Fall leaves are perfect for seasonal decor because you can gather them outdoors and then use in decorating your home or just get a pack of faux leaves for a couple of bucks and such decorations will last forever. We’ve prepared some beautiful ideas to use fall leaves, both natural and faux ones, for your indoor and outdoor decor but first, if you are going to take some natural leaves, let’s find out how to preserve them.
How To Preserve Fall Leaves?
First of all, let’s preserve the beautiful natural colors. For that, put your leaves into a microwave from 30 to 120 seconds depending on the dryness of the leaves. This procedure will make them dry still preserving the colors. Now let’s find out how to make these leaves last long. The easiest way to preserve autumn leaves is to put them into glycerin water solution that will preserve them still leaving them flexible for crafts. One more idea is letting the leaves dry between the pages and then covering them with acrylic fixative on one side, let dry and cover with it the other side. There are some more ways to preserve fallen leaves, you can search if you don’t like these ideas, now let’s go back to decorating.
Fall Leaf Garlands
Garlands keep the first place when it comes to seasonal and holiday decorating as they are extremely easy to make because thye are nice and easy decorations for your mantel, console, dining table or any other space and can be used both indoors and outdoors being a lovely last minute craft.
How To Make A Fall Leaf Garland?
This craft is extremely easy and will take a couple of minutes. Grab a pack of fall leaves and put them on a thread or some twine, and voila, a nice and easy decoration is ready! You may also add lights, acorns, pumpkins, husks and other fall stuff to make the garland look cooler. If you need a long-lasting piece, prefer faux items, if you want an all-natural look, go for preserved leaves.
Spray paint some real leaves and then hang them on the window to add a fall feel to the space.
A simple fall leaf garland paired with some lovely faux pumpkins will instantly create a cozy autumnal ambience in the space.
This leaf and light garland is perfection for the fall, it looks super natural as leaves are real ones and fills your space with dim light.
A faux leaf garland is always a good idea as it feels very fall-like and is easy to get, and it can be used anywhere.
Make a lush leaf, flower and pumpkin garland of faux pieces and use it throughout your home to deliver that sweet fall feel.
The super lush garland includes leaves, apples, pumpkins, seed pods and bright fall flowers and can be used both indoors and outdoors.
This dried leaf garland is a nice neutral decoration for the fall, it can be used anywhere, from a mantel to a console table.
This bright yellow leaf garland paired with a matching centerpiece will definitely create a cool fall mood in the space.
Fall Leaf Wreaths
Wreaths are timeless, there’s nothing more popular for front door decor than a wreath as it instantly elevates the style of the porch and welcomes the season.
How To Make A Fall Leaf Wreath?
Making a leaf wreath is easy: take a lot of leaves and put them on wire achieving the form you like. You may also take a vine form and partly cover it with bold leaves, or take an embroidery hoop and add some leaves there for a more modern look. If you want more details, consider adding husks, corn hobs, berries, branches and twigs, apples and pumpkins and other faux decor to make your wreath last longer.
This unique and absolutely gorgeous wreath is made of a vine form and leaves of bark, it's all natural and is an ideal rustic decoration for the fall.
This bright eucalyptus wreath is a cool modern decoration for the fall, showing a beautiful autumnal palette.
This large fall wreath is composed of a form and faux leaves and berries, which makes it more durable and long-lasting than if they were fresh ones.
This colorful fall leaf wreath is a nice solution for outdoor decoration, you can use faux or real preserved leaves.
This lovely and messy fall wreath shows off some faux leaves, white mini pumpkins, pinecones and twigs and looks quite natural.
This elegant autumn wreath shows off faux gold leaves, faux dried grasses and berries and will add a refined touch to your front door.
Preserved oak leaves look very lovely and can be a nice solution for styling a space for the fall.
The gold oak leaf wreath looks very chic and elegant and can be made very quickly using some spray painted faux leaves.
This lush fall wreath is made using faux leaves, hydrangeas, cinnamon bark, apples, berries and it looks very harvest-inspired.
This lush and cool fall wreath features corn husks, orange leaves and some grasses and is a cool and unusual solution.
