Make this adorable DIY Fall Leaf Bowl with this easy step by step tutorial. It’s a wonderful Fall craft for kids to make!
I love simple DIY crafts! Now that it’s Fall there are so may great Fall crafts to make to add that pop of Autumn colors to your home. This gorgeous DIY Fall Wreath and this super easy Pine Cone Filled Vase with Lights are two other quick Fall decor crafts I think you will love too.
You can use your leaf bowl to hold candy or you could also place it around the bottom of another vase or bowl as an accent.
Materials needed to Make a Leaf Bowl
Loose leaves (or leaf garland that you detach)
Mod Podge (matte finish)
Foam brush
Balloon
Bowl
We went to the Dollar Store and found a bag of 50 Fall leaves and a really big bag of foam brushes (for a $1.00 each!) We already had the Mog Podge to use to glue it.
I did find these 120 Artificial Fall Maple Leaves in a Mixture of Autumn Colors on Amazon if you have trouble finding the leaves. 🙂
How to Make This Leaf Bowl
To begin, blow up your balloon and tie it. Insert in, top-down into the bowl.
We made a little plate out of aluminum foil to put the Mod Podge on. (You would also use a bowl or cup)
Spread the Mod Podge onto the balloon, starting at the top and working the way down about ¼ of the way down (or however “deep” you want your bowl).
Apply the leaves one at a time, applying more Mod Podge to each leaf as you apply.
Cover the entire area you want for your bowl. Be sure not to leave any open spots.
Let it dry for a couple of hours. We let ours dry for about 3 hours.
Then, you simply pop the balloon and carefully peel it away from the leaves.
Voila!! Our beautiful little creation….. guess who ran to find something fun to put in it. 🙂
DIY Fall Leaf Bowl
Equipment
- Foam Paint Brush
- Bowl
Ingredients
- Balloon
- Modge Podge
- Artificial leaves
Instructions
- Blow up the balloon and tie it.
- Insert it, top-down into the bowl.
- We made a little plate out of aluminum foil to put the Mod Podge on. (You would also use a bowl or cup)
- Spread the Mod Podge onto the balloon, starting at the top and working the way down about ¼ of the way down (or however “deep” you want your bowl).
- Apply the leaves one at a time, applying more Mod Podge to each leaf as you apply.
- Cover the entire area you want for your bowl. Be sure not to leave any open spots.
- Let it dry for a couple of hours. We let ours dry for about 3 hours.
- Then, simply pop the balloon and carefully peel it away from the leaves.
- Fill it with candy or display little pine cones!
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Kim (TheKimSixFix)
I love this! I’m sharing on my Facebook page! Thanks for linking up to You’re gonna love it! 🙂
The Style Sisters
So pretty!! I must make one!! Come link up to Centerpiece Wednesday and share your idea with us http://thestylesisters.blogspot.com/2014/09/centerpiece-wednesday_16.html
Michelle @ The Painted Hinge
LOVE this idea! It’s easy and economical- the two things I love the most! 🙂
Linda@Tumbleweed Contessa
I am in love with this. I have a thing for fall leaves. Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend. I have to run to the Dollar Store! 🙂
Linda
Trisha @ Home Sweet Homemade
Wow! Unbelievable easy and clever! I can’t wait to do this!
Pinning!
Found you on Ladybug Blessing, btw 🙂
Eeva
So beautiful! I might steel an idea – when I finally admit, it is fall and add some fall decoration in my house 😉
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
OMG! How gorgeous, I love it. Thank you for sharing at Treasure Box Tuesday. Pinning and be sure and check back next week for features.
New follower by the way.
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
Jenna
Some awesome! Thanks, I will pin to try!
Marlys (This and That)
I love this and I have some leaves from the Dollar Tree to use up.. Now all I have to do is buy some balloons.. I have everything else. Pinning this so that I can make it for my Fall decorations. Found this craft over at In and Out of the Kitchen
Jess
Oh my gosh! What a cute project!
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!
Courtney at A Life From Scratch
What a beautiful autumn project! I actually thought they might even be real leaves at first, but that would be way too delicate I’m sure. Made my way here through the Busy Monday link party. Happy to have discovered you! If you get a chance, I’d love it if you stopped by my blog sometime 🙂
Amy
What a great project! My boys will love this!
Jenny
Thanks! I’ve seen these before, too. This was a simple tutorial that I might just try. 🙂 Do you think it would work with real leaves?? Thanks!
Kiki
I really like this! Pinned!
BreeAnna McManus
Where do you get those leaf things at..
Im on the central coast of cali… we don’t have those here.. 😛
bec
I bet you can order them online if you can’t find them in local stores….
Diana Rambles
I love this. Pinned!!!