Ideas for October wall decorations: an autumn wall display that makes use of children’s artwork.

9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherShibata Risa
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.

Autumn is full of charms—like delicious seasonal foods and the arts.

How about making wall decorations with autumn motifs so you can feel the season even indoors? Here are some wall decoration ideas recommended for October.

You’ll find plenty of ideas perfect for October: of course, Halloween-themed ghosts and pumpkins, as well as autumn’s tasty foods like grapes and mushrooms, and nature themes like autumn leaves and acorns.

Make beautiful wall decorations together while making the most of the children’s creations!

Ideas for October wall decorations: autumn wall displays that make use of children’s artwork (1–10)

Halloween pumpkin with tissue paper

A Halloween pumpkin wall decoration made by crumpling tissue paper! The method is super simple: crumple orange tissue paper, put it into a clear plastic bag, shape it, and tie it with a pipe cleaner.

Stick eyes, a nose, and a mouth onto the side of the bag, and your pumpkin is done in no time.

You can stick it on the wall, but the drawstring-style look is so cute that tying it to a string and hanging it as a garland is also recommended.

If you crumple white tissue paper, you can make a ghost too—so be sure to try them together!

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Tissue paper apple tree

When it comes to eye-catching wall decor, three-dimensional pieces are the clear winner.

But compared to flat decorations, 3D ones are much more challenging.

For those who aren’t particularly crafty, that can be a real barrier.

That’s why we recommend this “Tissue Paper Apple Tree.” Just crumple soft tissue paper and stick it onto flat paper apple cutouts, and you’ll instantly get three-dimensional apples.

By changing the background paper decoration, it quickly transforms into an artistic piece—so give it a try!

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Colorful fallen leaves in a collage

Collage is a form of expression in which various types of paper are glued onto a backing sheet to create a single work.

By layering papers with different colors and patterns, you can produce a one-of-a-kind piece full of character.

One idea that uses collage is this wall decoration made with fallen leaves! The method is very simple: glue torn or scissor-cut pieces of paper onto construction paper, then cut them into shapes like maple and ginkgo leaves.

Once finished, decorate your wall with them alongside motifs of animals celebrating the arrival of autumn.

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October wall decoration ideas: Autumn wall displays that showcase children's work (11–20)

Mushrooms and bell crickets of decalcomania

Decalcomania is a painting technique where you fold a sheet of paper that has paint applied to one side, transferring the paint to the other half.

This simple and fun method for creating symmetrical patterns is actively used not only in art but also in early childhood education.

If you freely paint a mushroom-shaped piece of construction paper and fold it in half before it dries, in no time you’ll have a mushroom covered in patterns! Paste it together with a motif of bell crickets, whose beautiful songs we hear in autumn, and you’ll have a wall decoration full of autumn charm.

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An owl made with origami kirigami (decorative paper cutting)

This is an owl wall decoration that incorporates kirigami-style cutouts—making slits in folded origami to create patterns.

The owl’s distinctive belly pattern is expressed with these decorative cuts.

A flat base works fine, but using a small paper bag makes it easy to create a three-dimensional decoration.

Use origami, stickers, and pens to add the eyes and beak, then attach the pre-made kirigami pieces, and you’ll have an adorable owl with big, round eyes.

Because the origami is very small when folded, please handle scissors with great care.

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Paper tape hedgehog

This wall decoration features an adorable hedgehog with colorful, spiky quills! Hedgehogs are popular animals that often appear in picture books, and in recent years they’ve grown in popularity as pets too, so kids are sure to have a great time with this activity.

Once you’ve prepared the hedgehog-shaped construction paper as the base, simply cut strips of paper tape and stick them on freely.

When you’re done, draw in the eyes and nose to finish it off.

For cutting the paper tape, you can tear it by hand, use scissors, have the teacher pre-cut it, or choose whatever method best suits the children.

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Let’s make a bagworm wreath!

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Let’s make a wreath with a swinging bagworm! Cut out the center of a paper plate so only the rim remains, spread glue on it, and stick on crumpled tissue paper from the top.

For the bagworm, cut colored construction paper into parts and assemble them by gluing.

While real cocoons are usually brown, since this is a decoration, it’s fun to finish it colorfully by adding round stickers.

You can draw the face with a pen or use round stickers for it.

Attach twine to the bagworm and hang it in the center of the paper plate, and your cute wreath is complete.

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