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Adorable Acorn Crafts: Fall DIYs You’ll Go Nuts For!

Do you love acorn decorations and crafts? Check out this collection of great autumn ideas! Usher in fall with some simple handmade projects.

Skills Required: None. Working with acorns is relatively easy. You’re not going to have any problems with these ideas, even if you’ve never crafted before.

Easy Acorn Crafts

If there’s one thing I love about fall (besides the pumpkins and candy), it’s all the natural materials for crafting.

There’s something special about using what the good lord gave ya, but also – acorns are free. I’m a sucker for free craft ideas, and I know a lot of you are.

It’s not just the colors of fall that I love, but the textures. Between leaves, pinecones, and acorns . . . you’ve got a lot of materials that can add interest to your craft projects.

I found some HUGE acorns recently so I’m excited to share some acorn crafts with you.

I haven’t tried all of these, but I got such a quantity that I can make all of them if I want to. And I do! The first step when you get your acorns though . . . learning from experience . . . dry them.

Tips for Crafting with Acorns

I picked a bunch of crafts to make with acorns that you find and gather. These projects either use the bases, the caps, or both. Most of them are home decor projects, which are perfect for fall decorating or Thanksgiving tablescapes.

You might now be wondering what kind of acorns to use. Do they have to be real?

Real or Fake Acorns?

Should you use real or fake acorns? That’s up to you. Don’t forget that some people don’t have acorns available in their area, OR the squirrels steal them all before the collectin’ can begin.

If that’s the case, you can get faux or wooden online.

REMEMBER: If you do use real, you have to dry them so that the besties don’t come out. It happened to me and it’s gross. Don’t make the same mistakes.

Best Paint to Use

Any acrylic multi-surface or outdoor paint that you can purchase at the craft store will work. I like to use FolkArt acrylic or multi-surface paint because it’s very pigmented.

I usually paint one side of the acorn, let dry, and then do the other side. If I want to Mod Podge glitter on my nuts (haha!), I’ll paint them with a coordinating color of paint first.

Spray paint is something you might also want to use, but I only recommend that if you want to paint your acorns one color – since spray paint is costly per can.

That’s why I typically default to acrylic paint. It takes longer, but then I can use a wide variety of colors.


Are you ready to get the cute fall crafts? Keep scrolling down!

Acorn Crafts

When fall rolls around I'm ready to nestle inside and get crafty! Get some crafts to make with acorns - you're going to love this list of smart ideas that are easy to achieve.


I hope you enjoyed this post. Let me know which these of these are your favorite in the comments!

Bonnie

Wednesday 29th of September 2021

These are so cute! I can't wait to go acorn hunting!

Amy

Wednesday 29th of September 2021

Thank you so much Bonnie!

Rebecca Payne

Sunday 19th of September 2021

I love these ideas.