Affordable Fall Party Decorations and Crafts

We had some fun fall craft/party ideas a few years ago SO I thought I would share them here with the hope of inspiring creativity within you!

While walking around Goodwill trying to find some cheap crafting supplies for the kiddos I ran across a bag of puff paint for $2, as I looked closer I realized one of the paints was GLOW IN THE DARK! I figured I would let the children turn old t-shirts inside out but after a trip to the Dollar Tree I saw and purchased three plain t-shirts!  This craft ended up being $5 and the shirts lasted a looooong time.

Have you heard of French Press Mornings?  The sweet woman who runs this blog has a free print out every Wednesday! I can't seem to find her blog to link it, but when I do I'll add it in. It's usually a Bible verse and ALWAYS beautiful!  I printed this out a few years ago and pull it out every fall, sometimes I don't pack it back up because I love it so much!  This frame was in my closet, so it was free and the print was around $1 printed at Kinkos!

 Because I really like neutral tones I plan on painting EVERYTHING I buy

at the thrift store or yard sales- I was grinning ear to ear when I found

WHITE pumpkins at the Hope Center  for less than a dollar each.

I also found the two white tins for .47 at Goodwill :-) I made the picture several years ago and the big white Jar I have had for years as well.  If you were counting my grand total for this fall project was around $3.

 Who doesn't like to grab up something free on the side of the road??!! Okay, don't answer that.

I Love a good deal and free is always in my price range.  Don't get me wrong, I hate clutter and

try really hard not take ANYTHING I can't use or don't need-even if it IS in my price range.

I have long looked at Pallet projects on Pinterest (I am human ya know) and I knew

I could find a creative way to use one for an up-coming baptism party!

On the Friday morning before the party I took this sweetie to pick flowers at our local U-Pick flower garden.  The flowers are $8 a bucket and we cut two buckets worth!  They were beautiful!

 

We turned these buckets into these table settings!



Free Seating for the Baptism party!

You could totally swing this for Thanksgiving or a fall s'mores roast!

Remember that old pallet I had my husband strap to the roof of our car?

It was painted and used to display pictures!  We used this for a year changing the photos out!

And after our party was over our boys put the hay to good use!

I sure hope these pictures help to inspire you and I apologize for the formatting, it was a little tricky!  I need my handsome web guy to help me out!