Decorate a fall dough bowl for free using foraged items. Enjoy the outdoors and gather natural elements to employ in your home decor.

Hi! Michelle back from Our Crafty Mom sharing simple tips for decorating a fall dough bowl with foraged items. Inspiration comes from all kinds of places. Living in New England, I'yard always inspired past the beautiful outdoors, peculiarly during the fall season.

fall dough bowl pin with text that reads

How to Make Decorate a Fall Dough Basin with Foraged Items

The not bad thing about this project is y'all can use any natural elements you've gathered. There is no right or wrong way to decorate. Merely have fun with it and enjoy nature. This is basically a gratis project!

What you need:

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  • Pruning Shears

Supplies Needed:

These are the ingredients you'll need. All the exact amounts are in the printable card at the bottom of this postal service.

  • Foraged items – leaves, twigs, acorns, berries, flowers
  • White Dough Bowl
  • Small Pumpkins
collection of foraged items

Fall Dough Bowl Decorating:

What to Expect For in Foraging

When y'all are looking for items to use in your fall dough bowl, try to look for a mixture of colorful leaves, berries, twigs, and more.

fall leaves in vase

There really is no right or incorrect mode to decorate your dough bowl. When gathering fall leaves, it's best to cut them when they are at their top color. In New Hampshire, that is usually in the outset or second week of Oct depending on the expanse.

Use Pine Cones as a Filler

Start with a clean slate when decorating your dough basin. You tin apply pine cones as the first layer to requite a little lift to the centerpiece items.

Pinecones in a wooden dough bowl.

Whenever I decorate a centerpiece, I separate it out into three sections. Showtime layering items on each end of the dough bowl. I'chiliad a big fan of symmetry, and then I use the same elements for both sides.

pine cones and leaves in dough bowl

And then information technology's just a matter of layering the foraged items into the dough bowl. Once the sides are full, add items into the center of the basin.

center of the dough bowl decorated for fall

Look at these super cool stems my daughter found. If y'all know what it's called, get out a comment and let me know. I bet information technology'south really pretty in full blossom.

red berries for dough bowl

Add small pumpkins to the centerpiece for additional texture and dimension.

close up of pumpkins in dough bowl

That's all there is to information technology! This would brand a nice centerpiece for your Thanksgiving tabular array. Information technology would exist all-time to make it up the week of so it is fresh.

finished dough bowl for fall

PIN FOR Later:

fall dough bowl pin with text overlay

Where Can Yous Find Dough Bowls?

Antique dough bowls can typically exist found at vintage markets, antique stores, or sometimes online. You tin can observe reproductions at nigh home stores and on Etsy.

Of course, the reproductions volition be less costly. A vintage dough bowl tin cost a pretty penny. But they tin can be used all year long, non only seasonally.

Autumn Dough Bowl with Foraged Items

Gather beautiful items from nature to decorate a dough basin for fall.

Prep Time xxx mins

Piece of work Time xvi mins

Total Time 46 mins

Cuisine: British

Keyword: fall, fall centerpiece, fall decor, fall dough basin

  • Garden Shears

  • Dough Bowl
  • Foraged Items
  • Pumpkins

  • Gather leaves, berries, pino cones, flowers from your k or the forest.

  • Place pino cones on the bottom of the dough bowl.

  • Layer your leaves, stems and whatever other items you've gathered on each finish of the dough bowl.

  • Fill in the heart of the dough bowl with additional leaves and clippings.

  • Add minor pumpkins to the centerpiece for boosted texture and dimension.

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Michelle James

Michelle is the founder and creator of Our Crafty Mom, a DIY web log focusing on crafts, domicile decorating, refinishing furniture and upcycling -- all done on a budget! She has two grown children, who inspired her blog name. Her Dad is her biggest blog supporter and very own "personal American Picker", finding most of the article of furniture pieces she refinishes. She has been featured on DIY Network, Craft Gawker, Dwelling Gawker and many popular DIY blogs. She loves thrift shop shopping and flea markets.

Michelle has been sharing her nifty ideas on Ideas for the Home by Kenarry® since October 2018. Follow Michelle on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter.