Fall is a busy season! From back to school, to Halloween, to Thanksgiving, and football games in between, there is so much to celebrate and look forward to! Incorporating fall crafts into your weekly lesson plans is a great way to build on these exciting holidays and events, while anchoring core content learning. With purposeful fall crafts, you are able to foster creativity, as you strengthen fine motor control, visual-spatial relationships, and the ability to listen and follow directions!

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Fall Crafts for Back to School

Fall crafts for back to school are a great way to teach classroom rules and procedures, get students excited about the school year ahead, and build classroom community.

First Day of School Pencil Craft

On the first day of school, introduce this easy-to-assemble back to school pencil craft and self-portrait drawing activities!

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This simple back to school craft provides numerous opportunities for your little learners to practice essential fine motor, scissor and gluing skills, as well as the ability to listen and follow directions.

No David Goes to School Craft and Activities

“David Goes to School” by David Shannon is a great back to school read aloud! After reading this classic, complete these David Goes to School activities and craft to promote positive behavior. Turn those “No, David!” choices into “Yes, David!” choices, as you establish your classroom rules!

How to Use School Supplies Craft

Set clear expectations for how to use school supplies during the first week of school with these how to use school supplies toolbox crafts and activities! With 10 of the most popular school supplies included, students will learn the routines and procedures for using school supplies appropriately in no time!

Stick to the Rules Classroom Rules & Expectations Craft

Establish classroom rules and expectations with these interactive classroom rules craft and digital slides! At the end of the month, the students will have a handy “Stick to the Rules” craft book to help them better remember each rule!

The Kissing Hand First Day Feelings Craft

“The Kissing Hand” by Audrey Penn is another must-read back to school book! After reading this heartfelt story, integrate math with this adorable raccoon craft for The Kissing Hand, as you create a “First Day of School Feelings” graph.

All About Me Back to School Backpack

Build classroom community as you learn all about your students with this simple-to-assemble all about me backpack craft and 28 all about me pages!

Dotted I Craft

This simple fall craft is always a class favorite, as students love any chance they can get to use bingo daubers. After dabbing the letter “I,” we turn the letter into a person and then write the sentence “I am [name].” To find the step-by-step directions, head to this post.

Fall Crafts for Names

Fall crafts for names are a wonderful opportunity for students to learn how to spell and write their name in sequential order. In addition to sequencing the letters in their name, they can also identify the number of letters, vowels, consonant, syllables, and more. Celebrate your students and their names during back to school with these adorable name crafts and activities!

Mosaic Name Craft

Practice scissor cutting skills and strengthen fine motor skills, with this simple rainbow mosaic name craft for back to school… one of the easiest fall crafts for names!

Chrysanthemum Name Craft

“Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes is one of my favorite name books for back to school! After reading this beloved book, we complete this Chrysanthemum craft.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Craft

Another name craft that integrates a favorite read aloud is this coconut tree name craft. After reading “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” the students will practice sequencing the letters in their name with this adorable coconut tree craft.

Alphabet Soup Name Craft

After learning an “Alphabet Name Soup” poem and playing a fun game, the students will use the letters to create this “Alphabet Name Soup” craft.

School Bus Craft

This “Name on the Bus” craft helps students practice identifying the begging letter and number of letters in their name. After learning a fun poem sung to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus,” the students create a “name bus” craft in which they place one letter of their name in each window on the bus.

Here’s the Scoop Ice Cream Craft

The students will create an ice cream cone craft as they learn all about the first letter, the last letter, the number of letters, the number of consonants, the number of vowels, and the number of syllables in their name.

Fall Crafts for Apples

When I think about fall, one of the first things that comes to mind is apples! I love to celebrate apple week with my students, and… what better way than with some interactive fall crafts all about apples?!

All About Apples Craft

Learn all about apples with these 20 interactive apple activities and adorable apple craft! Students will learn all about the life cycle of an apple, parts of an apple, uses of an apple and more! Plus, they will enjoy completing the apple investigation activities, as they observe the seeds, measure the height and weight of an apple, and more!

Torn Paper Apple Craft

Students are able to strengthen their fine motor skills, as they tear and glue each torn piece of paper, with this FREE torn paper apple craft! This is one of those fall crafts that makes a great fall bulletin board.

Paper Plate Apple Parts Craft

Another great apple craft is this FREE paper plate apple craft for labeling the parts of an apple!

Apple Life Cycle Craft

This apple life cycle craft FREEBIE is great for helping students visually learn all about the life cycle of an apple while also practicing their fine motor skills.

Fall Crafts for Fire Safety Week

Fire Safety Week is one of those weeks that always sneaks up on me! One way to celebrate this important week are with these fall crafts for Fire Safety Week!

Fire Truck Craft

Integrate literacy, while celebrating Fire Safety Week, with this fire truck craft! Use the fire safety emergent reader and pocket chart sentences, as well as the labeling activity, to practice beginning sounds, sight word recognition and building sentences.

Fire Safety Rules Interactive Shape Book

Help students learn all about fire safety prevention tips and tools with this fire shaped fire safety rules booklet!

Fall Crafts for Halloween

I love to incorporate fall crafts for Halloween throughout the entire month of October! These fall crafts integrate math, science, social studies, literacy and more, all while building those fine motor muscles!

Room on the Broom Craft and Activities

Engage your little learners with an interactive Room on the Broom craft for sequencing the events and retelling the story, as well as a witch cauldron Halloween craft.

Interactive Pumpkin Shape Book

Investigate pumpkins with these 20 interactive pumpkin investigation activities and adorable pumpkin craft! Students learn all about the pumpkin life cycle, uses of a pumpkin, where to grow a pumpkin and more! The pumpkin investigation activities are great for making observations and measuring parts of a pumpkin!

All About Bats Craft

When I think of Halloween, I always think of bats! Easily integrate science, math, literacy and social studies into your nonfiction bat research with these 25 interactive bat activities and adorable bat craft!

All About Spiders Craft

This interactive spider craft shape book is similar to the bat shape book. Students get to learn all about spiders with the 25 interactive spider activities and spider craft included!

Halloween Party Crafts

A Halloween party isn’t a party without some Halloween crafts! These Halloween party crafts and games are easy to prep, saving you valuable time so you can enjoy your Halloween party with your students!

Masking Tape Mummy

With easy prep and quick assembly, this FREE masking tape mummy is one of my favorite Halloween crafts to create during our classroom Halloween party!

More Halloween Crafts

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Fall Crafts for Thanksgiving

These fall crafts for Thanksgiving are great for integrating math, science, social studies, literacy and more!

Decomposing Turkey Craft

Practice composing and decomposing numbers 2-10 with this adorable decomposing turkey craft!

Number Order Turkey Craft

This “Turkey Trot” craft, center and game are perfect for your November math centers! After playing the whole class number sequencing game, students can complete their own turkey trot number sequencing craft!

Interactive Turkey Shape Book

Learn all about turkeys with these 18 interactive turkey activities, adorable turkey craft and nonfiction text about turkeys!

Turkey Life Cycle Craft

Another fun way to learn about the life cycle of a turkey is this super cute turkey life cycle craft. Just spin the interactive wheel to better remember each stage of the turkey life cycle!

T is for Turkey Craft

This T is for turkey craft, center activities, and game are great for working on the beginning sound, T!

How to Catch a Turkey Craft

Your students will enjoy creating this turkey craft and devising a plan for trapping that tricky little turkey in disguise with this simple-to-assemble How to Catch a Turkey craft!

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More Seasonal Crafts for Kindergarten

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