This simple but beautiful Tissue Paper Fall Wreath remains to be one of my all-time favourite Fall crafts for toddlers and preschoolers.
It poured rain for the better part of the day, and because we’re focusing on fall leaf crafts this month, we had an excuse to pull out the craft supplies and make this easy Autumn wreath. Â
We love making wreaths this way, and make them for pretty much every season and occasion. They’re really easy and the hooligans love the process.
The best part? Crumpling of the tissue paper of course! Â Little ones just love that step! Â Â
You’re going to love this one. It’s an easy paper plate craft that all ages will enjoy making.
Supplies:
To make our Fall Wreath, you’ll need:
- paper plates (or cardboard cut into circles – the panels of a cereal box are great for this)
- tissue paper
- glue
- brown construction paper or a paper bag
- artificial leaves or flowers
How we made our wreaths:
We used paper plates with the centers cut out as the base for our wreaths.
Each Hooligan tore a piece of brown construction paper into strips.
These strips were supposed to look like twigs or branches.
Once the “branches” were glued around the wreath, we crumpled 3×3 inch squares of fall coloured tissue paper and glued those where-ever we pleased.
Next we got out our low-heat glue gun and the Hooligans tried that out for the first time, adding a couple of artificial fall leaves and a ribbon for hanging.
I didn’t think of it when the Hooligans were here, but after they’d gone home I added a couple of artificial sunflowers to my wreath for a pop of colour.
And this is what the two youngest Hooligans created. I was running short on paper plates, so they made Fall Trees by gluing our wreath materials onto a narrow strip of cardboard.
Happy Fall! 🙂
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Jackie is a mom, wife, home daycare provider, and the creative spirit behind Happy Hooligans. She specializes in kids’ crafts and activities, easy recipes, and parenting. She began blogging in 2011, and today, Happy Hooligans inspires more than 2 million parents, caregivers and Early Years Professionals all over the globe.
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Crafting Play
Really cute! Great revamp of the classic plate wreath! Gets me thinking about wreaths too 🙂
Mommyhood: From the Heart
Super cute and looks easy to make! Love how the craft can be alternated for different age groups. =)
happyhooligans
Thanks, Mommyana 🙂 I love that it’s easy enough for little ones, but the older ones love it too. Heck, I loved making mine! 😀
Suzanne
They are so pretty! I’d love to see some of those on my walls. I guess we had better get busy!
Vicky from Mess For Less
I have seen many fall wreaths, but this is the first one made by little hands. I just love it and will be pinning it to my Fall board.
Eva
Great use of paper! Wish we celebrated Autumn (Fall) like you guys do here in Australia! Thanks for linking up on Mummy Mondays.
Kalyn Brooke | Creative Savings
This is a fun and colorful use of paper that kids and adults alike would enjoy! I think I will add this activity to my fall to do list. Thanks for sharing!
Victoria Osborn (@CreativeHomeKPR)
Such an adorable fall craft! It looks simple enough for me, a non-crafty person, to do! Thanks for posting this, I’m visiting from Pin In Tuesday!
Kali @ For the Love of Spanish
Very cute!! Pinning to my Fall board!!
Theresa--Capri + 3
That is very festive for fall. I love it. Thanks for sharing on Artsy Play Wednesday. I pinned it.
enchantedhomeschoolingmom
The wreaths are so adorable 🙂 I am definitely going to pin this project and add it to my Fall project list with my children.
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Anna@The Measured Mom
Here’s one all four of my kids (ages 1,3,5,6) would be able to do and enjoy – love those! Thanks so much for sharing at After School, Jackie! Your blog is looking so great 🙂
happyhooligans
So glad you liked it, Anna! Yes, this is perfect for kids of all ages! I hope you end up making some at your house!
Cynthia
Thank you I like it, I will use it with my Pre-K class!
mylene alberto
soooo beautiful.. you have motivated the kids to let their creativity come out naturally.. perfect! 🙂
Cassi
I love simple but lovely crafts like this! I’ll be sharing on The Crafty Crow soon 🙂
Michelle Morehart
In the fall I do a thankful wreath with whatever kids in whatever classroom I am subbing in at the time. Usually it is for the teacher, but it goes over so well. I pass out precut leaves and let them write their thankful message on them. We sort them and makes wreathes if there are enough.
Ashley
What glue works best? Reg white glue or glue stick?
Jackie Currie
Either will work well, Ashley. When using liquid glue, I like to pour it into a small container, and let the littles apply it with a paint brush.