Decorate for the season without a lot of fuss with these simple DIY wreath ideas.

Between Halloween and Thanksgiving, autumn is the season of entertaining. Welcome your guests in style this season by crafting up a simple DIY wreath for your front door or entryway.

9 DIY Wreath Ideas for Autumn

1. Scrap Wood Wreath – If you find yourself with leftover wood from a recent DIY project, upcycle those scraps into a decorative autumn wreath. With a little wood glue and a cardboard ring you can turn trash into treasure!

2. Wrapped Yarn – By the same token, use up all that leftover yarn from the various knitting or crochet projects that you’ve completed (or never got around to completing). Wrap sections of black, orange and white for a candy corn effect!

3. Upcycled Fabric Wreath – Turn worn fabrics that are headed for the scrap bin or the thrift store into a boho chic fabric wreath. Tear fabric into strips and tie them to a foam wreath ring available at the craft store.

4. Pine Cone Wreath – Pine cones and other found natural objects are great fodder for making a homemade DIY wreath for the season. Hot glue the pine cones, acorns, dried flowers, and sprigs of autumn leaves for an ephemeral seasonal decoration.

5. Felt Wreath – If you are looking for something more permanent, cut leaf shapes out of felt leftover from other projects and affix them to a wreath form.

6. Newspaper Wreath – For a spookier DIY wreath, spray paint newspaper with black paint, crumple it up and glue it to a foam wreath ring. Add fake spider webbing and felt spiders for an easy Halloween-themed wreath.

7. Burlap Wreath – For a super simple DIY wreath, wrap a foam wreath ring with burlap fabric and then crisscross autumn-themed sewing trims like ribbon and rickrack over the burlap. You can add a bow if you so desire.

8. Ribbon Dreamcatcher Wreath – Along the ribbon theme, you can go for a more bohemian wreath by tying long strands of ribbon, lace, and fabric scraps in autumn colors to create a dreamcatcher-like wreath.

9. Metallic Wreath – If you are going for something a little more glam, dip or spray twigs and dried leaves with metallic paints. Glue them to a twig wreath form that you have also painted with metallic paint. For extra points, mix and match your metallic colors for a cool effect–copper, gold and silver paint.

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Fall is the time for entertaining and that leads to the desire to spruce up your place. Nature’s bounty of colorful leaves, acorns, apples, pinecones, mums, pumpkins and more all lend themselves to being used to create DIY fall decorations.

Like the idea of using the best of nature’s autumn to make your own DIY fall decorations, but not sure where to start? We’ve got some great project ideas to get you inspired.

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1. Acorn Bark Owls – These fun and adorable bark and acorn cap owls would be fun to make with kids and could be used as DIY fall decorations for your table.
2. Acorn Wreaths – If you have an oak in your yard, then you not only have a lot of squirrels but you also have an abundance of acorns. Turn that bounty into a pretty front door wreath.
3. Leaf and Nut Wind Catcher – Let your creativity shine with this idea for creating a seasonal mobile/dreamcatcher.
4. Glitter Leaves Garland – Glam up your space with this easy tutorial for making a glitter leaf garland. This project calls for artificial leaves, but you could use real ones instead.
5. Wood and Burlap Wreath – Turn fall tree pruning into a stunning front door wreath made from log slices and burlap.
6. Mini Gourd and Pumpkin Wreath – Love those mini gourds and pumpkins but never know what to do with them, use them to make a colorful wreath.
7. Gourd Birdhouses – Whether you use them just for show or actually place them outside for the birds, curved-neck gourds can be turned into gorgeous birdhouses.
8. “Mumkin” Pumpkin Planter – We love the idea of a “mumkin”, or a hollowed out pumpkin used as a pretty planter for fall mums.
9. Yarn Wrapped Gourds – Yarn addicts, cover gourds in pretty autumn colors.
10. Gourd Centerpiece – Turn a library card catalog drawer (or make your own drawer from wood) into a mini gourd centerpiece.
11. Floating Acorn Candles – This idea for using acorn caps to make your own floating candles is an example of super clever DIY fall decorations.
12. Twig Vase – Cover a repurposed coffee can with twigs for an easy repurposed vase.
13. Dip Painted Pine Cone Garland – Dip pine cones into autumn-colored paints to make a seasonal garland.
14. Mason Jar Acorn Lanterns – Fill hanging mason jar lanterns with acorns and votive candles  for autumnal mood lighting for your next dinner party.
15. Apple Candles – Use apples as pretty votive candle holders to add color to your table.

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Now that the Autumnal Equinox has passed it is time to say goodbye to summer and move our attention to celebrating the beauty and bounty of the fall season. Autumn wreaths are a gorgeous way to celebrate the season and to decorate your door or entryway.

The brilliant colors of autumn just lend themselves to being honored–scarlet, goldenrod, burnt orange, moss, russet and more– and humans have a very long tradition of honoring and celebrating the season and the harvest. Decorating with autumn wreaths is one way of continuing that tradition.

If you are crafty and love to get creative, then it’s time to make your own autumn wreath. If that sounds completely terrifying, don’t worry. It is actually super easy to make autumn wreaths and we will prove it to you with these simple do-it-yourself fall wreath projects how-tos and ideas. So, gather your supplies and get to work. Just think, when you are  finished you can pour yourself a mug of hot apple cider and sit back to admire your work.

7 Ideas for DIY Autumn Wreaths

1. Candy Corn Fabric Scrap Wreath – Add color and a little fun to your front door with this tutorial for making an homage to that favorite Halloween candy.
2. Recycled Paper Wreath – Turn recycled papers into a work of art like this pretty autumn wreath tutorial made from newspapers.
3. Wood and Burlap Wreath – Have you recently trimmed a tree and have some thicker branches that need to cut down? Then this wreath made from thin wood slices and burlap is the wreath project for you.
4. Acorn Wreath –  Have an oak tree in your yard? Then you can make this wreath from acorns, although the squirrels might come looking for “their” acorns.
5. Circle of Pumpkins Wreath – Turn pines branches and decorative mini pumpkins into a colorful front door decoration.
6. Coffee Filter Wreath – Everyday coffee filters are transferred into an elegant wreath with this project idea.
7. Sunburst Wreath – Fabric scraps and twigs can be turned into a beautifully bright front door wreath with this simple project.

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