This super colorful preserved leaf fall wreath shows all the colors of the season, bright, saturated and gorgeous.
Oak leaves are very lovely, use them to make a fall wreath, they can be real preserved ones or faux ones.
This amazing fall wreath is made of dried hydrangeas, grasses, leaves and branches and some privet berries.
The vine form is partly covered with bold natural leaves to create a natural and cool fall wreath decoration.
Gather bright leaves and make simple wreaths of them to decorate your porch and front door.
This dried fall wreath is made of leaves, grasses and berries and will add both color and texture to the space.
Fall Leaf Art And Decor
Fall leaves can be integrated into your outdoor and indoor decor in a million of other ways, for example, you can make a leaf candleholder, imitate a fall leaf indoors, make leaf decoupage pumpkins and coasters and much more! Let’s discuss the coolest DIYs.
Hang faux leaves to the ceiling to create a leaf fall effect in your home.
Create a gorgeous fall leaf hanging using preserved or faux leaves in various fall colors to achieve an ombre effect.
Make simple fall luminaries using jars and real fall leaves, and fill your space with that sweet autumn flair.
This gorgeous leaf candleholder is a DIY of real preserved leaves and it looks fantastic.
Make leaf cards for your fall parties, they will add a cute and lovely touch to the tablescape.
Such tree slice and leaf coasters are a gorgeous idea not only for the fall but for the whole year round if you are a forest wanderer.
These cool leaf decoupage pumpkins are made using some printed paper and look lovely, bright and cool.
Hang some bright leaves around the chandelier or on it to create a leaf fall feel indoors.
Such fall candles are a very simple and cool fall craft - just take bright leaves and glue them to the candles, and voila.
How To Make A Fall Leaf Artwork?
I’m totally excited about fall leaf art, which is extremely easy to make, and it looks very charming! Take some bright fall leaves and clear glass or acryl frames, then simply insert the leaves into frames getting some kind of herbarium and voila, such decor will be a nice part of your gallery wall or mantel decor. A more rustic solution is attaching bright leaves to a piece of wood imitating a fall leaf, looks very eye-catchy!
Make a simple and catchy fall wall art using dark wood and colorful faux leaves creating the effect of their falling down.
These hoops with newspaper and bright leaves are adorable decorations for the fall, you can hang them on the walls.
Gold fern leaves in the black backdrop are gorgeous artworks not only for the fall but for all the year round if you love woods.
Make your own herbabium using bright leaves and elegant framed glass and display it on the mantel as decor.
This pretty mantel arrangement consists of fall leaf artwork, a vase with berries and a small bird figurine.
Real fall leaves preserved and placed into a frame to create a lovely and natural fall wall art.
This modern leaf gallery wall is a cool solution for everyone who wants to personalize the space and embrace the season.
How To Make A Fall Leaf Centerpiece?
That’s quite easy: take branches with leaves and put them into a vase surrounding it with apples, pinecones, acorns and other fall stuff – a perfect last minute idea. Want more coziness? Cover the vase with an old sweater sleeve, and it will create a homey ambience. If you prefer a woodland feel, add faux mushrooms and moss around instead of apples and acorns.
This beautiful fall arrangement is made of a dark vase with berries and leaves, some pumpkins and candles around.
This bright arrangement is made of colorful fall leaves in a teal vase, it's an easy solution, you can take any leaves for that.
This bold fall centerpiece is made of a white vase with bright leaves and some bold candles and will add a touch of color to the space.
This stylish fall arrangement is made of vases covered with sleeves of old sweaters and some real branches with leaves, a nice craft to upcycle!.
This amazing woodland decor is composed of small stumps, faux mushrooms, pumpkins and a vase with branches and oak leaves.
This pretty decoration can be made in minutes: take a glass vase, put there some nuts or acorns and add faux leaves on branches.
This natural fall centerpiece is composed of a wooden board with apples, candles, green and bold fall leaves and can be made last minute.
The centerpiece is made of a vase filled with nuts, some orange roses and burgundy dahlias, yellow and burgundy leaves and pinecones and pumpkins around.