10 DIY Front Yard Fall Decor Ideas & Tutorials
Fun Ways to Decorate Your Front Yard for Fall
Make your yard look great this autumn with these 10 DIY Front Yard Fall Decor Ideas & Tutorials.
Making your own decorations is a wonderful activity that makes the season feel extra special. When your yard is full of things you made, it adds a personal and happy feeling to your home for the whole fall season.
You do not need to be an expert to make really nice things. The projects on this list were picked because they are simple enough for everyone to try.
Many of them use supplies that are easy to find or things you might already have around the house. It’s all about having a good time while you make something new.
This collection of ideas gives you many kinds of fall outdoor decor to choose from. You will find ways to make pumpkins from wood and even from a bendy dryer tube!
There are also instructions for making a friendly owl from wood pieces and a pretty banner from old book pages. The variety means you can find the perfect project for your yard.
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Are you excited to see all the different front yard fall decor ideas? This list is full of interesting projects you can make to decorate your outdoor space.
You can pick just one to make or try a few different ones to make your yard look its best.
The fall decor ideas below has a picture and a little bit of information about each. When you find one you want to try, just click the link to find out how to make it. It’s that easy!
Fence Post Pumpkins
You can make cute pumpkin people by painting old wooden fence posts. They can stand by your door and say hello to everyone!
Designer: Alecia of Chicken Scratch NY
Materials Used:
- 3 pieces of wood, all different heights,
- 3 dry sticks for stems (no one wants moldy pumpkins),
- Drill with bit large enough for your sticks,
- Pencil,
- Orange and black paint,
- Dremel with carving bit,
- Sanding block,
- Paint brushes,
- Hot glue gun,
- Ribbon or Twine, optional
Format: Handmade
Fall Banner with Book Page Leaves
Make a pretty banner to hang up using fake leaves and leaves cut from old book pages. It looks really nice hanging on a porch or mantel.
Designer: Sondra Lyn of Sondra Lyn at Home
Materials Used:
- Dollar Store fall leaves,
- Twine,
- Book page leaves,
- Antique clothespins
Format: Handmade
Reclaimed Wood Pumpkins
Use old pieces of wood to build a flat pumpkin shape. It’s a wonderful way to use wood that might have been thrown away and make it into something new for fall.
Designer: Putnam Family of Finding Home Farms
Materials Used:
- Plywood ( we used scrap we had),
- Salvaged wood,
- Reclaimed lumber,
- Pallet wood,
- Wood glue,
- Small brad nails,
- Screws,
- Sandpaper,
- Hanger bolts (double threaded screws),
- Small tree branches,
- Stain, wax,
- Sealer
Format: Handmade
Dryer Vent Pumpkins
This is a silly one! You can use a long, bendy tube that is meant for a dryer to make a round pumpkin shape. Then you can paint it and add a real stick for a stem.
Designer: Courtney of A Diamond in the Stuff!
Materials Used:
- Dryer vent,
- Hot glue,
- Paint,
- Cinnamon stick (or any other material for the “stem,”)
- Spanish moss
Format: Handmade
Real Looking Outdoor Pumpkins
Learn how to make pumpkins out of garbage bags, newspaper, and special paper clay. They look like real, heavy pumpkins but are very light and cheap to make!
Designer: Lori of The Stonybrook House
Materials Used:
- Garbage bags,
- Newspaper,
- Masking tape,
- Homemade papier mache paste from 2 cups of water and
- ¾ cup of flour mixture,
- Homemade paper clay,
- Outdoor polyurethane spray,
- 1 pack grapevine garland
Format: Handmade
DIY Wood Slice Owl
Make a friendly owl for your porch by gluing together slices of wood. You can even use bottle caps for his eyes to make him look extra funny!
Designer: Pam of House Of Hawthornes
Materials Used:
- Large wood slice – 10″ x 15″
- Sawtooth picture frame hanger
- Wide jar lids
- Regular mouth canning jar lids with bands
- Pop bottle caps
- Serving Spoon
- Forks
- Branch
- E6000 Glue
- Stain or Danish Oil (optional)
Format: Handmade
DIY Fall Wreath
You can make a beautiful wreath for your front door using a grapevine circle and adding fake leaves, berries, and even a little fake squirrel to make it look like a piece of the forest.
Designer: Kim of Sand & Sisal
Materials Used:
- 1pc Mdf Classic Font Wood Letters 9.5″-Letter F
- 1pc Mdf Classic Font Wood Letters 9.5″-Letter A
- 2 pcs MDF Classic Font Wood Letters 9.5″-Letter L
- Plaid Mod Podge 8-Ounce, Gloss
- Plaid:Craft Martha Stewart Basic Brush Set 5/Pkg-
- Command Wire Hooks, 9-Hook
- Patterned scrapbook or tissue paper
- Wide Ribbon
- Scissors
Optional embellishments:
- Touch of Nature Standing Crow Feather, 6-Inch
- Touch of Nature 1-Piece Feather Butterfly on Clip 3-Inch
Format: Handmade
DIY Wood Slice Pumpkins
This project uses pieces of wood that look like flat tree trunks to build a pumpkin shape. You can paint them and put them in a little wooden box.
Designer: KariAnne of Thistlewood Farms
Materials Used:
- Wood slices (the crafter used cut pieces from a fallen tree on their yard),
- Orange acrylic craft paint,
- Drift wood or stick from your yard,
- Glue,
- Burlap
Format: Handmade
DIY Fall Pumpkin Topiary
Stack a few fake pumpkins on top of each other inside a big flower pot to make a tall and pretty decoration. Adding some leaves makes it look even better.
Designer: Laura of Inspiration For Moms
Materials Used:
- 1 Garden urn,
- 1 large faux pumpkin,
- 1 faux medium / small pumpkin,
- 1 grapevine wreath (10-14 in depending on your urn size),
- 4 faux eucalyptus branches
Format: Handmade
DIY Doormat with Cricut
Make a special “hello” mat for your front door. You can use a Cricut machine to make a stencil with your family’s name and then paint it on a plain doormat.
Designer: Stacey of The Soccer Mom Blog
Materials Used:
- Coir doormat,
- Cricut Maker,
- Standard Grip machine mat 12 x 24″,
- Matte Cricut Premium Vinyl,
- Flex Seal Spray in Black,
- Painters Tape
Format: Handmade and Video
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