Kid Friendly Diy: Make A Thankful Fall Leaf Garland

Get creative with your kids this fall and make a DIY thankful fall leaf garland! This fun and easy project will not only keep your children entertained, but also teach them the importance of gratitude.

One of my favorite things to do during the fall is make crafts with my kids. I wanted to add some fall colors to our home decor by using fall leaves for our inspiration. This became the perfect DIY project for me to do with my kids. You get to spend time together working on gratitude, and you end up with some fall decor.

What you’ll need to make your own Thankful Fall Leaf Garland:

products needed to make a thankful leaf garland. paper printouts of leaves, jute and burlap leaves.

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Jute Cording
Burlap Leaf Shapes
Hot Glue Gun
Artificial Acorns – if you have oak trees you may not have to purchase these.
Clothespins
Autumn Cardstock Paper
Printer
Scissors

Follow this simple tutorial to make your own DIY Fall Leaf Garland.

printed out red paper with leaves on it and other fall colored leaves cut out with a pair of scissors.

Step 1:

Begin by downloading the Free Fall Leaf Printable here onto some colorful Autumn Cardstock. Then cut them out. I printed and cut enough leaves for each member of my family to write on each day November 1st until Thanksgiving.

Layered burlap leaves with acorn and glue gun

Step 2:

Take a 3 Burlap Leave Shapes and stack them together. Place a small dab of hot glue under the top leaf to secure them together. Then add a dab of hot glue to the acorn and press onto the leaf stack.

Layered burlap leaves with acorns attached on a jute cord and a glue gun

Layered burlap leaves with acorns attached on a jute cord.

Step 3:

Use hot glue to secure your leaves and acorn to some jute cording. Leave a space of 6-8 inches before hot gluing the next leaf stack. Repeat steps 2-3 to finish off your leaf garland.

If you wanted to add a little more interest to your garland, you could knot the jute cord inbetween each leaf.

child's hands beginning to write on an orange leaf with a black pen.

Step 4:

Every day, starting November 1, have everyone in your family choose a leave to write 1 thing they are thankful for that day.

Paper leaves cutout with family, food, home, and fish written on 4 of them.

Layered burlap leaves with acorns attached. and paper leaves with family written on it clipped onto a jute rope with a clothes pin.

Then add to your Thankful Fall Leaf Garland using a clothespin.

Layered burlap leaves with acorns attached. and paper leaves with fish written on it clipped onto a jute rope with a clothes pin.

Now you have a beautiful garland to display what you are thankful for this holiday season. You can add this to your mantel, or place the leaves on a table as a fun centerpiece for your thanksgiving table. This diy fall garland is so easy, you can find lots of ways to really make it your own.