The arrival of fall brings rich colors, beautiful scenery and exciting seasonal activities. Guided by our free online art lessons for kids, young artists can use this inspiration to get creative with fun projects. Whether you’re planning a lesson for the classroom or helping your child develop their artistic abilities at home, seasonal art projects offer an engaging way to celebrate the season.
Best Fall Art Projects for Children
Kids of all ages can enjoy creative fall art projects using seasonal materials and even items you find outdoors. With consistency and dedication, children can improve their fine motor skills, express themselves and build self-confidence.
Create a Fall Collage
A fall collage is a flexible way for children to use their imagination with natural materials. One approach is to paint a fall-themed scene as a background. Then using flower petals, leaves, small stones, pinecones and other materials, a child glues these items to the card to enhance the painting.
Paint a Flower Self-Portrait
A flower self-portrait is a fun exercise for younger children to try. First, gather together flower petals, stems, leaves and other greenery. The next step is to draw a simple outline of your face on cardboard. Using this outline, the young artist can add petals and leaves as hair, clothing and other elements.
Finger-Painted Pumpkins
Creating finger paint designs is the perfect Halloween art project for children. Using soft fabric paints, kids can add some additional elements to make their pumpkins unique. Young children could create lines and shapes, while older children could add more detail such as bats, ghosts or a witch hat. You can also read about the benefits of finger painting for young children to see how it aids their development.
Painted Leaves for Halloween
Another Halloween-themed project for fall is painting leaves. Using paint or markers, add decoration to larger leaves, including designs like cobwebs, pumpkins, black cats and ghosts. These painted leaves are an excellent way to help create a spooky atmosphere.
Handprint Tree Design
For a handprint tree art project, children can start by painting a tree trunk and branches using brown paint. The next step involves the child dipping a hand in a bowl containing fall-colored brown, red, orange or gold paint. To finish the leaf design they place handprints over the branches to fill in the foliage and complete the tree.
Paint With Natural Paintbrushes
In this project kids create their own paintbrushes by tying leaves or feathers to the ends of twigs. Art is essential for children’s sensory learning, and also stimulates their creativity. By using natural paintbrushes children are introduced to new textures as they experience the benefits of experimentation.
Browse Our Free Art Projects for Kids
For access to a range of art projects and tutorials, take a look at the art resources from Golden Road Arts. We create fun, engaging lessons for elementary and middle school kids. Watch free art lessons here, and please consider donating to support our nonprofit.
