choose the seed colors, place them on the branches like leaves, and enjoy making a cheerful fall picture with simple materials.

Fall Tissue Paper Suncatchers Craft

The tissue paper pieces make this fall suncatcher fun for toddlers to layer and arrange. They can fill the leaf with different colors, hang it in the window, and enjoy seeing the light shine through their finished craft.

Tissue Paper Fall Tree Craft for Kids

Crumpled tissue paper makes this fall tree craft fun for toddlers to touch, scrunch, and place on the branches. They can choose red, orange, yellow, or brown pieces and enjoy watching their tree fill up with fall leaves.

Fall Fingerprint Tree

This fingerprint tree lets your toddler use real twigs and colorful finger dots to make fall leaves. They can enjoy tapping red, orange, and yellow prints around the branches and watching their simple tree turn into a bright autumn craft.

Fall Leaves Bookmark Craft for Kids

Using real leaves they picked outside, toddlers can create an autumn-inspired bookmark. They can choose different colors and shapes, place them on cardstock, and enjoy making a simple fall craft that feels personal.

Fall Leaf Confetti Fine Motor Activity

Punching tiny circles out of fall leaves gives kids of one to three years old a fun way to play with real nature materials. They can collect leaves, use the hole punch, and enjoy sprinkling the little leaf confetti into crafts, cards, or table decorations.

Acorn Handprint Craft

Tracing their own hand makes this acorn craft feel intercative, very personalize, and fun for kids under 3. They can add the cap, eyes, and smile to turn the handprint into a cute fall acorn friend they can display or give as a keepsake.

Paper Plate Pumpkins Craft

Tearing and layering orange tissue paper makes this paper plate pumpkin fun for kids to create. They can add the curly green vine, a little stem, and enjoy seeing their pumpkin turn into a cute fall decoration for the fridge, wall, or classroom.

Popsicle Stick Scarecrow Fall Craft

Making a scarecrow with popsicle sticks gives kids a fun fall character to decorate. They can paint the face, add googly eyes, draw a smile, and place leaves or sparkly details on the hat to make it their own.

DIY Fall Paper Leaf Garland

With the printable template, kids can easily make colorful paper leaves and turn them into a garland to hang at home. They can pick their favorite fall colors, add the leaf details, and enjoy making a simple fall decoration they can display in their room or around the house.

Broccoli Fall Tree Stamping Craft

This fun fall craft for toddlers is a stamp activity using…raw broccoli! You can have fun stamping bright autumn leaves around all sorts of trees. Kids can mix red, orange, and yellow colors, watch their tree fill up with fall leaves, and enjoy making their own artwork. It also includes a printable tree template, so the craft is easy to start.