Posted September 25, 2023 by: Admin #Decoration

Autumn itself provides a bounty of inexpensive fall decorating ideas. No need to decorate for fall with tacky, plastic, fake items when the real thing is charming, more tasteful, and easily creates a beautiful fall feeling in your home. Here are 13 easy & cheap fall decor ideas for you to get your natural fall style on!

Easy & Cheap Fall Decor Ideas

Decorating with Mini Pumpkins

1. Use a pumpkin as a vase for fresh flowers. Clean out the guts and seeds and use the pumpkin to arrange your flowers. Taller ones work well, but so will squatty pumpkins if you cut your flower stems short. Or try this non traditional look from ‘Green Wedding Shoes‘. They have an easy DIY on how to make mini pumpkins into a table centerpiece. How elegant and easy is this cheap fall decor idea?

Make a Fall Craft

2. Make topiary out of a foam form (conical shapes always work well) and hot glue a variety of large seeds acorns, walnuts, pinecones to the form. Completely cover the foam. Easy and makes a wonderful piece for any table or countertop.

Preserve Fall Leaves

3. Pick brightly colored fallen leaves. Rub a good moisturizer onto the front and back of the leaves and let dry. This helps the leaves keep their color and avoid curling. Once dry, scatter the leaves on a table, around a centerpiece, or on a  fireplace mantle.

Cheap Fall Decor from The Supermarket

4. Fill a tall vase or extra-large brandy snifter with a variety of colorful miniature pumpkins and gourds.

Decorate for Fall with Vignettes

5. Make a vignette using pumpkins, gourds, and leaves. Vary the sizes and colors of these squashes and fill in the gaps with leaves, mini pumpkins, and gourds.

Use Pumpkins for Fall Decorating

6. Arrange large pumpkins in a group (odd numbers work best) or on stairs. Carve, gild or paint designs or messages on the  pumpkins.

Make Fall Pumpkin Candles

7. Carve a small hole one inch deep in miniature pumpkins for use as taper candle holders.

Create Cheap Fall Decor in the Kitchen

8. If you have a tiered cake or serving plate, arrange pumpkins, gourds, or squash on each tier. Use a pie pumpkin or turban squash (looks like two placed one on top of the other) on the top level. Use smaller ones, even miniatures, as well as leaves and nuts on the other tiers. I would love something this charming in my fall kitchen!

Make a DIY Fall Centerpiece

9. Cut a branch from a tree. Place lengthwise on a table. Nest miniature gourds, pumpkins, leaves, nuts, and votive candles among the smaller branches. (Whenever you bring branches in from outdoors, spray off with water and allow to dry in the garage or another dry space.)

Cheap Fall Decor – DIY Fall Leaf Projects

10. Soften a three-wick candle by blowing a hairdryer on it until the wax is soft. Then press small colored leaves into the softened wax to add a fall touch. Or simply tie the leaves onto the candles with raffia.

Create Farmhouse Fall Decor

11. Take tall corn stalks and attach to porch columns or mailbox or even trees with a large fall colored ribbon. Further accent with pumpkins or mums around the base.

Use Nature to Decorate for Fall

12. Cut long branches with colored leaves still attached (see instructions above to prevent bringing bugs into your home). Place in a tall vase or an umbrella stand. Be sure the branches are proportionate to the vase or stand.

Use Mums for Fall Style

13. Use potted mums to replace your summer flowers in flower beds, on porches, near fireplace hearths, in corner of rooms this classic never goes out of style. To give added height within a group, place one potted mum on a miniature straw bale.