3 Ways to Use Baby Jars as Fall Decor

Here's some simple and cute ways I came up with to incorporate empty baby food jars into your Fall decor!

#1. For this cute look fill and empty jar with orange tulle. Wrap a ribbon around the jar and tie into a bow. Fill with your favorite fall flowers or leaves.

#2. Fill the jar with your favorite Fall candy and tie a cute ribbon around. You could even paint the lid to use as well.

#3. Draw a pumpkin face on the front of the jar and place a tea light candle inside to light at night. This would be cute to do with kids and let them draw their own faces.

Fall Series: Favorite Fall Children's Books

Here are my Top 5 books about Fall to read with your littles! 

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert. This is a great book about the life of a tree. The illustrations are amazing. 

 

Fall Leaves Fall! By Zoe Hall. One of my favorites!! About two brothers playing in the leaves in the Fall time. Perfect to read after a day playing outside in the leaves.

Countdown to Fall by Fran Hawk. This is the perfect mixture of reading and looking at pictures. Countdown to fall from 10 and learn about different kinds of trees.

Mouse's First Fall by Lauren Thompson. Fantastic illustrations and a great book for the preschool age about a mouse who experiences Fall for the first time. This is a great book in a series of "Mouse's Firsts".

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro! This is a great addition to the "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" series. Just a funny, silly book to read. Older children will find it very funny.

Applesauce Season by Eden Ross Lipson. A story about a boys family who likes to make applesauce every year from apples at the farmers market. I make applesauce and various apple recipes every October from apples we pick at an apple orchard. I love to read this the night before we go. 

What about you? Do you have any favorite books about Fall that you love to read with your children? Please leave it in the comments below, I am always looking for new titles to add to our library!

 

Fall Series: How to Spruce Up a String of Lights

So I bought these pumpkin lights last year at Target for around $5 I think. They looked so cute in the box but when I got them home and opened them, I discovered they had a lot of ugly black wire.

Yea not so cute. So I decided to spruce them up a bit. I went digging in my craft cabinet for anything I had that was orange or black. I came up with some fabric scraps, ribbon, and tulle.

So then I cut strips out of everything using my handy tip I described in this post.

And then I just started tying everything around the wire of the lights in random patterns until most of the wire was covered and I was satisfied. It turned out so cute and pretty! And the best part is it even looks great in the day time when the lights aren't on. 

Fall Series: Pinterest Recipes I Want to Try this Fall

I have made my own little bucket list of recipes from Pinterest that I want to try this fall. I have my staples that I make every year but I love trying new things and adding them to my collection if they turn out well. I have 29 recipes pinned on my Fall Food pinterest board but I chose 3 to be the absolute ones I want to give a try sometime in the next couple of months. Here they are:

Halloween Popcorn

This looks and sounds delicious. I can't wait to give it a try and pop in a scary movie one night close to Halloween. You can find the recipe here.

Pumpkin Cake and Apple Cider Glaze

This looks like a great almost healthy cake recipe. The cake part is only 2 ingredients: yellow cake and pumpkin. The icing is a glaze made out of sugar, apple juice and pumpkin pie spice. Sounds heavenly. I plan to try this to take to a fall party or maybe on a Sunday for a special dessert. You can find the recipe here.

Caramel Apple Bites

Why haven't I thought of this? I love caramel apples but what a mess! These look so cute and I can't wait to try them with some delicious fall apples. Find the original post, here.

Fall Series: Favorite Fall Movies

Here are my top 3 movies to watch in the Fall:

When Harry Met Sally

A funny, romantic comedy. Harry and Sally explore what their friendship would be like if they became more then friends. Set in New York it includes a beautiful scene in Central Park set in the Fall while the leaves are changing color.

Sleepy Hollow

Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman. Fall is the best time to watch scary movies and this is the perfect one to curl up on the couch with after the kids have gone to bed.

Autumn in New York

This is a romantic drama movie about an aging man who falls in love with a younger woman. A good movie to watch just for the scenery.

Do you have a favorite movie you like to watch in the fall time? Comment below!

Fall Series: My Top 5 Fall Nail Polish Colors

Black nail polish is very popular for the fall. I like to do a deep color but not black. This is my favorite. It's Wet n Wild "Nocturnal" and it's a deep purple color. 

I also like to wear a deep burgundy in the fall. These are two of my favorites and they look virtually the same. That's Sally Hansen "Flirt" and OPI "Plum Full of Cheer".

Purple is my favorite color and I love to wear it on my nails in the fall! The above is two of my favorites and they are pretty much dupes for each other. That's Sinful Colors "Let's Talk" and Wet n Wild "Buffy the Violet Slayer".

Sometimes you get tired of the dark colors in the fall and you want a bright color but nothing too summery. This is perfect for those days. "Tuscan Sun" by Revlon.

And then of course you need a great nude color. This is a gray nude, perfect for fall. It's called "Dove' by Zoya.

What's your favorite nail color for the fall? Leave it in the comments below. I would love to know!

Fall Wreath 2.0

Here is another version I made of a fall wreath using a wire hanger.

First you bend the hanger into a circle shape. It takes a lot of working with the hanger to get it into a circle. Don't worry if it's not perfect, the tulle will cover it up.

I started with green tulle. Cut it short, about 8" long and tied it in knots around the wreath. I spread the tails out on each side so the wreath would fill up on the outside and inside.

This also creates an almost braided look where the knots are. Continue until you have filled up the wreath with the green.

Then I added sheer orange ribbon. I love the contrast of ribbon and tulle.

I added a few pieces of black glitter tulle to give it some more dimension.

Then to finish it off I added a black metal "P" (our last name) that I picked up from Hobby Lobby on clearance. Here's the finished look:

Free Printable: Fall Bucket List

I thought I would share our family fall bucket list with you. Feel free to download and use! Just right click and save it to your computer.