Ideas for September Crafts for 1-Year-Olds: A Fun Collection of Autumn-Themed Projects
Here are some autumn craft ideas you can enjoy with one-year-olds.
From mushrooms and grapes to apples and fallen leaves, there are plenty of colorful, adorable creations.
For September projects, activities like finger stamping, painting, and handprints/footprints let children explore by touch and joyfully express the changing seasons.
Through hands-on creative activities, their sensibilities are richly nurtured.
All of the projects are simple in both preparation and steps, so enjoy a fun crafting time with the children! Because we introduce ideas that let children freely express their creativity, we use the term “制作” (creation/production) rather than “製作” (craft-making) in the main text.
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[For 1-year-olds] September craft ideas! A fun collection of autumn-themed projects (1–10)
Mushrooms in bleeding watercolor
Let’s use wet-on-wet painting to make cute mushrooms for the autumn season.
We’ll start with the stem.
Apply glue all over a sheet of origami paper and attach it to a toilet paper roll.
Fold and glue the excess at the top and bottom inward.
Next, use a coffee filter to make the cap.
Draw patterns on the coffee filter with water-based markers, then mist it with water.
Once it’s dry, firmly glue the stem and cap together.
Your mushroom is complete! Be sure to spray enough water so the ink bleeds nicely.
Prepare several colors of water-based markers and let the children choose their favorites.
Torn-paper collage of fallen leaves
Let’s express autumn with torn-paper collage! Torn-paper collage is not only easy to make, but also a great craft for stimulating the brain by using your fingertips.
Prepare a base sheet with a tree trunk drawn or pasted on it, and freely create autumn foliage by tearing origami paper in fall colors and pasting the pieces.
You can also use color pages from newspapers instead of origami to give it a stylish finish.
No two works will ever be the same.
How about decorating the wall with these unique pieces and enjoying a little exhibition together?
Autumn crafts with newspaper stamping
Crumpling up a sheet of newspaper instantly turns it into a stamp.
Let the children enjoy crumpling a big piece of newspaper to start.
Pour paint into a large container like a tub, and stamp with the newspaper.
Using brown and yellow is perfect for depicting autumn foliage.
Attach autumn nuts and insects to the finished tree.
If the children are deeply engaged and having fun, it’s important to step back and simply watch over them.
Create an environment that helps them express themselves freely.
[Age 1] September craft ideas! A collection of fun, autumn-themed projects (11–20)
Finger stamp mushroom
Even children who aren’t confident with crafts or drawing can have fun trying finger-stamp mushrooms.
Finger stamping is an art activity where you dip your fingertip in paint and create patterns.
It’s not just about tapping—there are many variations, like drawing lines or making tiny dots with your nail.
All you do here is add patterns to mushrooms using finger stamps, so it’s easy and helps nurture children’s creativity.
It can also be fun to reproduce real mushroom patterns by looking at a mushroom field guide instead of inventing your own designs.
That way, it doubles as food education, too.
Red Dragonfly Decalcomania
Here’s a dragonfly craft idea using paint.
Fold a sheet of drawing paper in half to make a crease.
Open it up, and on one side, imagine a dotted pattern and dab small amounts of different colors of paint.
Close the paper and press firmly so the paint spreads.
Be careful not to place the paint too close to the edge, or it will squish out at this step.
Cut the paper into dragonfly wing shapes with scissors and open it up.
Finally, attach the dragonfly’s body and eye pieces to finish.
The paint has spread beautifully to create lovely patterned wings.
A mountain of crimson leaves with just a single fold
“A one-fold autumn mountain,” perfect for toddlers just starting with origami.
Simply fold the paper into a triangle and you’ve got a fine mountain! It’s also great practice for making triangles, so give it a try.
Don’t worry if it isn’t perfectly neat at first—mountains with a bit of irregularity have more character.
Tear red, yellow, and green origami paper and paste the pieces onto the triangle to complete your autumn mountain! Like origami, torn-paper collage is excellent for developing children’s fine motor skills, so be sure to incorporate it actively.
A bagworm that breaks in three folds
With just three folds, your origami turns into a bagworm! It’s a fun, idea-filled craft perfect for autumn.
Place the colored side up, fold the bottom into a triangle, flip it over, and fold the sides.
To finish, stick on torn pieces of origami paper and round sticker eyes—that’s it! The bagworm body doesn’t need to be folded perfectly.
Let 2-year-olds experience the joy of origami.
Also, torn-paper collage is great for practicing finger dexterity and nurturing the senses! Plus, through autumn-themed crafting, it helps enrich children’s hearts.