Different seasons of the year grant families and friends to come together and decorate their homes in fun and creative ways. Many ways families enjoy spending time together, including their preparations for different seasons.
Vittoria Zoccoli (10) shares, “I’m always excited for the fall because I get to decorate and do fun activities with my family and friends. It also gives me an opportunity to artistically express myself.”
A cute and popular idea to do for fall is carve pumpkins as many pumpkin patches are open and available in socal. Putting real or fake pumpkins of different colors and sizes is a great way to lighten up a house or room in an easy way.
An alternative way to use pumpkins this fall is carving out the center and using it as a flower pot. The pumpkin can be filled with beautiful flowers and be displayed on a front porch or living room.
Another craft that can be made is a dangling decoration design. This is created by either crocheting or drawing a design like candy corns or pumpkins and then attaching them to a string that dangles across a ceiling.
The multiple blooming flowers and falling leaves call for a perfect use to create a door design. You can collect the various types of plants and attach them to sticks formed into a circle through hot glue or a string. This forms a beautiful and vibrant wreath to hang on your door entrance.
Filling a house with multiple colors such as orange, red and yellow to signify fall is an entertaining way for people to create new settings in their environment. By transforming a room into a different aesthetic and visual is helpful in exciting someone for a change and overall affecting their mood.
According to Dr. Elaina DellaCava, “Colors can influence our mood and can actually create a surge of dopamine, which is our happiness hormone.”
A unique and adorable craft are small gnomes to put on your doorsteps. This is created by using a tiny pumpkin and attaching a piece of plaid cloth cut out in the form of a cone on top of the pumpkin. The nose is a small round piece of wood that is then added right underneath the plaid cone that acts as the hat, and a beard can be created by gluing on multiple pieces of gray yarn to the bottom portion of the nose.
Easy and accessible ways to change some of the things in a household is buying leaf or pumpkin coasters for drinks. It is a small change to make, but it can impact the overall visual of the room significantly.
Many stores also provide wood carve outs of pumpkins, leaves and trees which you can paint yourself and add meaningful or inspirational quotes for the season. They can be hung up and displayed in a fall color scheme. It is also an easy idea to do with children, friends or other family members.
Fall is a great time to brainstorm and collaborate on ways to improve an environment in a house while coming together with loved ones to make meaningful memories.
