by Deborah Fowles

Apple Prints
Decorate tee shirts, wrapping paper, or any fabric with apple prints made from real apples and paint, from www.kidsdomain.com.

Fall Wreath
Make a fall wreath with pine cones, acorns, and leaves, from www.kidsdomain.com.

Fall Bouquet
Make this fall bouquet from www.kidsdomain.com by gluing pine cones, acorns, leaves, and seeds to the ends of popsicle sticks and arranging by sticking them in a styrofoam ball or piece of clay and placing in a flowerpot.

Leaf Mobile
Use fall leaves preserved in wax paper to make this easy mobile from www.icomm.ca.

Autumn Craft Projects
A collection of autumn craft projects for kids, including the use of leaves, pine cones, and other natural items.

Preserving Colorful Leaves
Try one of these 4 methods for preserving colorful fall leaves, suggested by www.tri-cityherald.com: sealing in wax paper, drying in the microwave, drying with silica gel, and preserving with glycerin.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Save those pumpkin seeds! Fabulous Foods gives you easy directions for making a tasty toasted treat.