More Decorating Ideas for Fall

Autumn decorating is golden!

Dave and I have decorating ideas for fall that can give your porch and yard that inviting, wonderful homey feeling. When someone visits your home, the first thing that they will see is your front porch.

Autumn decorating gives your porch a warm, homey feel to welcome family and friends. Enjoy these front porch ideas for fall.

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Decorating Ideas For Fall - Signs made of natural materials

Decorating ideas for fall come in all shapes! How about a sign on your porch made from materials you collect in the woods? The picture you see here is a sign that says "Thanks" that our daughter-in-law and granddaughter made for us. It could just as easily say "Welcome Friends" or "Happy Autumn!" or your family's last name.

We have it hanging in our guest room, but it's an awesome idea for a porch, too! This is a very easy and inexpensive craft that you could do with a friend or child and hang on your porch.

Instructions:

• Cut card stock in two colors one slightly larger than the other. Or you could also make a more lasting sign of wood instead of card stock.
• The size depends upon how large you want your letters / words to be. The letters pictured here are 4" wide by 6" tall. Notice that she made the letter "S" a bit larger.
• You could cut one piece of card stock / wood for each letter or you could cut one long rectangle for your entire sign. If you do the latter, probably best to write out your words so you have a good idea how large to make your rectangle.
• Mount the smaller card stock on the larger piece. If you are using wood, you might want to paint it a beautiful autumn color in a glossy exterior paint. If you are handy with wood, add some moulding's to make a frame for the wood. That could be painted, too.
• Pick a nice autumn day and take a walk in the woods. Gather small leaves, bark, twigs, stems and any other natural plants that would lend themselves to forming letters. The sign shown here was made in 2007 and still looks as fresh as the day it was made. No special preservatives either! (Please note that our sign has hung in our guest room.)
• Take your stash home and lay it out. Pick one natural item to form each letter. You could lightly pencil the shape of your letters on the card stock or wood first so you have a guide to follow.
• Glue the natural materials onto the card stock / wood with glue that dries clear. Heidi used a glue gun.
• Hang your completed sign near the front door. Beautiful!

Decorating Ideas For Fall - Themed wall hangings

Purchase or make a simple autumn-themed quilt wall hanging. I made the one pictured here.

Instructions:

• The backing is felt. By definition, it's not actually a quilt because there is no batting inside - although there could be.
• I found some pretty autumn fabrics and sewed them together to make them the size I wanted the wall hanging to be.
• Notice that I used a neutral light color in the area that the leaves are placed. They show up better that way.
• I ironed fusible material to the back of some scraps of fabric in autumn colors.
• Then I cut out leaves for this wall hanging and then simply ironed them on.
• I used a piece of felt to make the back of the wall hanging.

Autumn flags and banners

We found the ones pictured here at a recent trip to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, TN.

Do you have some decorating ideas for fall to share with us? We'd love to hear and post them on our site!

If you enjoy this page, you will also like to see how Rebecca decorates her farmhouse for Autumn and our other autumn decorating ideas.

Thinking of decorating your porch for Halloween?

Then visit our outdoor Halloween decorations and scary Halloween decorations pages!

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