Harvest Decor

Natural materials are soothing and enhance the look of this birch wreath.

Warm up your home for the season by putting a personal touch on your home’s decor. These craft projects highlight the best of fall: Copper detail, animal icons and pumpkins of every color.

Create a seasonal tablescape or mantel decoration with these homemade lanterns. They lend a coppery sheen to complement the seasonal hues of the pumpkins and gourds. Place them atop a swatch of soft plaid for a multi-textured look.

For a unique outdoorsy look, piece together a birch wreath using natural supplies such as twig stems, cattail stems and foliage.

You can find more harvest home decor ideas at joann.com.

Harvest Fall Lanterns

Skill level: Beginner
Crafting time: 3–5 hours

Supplies and tools:

• At least 6 decorative pumpkins and 6 gourds
• 1 bottle (2 fluid ounces) cloud white paint
• Decorative leaves and berries
• Black sponge paint brush
• 2 metal and glass lanterns
• Hot glue gun

Select two pumpkins to paint white. Paint them and let dry.

Choose multiple-sized pumpkins and gourds and attach them to the inside bottom of each lantern with hot glue to begin building a design. Add more pumpkins and gourds, and glue them to each other.

Insert leaves and berries to accent and fill in any empty spaces.

Birch Wreath

(see photo above)
Skill level: Beginner  
Crafting time: 1–2 hours

Supplies and tools:

• Burlap garland
• Dark brown raffia
• Florist wire (22- or 24-gauge)
• Burlap-wrapped wreath
• Hot glue gun and glue sticks
• Wire cutters
• Beige twig stems
• Brown floral tape
• 2 pinecone pick stems
• 2 onion grass cattail stems
• 5 fall leaf foliage
• 5 bags medium birch rounds

Craft the bow out of burlap garland and dark brown raffia. Wrap the wire around the middle of the bow and poke it into burlap wreath in desired location. Secure with hot glue.

With wire cutters, cut twigs to length and tape together with brown floral tape. Add the pinecone stems to twigs, and tape them together with floral tape.

Wrap the twig and pinecone stems with wire and poke the wire into wreath under bow, securing with hot glue.

Add the cattails and fall foliage to accent. Attach to the wreath in desired locations with hot glue.

Cover the remainder of the wreath with birch rounds using hot glue.