16+ Upcycled & Repurposed Fall DIY Craft Ideas
These 16+ upcycled & repurposed Fall DIY craft ideas are fun to make for unique autumn and Halloween home decor. Trash to treasure simple Fall crafts project ideas with vintage and thrifted finds.
When the air cools and the leaves start to change colors, the creative juices start to flow. A new season of ideas are ripe for the making! Upcycling and repurposing vintage and thrifted finds is a great way to show your DIY skills and decorate your home with unique flea market style decor. These 16+ Upcycled and Repurposed Fall DIY Craft Ideas are perfect to get your autumn and Halloween home decor started.
16+ Upcycled & Repurposed Fall DIY Craft Ideas
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Upcycled Vintage and Thrifted Fabric Ideas
Less than perfect old quilts, blankets and clothes are usually inexpensive when you’re thrifting. If you can see past a couple stains or worn spots, they’re the perfect material to upcycle into unique home decor, even cute clothing. Here is a variety of project ideas to transform those flea market finds into fun trash to treasure creations.
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“Leafy DIY Fabric Scrap Wreath for Fall”
Cozy old blankets are the perfect material for this easy, DIY wreath. Customize the colors to match your decor. Anyone can make this simple project; all you need is a scissors and a hot glue gun. Once you get started, you may want to gift them, also!
“Repurposed Wool Blanket Garland How To”
Old blankets can also be upcycled into a beautiful Fall garland. Fun to decorate the porch or an outdoor harvest party. Get the easy how to in this tutorial.
Autumn decor isn’t complete without a variety of pumpkins on display. DIY your own from upcycled fabrics and get a fun variety of patterns and colors. With a little simple sewing, you can create your own patch of fabric pumpkins, each with their own personality. This tutorial shows you how to add a little weight for a higher-end feel, too.
When you’ve made a bunch, you can make a beautiful wreath, too!
“Fabric Pumpkin Harvest Wreath”
“Sunflower Button Pillow How To”
With simple sewing skills, repurpose an old blanket or fabrics into a charming sunflower pillow. Vintage buttons add to the texture.
Revive and Repurpose Old Quilts
Old patchwork quilts often show their wear. If the tears and worn spots aren’t too bad, you can revive them with a few simple fixes. If they’re too far gone, upcycle them into cute fall decor.
“How to Easily Repair an Old Quilt”
“Upcycled Vintage Quilt Witch Hat”
Upcycled Flannel Projects
As soon as the weather cools, we all start craving plaid flannel, don’t we? There are always plenty of flannel shirts in the thrift store isles. Repurpose an old plaid flannel shirt into cute coasters or add an embroidered vintage linen to the sleeves of one of your shirts.
“Add Flouncy Sleeves to a Flannel Shirt, Vintage Style”
Repurpose Vintage Finds Into Fall Decor
Vintage finds can be repurposed into unique autumn home decor with a little creativity. You may have some of these items hiding in your home somewhere; with a little bit of crafting and DIY skills, you can enjoy fun, upcycled Fall decor!
“5 Simple Steps to A Fun Vintage Suitcase Vignette”
Once you learn how to clean and revive vintage suitcases (HERE’s how I do it), they can easily become beautiful home decor in any season. Prop them open and display a seasonal vignette inside. Old suitcases are one of my favorite vintage collections. I have many of them and love to use them in all sorts of ways. Get more ideas in “9 Fun Ways to Decorate with Vintage Suitcases”.
These upcycled projects started with an everyday item. By adding a little “extra”, they turned into creative Fall decor.
“Repurposed Wheel Pumpkin DIY”
Upcycle Old Bakeware
Thrifted old bakeware is commonly found and can be upcycled so many ways. With some strong adhesive and possibly a saw, you can craft many autumn decor items.
“Repurposed Tart Mold Pumpkins How To”
“Repurposed Bundt Pan Apple, or Pumpkin?”
“Repurposed Cake Mold Sunflower DIY”
One Last Repurposed Fall DIY Craft Idea
When you find something old that’s too hard to put back together, repurpose it into something else! I picked up an old barrel and a few buckets for cheap, because they were falling apart. We cut the pieces in 1/2 lengthwise and nailed 3 of them together. They make great vases for dried flowers and grasses in the fall.
“Repurposed Vintage Bucket Rustic Vase”
Hope these simple fall crafts and upcycled projects inspire you to create your own unique Fall and Autumn home decor. Upcycling and repurposing thrifted and vintage finds is an inexpensive way to decorate your home creatively.
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Wow, these fall DIY craft ideas are incredibly creative and inspiring! Upcycling and repurposing materials to create seasonal crafts is not only environmentally friendly but also adds a unique touch to the decor. Can’t wait to try some of these out and bring a cozy autumn vibe into my home.
So glad you enjoyed them, Penny!
SO MANY FABULOUS IDEAS, Lora!!
We will be featuring you starting Wednesday at the Creative Crafts Linky Party! Pinned and shared!
Creatively, Beth
Wonderful; thanks, Beth!
Thanks for the wonderful fall ideas, at this time my favorite will be the witch hat and cute fabric faces on the pumpkins. I am currently undergoing cancer treatment and love to take cute craft items to my Wonderful Nurses, these will be the hit of the infusion rooms. A smile will be had by us all. Thank you again.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them, Susie:) And what a wonderful way to turn something painful into something sweet. My mom was a nurse and so is my sister; I’m sure your nurses will appreciate the sentiment. Pray for your recovery!
All your craft ideas are very cute but really love the witch hat! Thanks for the pattern!
Glad you enjoyed them all; happy crafting!
I’ve made a few of them but, I like the idea of those cute coasters you made think I will try them. Thanks for these ideas.
Your welcome, Marlene!
So mant great ideas. That pumpkin wreath is awesome. I love it.
Love pulling it out each year:)
So many fabulous ideas!
Thanks, Laura!
As always, you come up with the coolest ideas. I’ve pinned quite a bit. I recreated that hanging fence holder into a semi-chandelier…..so cool. And this weekend I’m making that “stained glass” looking old window. I’ve already gotten quite a few cool light glassware that has a cut glass look in them. I plan on putting that in my garden path on an easel my husband made with birch limbs. Look forward to your posts. Just plain fun. Thank you 🙂
That sounds beautiful, Cindy! Happy creating:)
You have a whole bunch of gems in this roundup, Lora!! You do FALL DIY’S better than anyone. I’m so amazed at the things you have come up with!! So cozy and fun.
Thanks so much, Rachel!