Dollar Store autumn crafts are a fun, easy and inexpensive way to spice up your home with kid made crafts for the season. Also, look at my Free Fall Season Unit Study {Pumpkins, Leaves, Corn, & More} for lots of hands-on ideas.
Or use the easy faux pies as an activity to learn about different fall symbols
If you have not been to Dollar Tree lately, you have to run, not walk.
The craft supply has been amazing for the last year or so.
There is so much unfinished wood, craft foam, glass items, and all the basic arts supplies like pom-poms pipe, cleaners, glue paint, etc.
I created these two faux pies for less than four dollars in dollar tree supplies and still ended up with leftovers for other crafts.
I purchased a two pack of foam rounds, a pack of felt, and a pack of pompoms.
Paint is something we pretty much all have on hand, so I am not counting that in the cost.
These faux pies make an adorable decoration.
And not only can they be used for dramatic play.
Use them for math as you count and teach a few basic fractions.
If you use tacky glue instead of hot glue, your child can pretty much do the entire craft alone.
Even your little preschool or kindergarten can do these.
But I also want to show you just how much variety there is for dollar tree autumn crafts.
Books About Pies
First, add some of these pie books to your home library collection.
3 Fun Pie Books for Kids Who Love to Read and Be Read to
Add some of these fun pie books for your kids to your home library.
An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This picture book takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients for a delicious apple pie. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat. Then hitch a ride to England and hijack a cow for the freshest possible milk. And, oh yes! Don't forget to go apple picking in Vermont! A simple recipe for apple pie is included.
Peyton is particular. But she's not picky. Grownups use that word a lot. Picky. Picky. Picky. It's never a good thing. And it's not fair. Peyton likes dogs and cats, scooters and bikes, pools and beaches. And Peyton likes to try new things. She recently mastered long division in math class and loves to practice the saxophone--as long as her adorable dog Mila doesn't howl! But Peyton is particular when it comes to food. Peyton doesn't like it when two foods touch on her plate. Peyton doesn't like green foods. Or orange foods. Or red foods. Peyton doesn't like foods that are gooey or gummy, sticky or slimy, frosted or flaky. And Peyton most definitely doesn't like chunky or lumpy foods.
And with that the feast begins! After the pie the old lady swallows a whole squash, all of the salad, and the entire turkey! As Mother and Father watch in shock, the two children are delighted to see the old lady growing fatter and fatter.
You will find a lot more than 8 on the list, several have a handful of ideas within the craft.
They’ll give you inspiration for the season.
8 Dollar Store Autumn Crafts
While they just used to be a summer staple I have noticed they now carry pool noodles year round in different colors because they are used for so many crafts like wreaths and these Pool Noodle Pumpkins.
Use more felt to create this adorable Felt Pie Garland to dress up your mantle
Make a Popsicle Stick Scarecrow using paint and sticks found at your local dollar store.
Grab some craft foam and paint while you learn about 10 Fall Apple Crafts and Make a Caramel Apple Craft on a Stick.
This Dollar Tree Foam Die Scarecrow is easy, inexpensive and adorable. What a cute kid made hostess gift it would be as well.
Find 8 Easy Fall Wood Crafts For Kids And A Dollar Tree Pumpkin Patch tutorial here.
If you haven’t seen it, Dollar Tree has a large section of both paperback and hardback books that are perfect for learning How to Make a 3-D Apple Book Craft.
I found the fabric and buttons at Dollar Tree for this Sunflower Canning Lid Craft. I feel like sunflowers are a lovely summer and fall theme.
How to Create Easy Faux Pies For Kids
You will need:
- 2 pack Dollar Tree foam rounds
- 1 piece craft felt
- 4 white pom poms
- Craft paint
- Paint brushes
- scissors
- Optional-cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice
First, determine which pie you will be making for fall.
I thought a pumpkin pie and an apple pie would be perfect for the season.
But you could do blueberry, or even a pecan pie and use bits of brown felt for the pecans.
Set out paints and paintbrush for each pie.
To give it a little bit more fall-ish feel and add a sensory touch I also added a little pumpkin pie spice to my orange paint and cinnamon to my cream paint for the apple pie.
Cinnamon for sure is available at dollar tree so I’m pretty sure this is not cheating.
However, I happened to have both in my pantry already.
If you are going to keep the pie whole, you can go ahead and paint the top and all around the sides.
If you want to cut it into slices for a little bit more interaction, then you will want to cut the styrofoam round into quarters first.
Paint the tops and all sides of the “slices”.
I sprinkled a little additional spice on top, tapped into the wet paint with my finger and then shook the extra off.
While you are waiting for the pie to dry you can go ahead and cut your felt to create the crust for these two pies.
I used just one piece, and I used every inch of it.
I recommend cutting your bottom round and then crust pieces that are slightly taller than the foam rounds.
And cut some really thin pieces to make a top for the apple pie.
Once the paint is dry, hot glue the tan felt to the bottom of each pie and trim it with scissors.
Then you can add a strip of crust just along the back.
Ir looks really cute and adds the finishing detail if you bunch it a bit as you go, much easier to accomplish with hot glue.
For the apple pie, we went one step further and created a lattice top crust on each piece.
We weaved the thin strips and glued them into place. Then cut off the excess with scissors.
The final step was to add whip cream to our pumpkin pie slices in the form of pom-poms.
You could also use scraps of white felt.
