19 Ways to Decorate With Leaves This Fall

Autumn Leaves & Branches Vase

Pick your favorite large vase—clear or autumn-themed—and fill with tall branches of fall leaves for a bold statement perfect for your living room or table. A set of three vases is another great choice.

Glitter Falling Leaves Garland

It's amazing what some Elmer's glue and glitter can do—hang these dazzling leaves from ribbon or twine for garland to adorn any wall.

Seasonal Cake Garnish

Fall leaves make an easy and festive garnish for your desserts, especially a perfectly iced cake. It'll impress your family at the next holiday celebration.

Watercolor Leaf & Branch Mobile

If you're stuck with only dull brown leaves in your neighborhood, take matters into your own hands with this project. Watercolor paints give you all of the fall color you need.

Find the DIY guide at Happiness is Homemade

Pumpkin Candle Holders

We love the use of a pumpkin as the base of this candle holder. Use some leaf garland (which you can make yourself) and grapevine to adorn the pumpkin.

Autumn Leaf Mason Jars

Nothing says fall like pretty leaves and down-home Mason jars. Use these Mod Podged-jars as candle holders for your table.

Find the DIY guide at Spark & Chemistry

Autumn Leaves & Recipe Cards Garland

If this doesn't belong in Mama's kitchen in the fall, we don't know what does. Use twine and clothespins to hang autumn leaves and well-used recipe cards of your favorite fall dishes.

Leaf Place Cards

Hosting a party or family holiday gathering? These leaf place cards are pretty and simple—just practice your calligraphy skills a little before!

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Fall Leaf Trees

A little creativity brought tomato cages and urn planters together to make these indoor fall leaf trees, string lights optional according to your taste.

Find the DIY guide at Hometalk

Bed of Leaves & Pumpkin Centerpiece

A vintage champagne bucket, the fall foliage of your choice (we do like the unconventional use of green leaves), and a white pumpkin make for an eye-catching fall centerpiece. It's a nice change from the usual color-filled centerpieces that we know and, still, love.

Find the full fall home tour at Summer Adams

Bedside Touches

Spruce up the guest bedroom for autumn with a vase of fall leaves and berries. It gives a tasteful pop of color!

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Hanging Gold Leaves Display

Some gold spray paint can go a long way to glamorize your fall décor. Spray paint some fall leaves and use them to hang on a branch as a mobile—perfect for anywhere in your home.

A Mantel Full of Leaves

This mantel is perfectly non-centered and layered with many fall pieces, most notably a bunch of different uses of fall leaves. They make up the wreath, fill the vase, and are sprinkled in the crate. We can never get enough leaves, either!

Find the DIY guide at The Frugal Homemaker

Gold-Dipped Leaf Garland

We just can't get enough garland ideas. This more natural garland is made with barely dipped leaves, and each leaf contains something to be thankful for, written with a white paint pin. Get your crew to submit their thanks!

Find the DIY guide at The Sweetest Occasion

Metallic Fall Leaves

We just love the assorted metallic tones of these painted leaves all together—perfect for when you're trying something a little different than the traditional fall color scheme.

Find the DIY guide at The Crazy Craft Lady

Colorful Fall Foliage Wreath

Nothing says autumn quite like our favorite fall leaves, making this brightly colored wreath the perfect welcome.

Find the DIY guide at Southern Living

Waxed Fall Leaves

Dipping fresh fall leaves in thin melted wax helps in a variety of ways. It preserves them for longer use, it makes them easier to hang on branches, and it allows for you to sprinkle them anywhere without fear of a crumpling mess.

Find the DIY guide at Creative Homemaking

White Pumpkin with Gold Leaves

For a lighter fall décor scheme, try this white pumpkin with gold painted leaves. Use some glue or Mod Podge to create a pretty focal point for indoors or outdoors.

Forage For Foliage

"Use natural materials to beautify your table by gathering leaves, berries, hydrangeas, and more from your backyard," Mary Hollis Huddleston of Mrs. Southern Social and Please Be Seated, the elevated event-rental company, said. "In the South, we're lucky that we still have plants blooming in the fall. I love combining these things with more seasonal items, like colorful autumn leaves."