This year we are using the Pre-School Curriculum from Blossom & Root. Early Years Vol. 2 (recommended for ages 4 – 5). We picked this curriculum because it is nature-based and play-based, very hands-on and is fits into secular homeschooling. Our Fall Acorn Craft fits right in with this curriculum!
This curriculum includes:
- Nature Study
- Art
- Literiture
- Early Literacy
- STEM
- Math
- Music Appreciation
This curriculum is affordable, has a vibrant active online community for support, and just beautifully done! It also doesn’t push little ones past the level their development is at. Far too many programs are advanced and doing more harm than good in early childhood education. With much research and 14 years homeschooling, I really feel like Blossom and Root is a well balanced pre-K curriculum that follows a child’s interests, grows their skills, doesn’t push hard, and gives just the right amount of structure. Normally we do not teach pre-school actually and we let the littles learn through whatever play interests them but with this particular little one, she does well with more structure.
To learn more about why we choose to homeschool you can explore our list of over 500 Reason to Homeschool!
Such a beautiful and simple and loved fall craft with the kids!
Fall Acorn Craft
All that being said, this brings me to one of our first fall crafts for the year! Making marble acorns! This fall craft for kids has been used in three ways.
- Adorable Marble Acorn Necklaces
- Marble Acorn Stick Fall Wall Decorations
- Marble Acorn Math Manipulatives for Pre-K Number Learning (with Blossom & Root)
This is an adorable fall craft project and the supplies are rather simple and easy to get!
Fall Acorn Craft Project Supplies:
- Marbles
- Acorn Tops
- Embroidery Floss or String or Yarn
- Glue (We used a hot glue gun, this is not recommended with small children, our older kids did great with this though!)
- A Stick (Found on the ground in the yard)
- Scissors
Fall Acorn Craft – Marbles and Acorns Instructions
Step One: Gather Acorn Tops — This can be a challenge depending on where you live but many places have these tree seeds in the fall. Indeed it is near impossible where we live to take a walk and not find them underfoot! I was inspired the other night while watching a far off storm with one of my children outside to do something with acorns. You see we had rushed out of the house without shoes and that proved a mistake in the dark with the sidewalks being covered in acorns painful to step on! They are everywhere, if you can’t find them in your area I suggest asking about them on your social media as I would bet someone you know could help you acquire some!
I also suggest trying to find just the tops if possible, or taking the nut part out of the acorn and leaving those outside for the animals that depend on them for nutrition. Also, take some of your marbles with you so that your children can size up the marbles you have with the acorns they find!
Step Two: Glue Marbles Into Acorn Tops — This is rather simple and can be done with a variety of glue. I would suggest with young children to use washable liquid kid glue. With older kids we used a hot glue gun. I am partial to hot glue guns thanks to my very crafty and creative mother and the crafts she let me help with growing up! I love you dearly Mom, thank you for trying to give me a magical childhood when we could be together. Some of the things the kids love about most about my mothering skills I got from you! — Iva Roedl
Make Math Manipulatives!
Now you have adorable Math Manipulatives perfect for little hands and celebrating fall! Fall Acorn Craft — These marble acorns are beautiful, easy to use for counting, adding and subtracting. About 50 seem to be a good number for pre-K math, at least for our uses at this point using Blossom and Root!
Step Three: If making the stick fall decoration project or the acorn marble necklace you will need to attach string! We again used the hot glue gun for this! This isn’t difficult for big kids but be careful no one burns themselves!
Step Four: For the fall marble acorn necklaces just tie the string with a large enough loop and then children can pull the necklaces over their heads. Of course, this is not for little kids unsupervised and never for kids sleeping! The kids made enough of these for their friends too and everyone loved them! They might make a cute party favor for a birthday party or even a good Halloween non-candy item to give out!
Make Beautiful Fall Decor!
If you are making the fall stick decor item like we did, just tie the acorn marbles on your stick and then display them! It is so beautiful and makes all of us smile!
And just in case you need some more acorn crafting cuteness, the kids made this one last year because there are never enough acorns in the house!
This is so cool! I know my kids will want to make these. They are pretty!
How cute is this? These could be used all of fall and I might even use them on my Christmas tree!
I hadn’t even thought about them being tree ornaments but now….. so cute! Thank you for the idea!
What some fun ideas to do something a bit different with the idea of autumn and acorns. I love the idea of making into a decoration and it is great to use it as a part of learning.
What a clever little craft idea! Even though my girls are older than the age this craft is intended for, I bet they would love making these this fall!
Ummm how cute is this!!!! I love the beads hanging from strings in front of the fireplace.
This is purely awesome! No idea you can do this type of art with it. My friends would love this.
What a cute idea and since we’re also working on counting this is perfect for my twin grandchildren. Fun and learning perfect!
These crafts are so cute. My kid will love it for sure!
This is such a fun craft to do with preschoolers. This is such a great craft idea, makes me miss the craft time I used to have with my kids when they were littles. Thankful you shared this, sharing with my friends of little ones to do.
This is such a cool idea! I would love to do this with my kiddos this weekend.
This is a wonderful craft. I’m going to have to do this with my daughters. I love how they turned out. I really love the way you hung them up.
Awww…The acorn craft is sooo cute! I made a few velvet acorns myself and you are right, you can never have enough acorns in the house! <3
I will have to look those up and make those too! Thank you for the idea!
I am currently homeschooling my 12 yo daughter and I appreciate that you have found a successful curriculum for your little one? Does this curriculum work for older kids?
The acorn/marble craft is a great manipulative plus it is a lovely addition to your fall decor.
I think the creator of the curriculum is working on 3rd grade now and so it wouldn’t work with older kids. We are doing Moving Beyond the Page with our 11 and 9 year old daughters! It is awesome!
This is a really cute idea! I love how simple and creative it is. Thanks for sharing.
This is such a cute craft project. I love that it is also educational. I think we’ll do something like this over the weekend.
So beautiful and cute! I love fall decor and I know for sure that my kids will love this tutorial!
Wow, this is something new to me. I love the idea on how this could be fun doing. learning and having fun at the same time.