10 Sophisticated Indoor & Outdoor Harvest Craft Ideas

Fall is one of the best times for crafting. The weather is starting to turn, and you’re spendng more time inside. These beautiful harvest-inspired crafts will help you add seasonal sophistication to your table, your mantlepiece, or your front door. Brew some tea and get crafting!

 

1. Wheat and Wood Centerpiece

The pale moschata squash, also known as a “cheese pumpkin” serves as a great base for this unique centerpiece. Once you’ve got a pumpkin in just the right natural, muted shade, head to your local craft store to find items like dried pods, dried flowers and wheat in similar tones. A plastic pumpkin will last longer, and the arrangement can be gently dismantled for easier storing.  

 

2. Fall Hydrangea Bouquet

Faux hydrangeas make for an elegant wreath that will last every harvest season. Choose silk or cloth hydrangeas in various harvest shades of rust, orange, cream or deep tones in purple and burgundy. Simply wrap the blooms and leaves around a 18” wreath form and top with a wired ribbon in a festive plaid or rustic burlap. Add faux squash and tiny pumpkin picks for texture. 

 

3. Cool-Toned Pumpkin Planter Box

Looking for a creative outdoor harvest display? Add pumpkins in your favorite colors and in assorted sizes to a planter box, pallet, or container. Fill with fall plants like sage, mums or thyme. This cool-toned color scheme takes the sophistication up a notch. Scatter additional pumpkins and gourds for a larger impact.

 

4. Glowing Acorn Filled Candle Holders

Candlelight is beautiful any time of the year, so why not choose a craft that can bend with the seasons? All you need are large glass vases (try varying heights and shapes) and pillar candles, of which there are limitless choices for seasonal colors and scents. Swap out fillers placed at the base (and away from the candle wick) as the seasons change. Think: plastic or stone robins eggs for spring and acorns for the fall.

 

5. Golden Acorns

Here’s a quick way to glam up any table. You can source acorns from your natural surroundings, a craft store, or a nursery. Treat them to gold or silver metallic paint on the bottom. Scatter them on your mantlepiece, group them together in the center of the table, or use them in the candleholder idea above.

 

6. Harvest Inspired Caligraphy

Burlap tabletop accents are perfect during harvest season. Personalize a runner, placemat, pillow cover or wall art by adding a bountiful phrase or words. It’s easy to do once you’ve practiced on scratch paper a few times. “Let’s fall in love,” “It’s finally fall,” “Gather,” or “thankful” work well. Use caligraphy pens or permanent markers after you have mastered your writing style.

 

7. Natural Neutrals Door Hanger

Welcome guests during the holidays with an easy-to-make sprig of seasonal foliage and accent pieces for a custom door décor your neighbors will envy. Choose a color story and theme (nature, whimsical, traditional, etc.) and select the larger components of greens and flowers. Then add berries, pods, and feathers. Finish with a robust ribbon!

 

8. Creative Pumpkin Stack

It’s time to think beyond the typical fall colors. This “grayed jade” is too pretty to pass up and is one of the new shades in harvest décor this season. For an easy way to incorporate this or another innovative color in your fall decorations, try making a tower of pumpkins. It’s a quirky way to welcome fall, as no two pumpkin stacks will be alike.  Paint the pumpkins or find faux ones in interesting colors at your local craft store. Small to medium sized pumpkins can be stacked on a tray and set on an end table, while medium to large pumpkins can be stacked on porch steps.

 

9. Elegant Copper Gourds

For a unique twist on the traditional, turn to gourds, pears, and apples. Bring faux or real versions to life with metallic spray paint. New choices in metallic spray paint colors include pewter, pink gold, oil rubbed bronze and antique nickel..  For a farmhouse chic look, try chalkboard paint and add inspirational words such as “gather” and “grateful” with a chalk pen. Scatter on tables as part of your centerpiece or place in a decorative basket or vase.

 

10. Luxe Velvet Pumpkins

Luxe up your harvest décor by adding velvet! Make your own velvet pumpkins by wrapping and gluing velvet or velveteen fabric around your pumpkin or squash. The stems on real pumpkins stand out for their uniqueness. However, if you want your project to last for future seasons, it’s wise to use a foam or plastic pumpkin as a base.

 

When the leaves turn, add the warmth of harvest décor for a welcoming touch when guests visit. Which harvest craft idea is your absolute favorite? Let us know in the comments below and share a photo!