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!
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Ideas for October wall decorations: autumn wall displays that make use of children’s artwork (1–10)
Colorful acorns made with flower paper
A cute acorn decoration made by crumpling flower paper! Acorns are usually brown, but it’s fun to make them colorful instead of sticking to the original color.
Crumple flower paper and put it into a clear plastic bag, then shape it like an acorn.
Cut construction paper into the shape of the acorn’s cap and attach it to the piece you made, then add eyes and a mouth to finish.
Enjoy making acorns with all kinds of expressions—smiling, angry, worried, and more!
Prickly chestnut made with yarn and torn-paper collage
Speaking of autumn, it’s the season for sweet, delicious chestnuts.
Among children who love chestnut rice and chestnut desserts, how many know what chestnuts look like in their spiky burrs on the tree? Since autumn is when chestnuts are in season, it’s a great time to show them a book or actually visit a park to look at a chestnut tree, observe how chestnuts grow, and then make a wall decoration of a spiky chestnut burr.
After sticking chestnut-shaped cutouts onto a round backing, add yarn or torn colored paper to represent the spines.
If you attach them to a large backing shaped like a chestnut tree, you’ll have a charming autumn-themed chestnut display.
Autumn leaves with a single-faced cardboard stamp
This is an autumn leaves wall decoration made using single-face corrugated cardboard with the wavy ridged side exposed.
Dab paint onto the ridged side of the single-face cardboard and stamp it onto construction paper or kraft paper.
Prepare the cardboard in an easy-to-stamp shape—such as making it into a loop—so children can hold it comfortably.
Once the stamping is done, let the paint dry thoroughly, cut out leaf shapes, and attach them to a backing sheet to finish.
The cardboard’s striped pattern looks just like leaf veins, resulting in a wonderfully charming piece!
Cosmos in a Paper Cup
A colorful, pop-style cosmos wall decoration made from paper cups.
The base of the cosmos comes together in no time—just cut open a paper cup! Make several slits along the side of the cup, then spread it out to form a flower shape.
You can color the petals after opening it, but if you attach colored paper to the side while it’s still a cup and then cut it open, the result will be even neater.
Add your own patterns with crayons, pens, or stickers to create your original cosmos flowers!
Drawing of grape paper chains and raffia (lily-of-the-valley) tape
These are wall decorations featuring grapes and persimmons that are in season in autumn! For the grapes, cut colored construction paper into thin strips, make them into rings, and glue them onto a grape-shaped backing.
It’s also a great idea to prepare the ring parts in advance and have the children stick them on.
For the persimmons, simply wind lily tape around a piece of thick paper cut into a persimmon shape.
The direction and number of wraps change the color intensity and patterns, so it’ll be fun to try different variations.
Once each piece is finished, decorate the wall together with tree branches made from construction paper.
A colorful Halloween created by everyone
This is a Halloween wall display combining handprint ghosts from the 0-year-old class, footprint pumpkins from the 1-year-old class, and mummies from the 2-year-old class.
It brings together the infant classes’ works on a single wall.
Please pre-cut the ghosts, pumpkin vines and leaves, and mummies from construction paper.
For the white mummy strips, cut construction paper into long, thin pieces and have the 2-year-olds stick them on.
For the background, use rollers with the children to paint it purple and black to create atmosphere.
It’s also recommended to add a full moon, a castle, and bats alongside the artworks.
Handprint autumn leaves and mushroom stickers
Perfect for an autumn bulletin board! Here’s a wall display idea featuring a maple tree.
Use the children’s handprints as maple leaves to create one large tree.
Try using various colors for the paint on their hands and the construction paper for the prints—red, orange, and brown—to capture the look of autumn foliage.
Small hands, big hands—handprints of different sizes by age will become maple leaves of all shapes and sizes.
Add some mushrooms at the base of the tree for an even more autumnal display.