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It’s time to start our Fall crafting. What better way to kick off the season, than creating fall decor using scrap wood? I can’t get enough of these scrap wood fall projects!

Do you have piles of left over wood pieces from previous projects that you just can’t seem to part with? I mean they’re perfectly good pieces of wood, and you don’t want to just throw them away. My husband calls me the “wood hoarder” because I feel like there is always something that can be made with these scrap pieces. But over time, they do tend to pile up.

With the cost of wood being so expensive these days, I want to save every little piece I can.

As a DIYer, I have always loved working with wood. Taking a piece of ordinary wood and turning it into something completely different is so satisfying. It’s a passion that was instilled in me as a child. My dad was a General Contractor, so I grew up around all the wood working tools. Watching him build a house from the ground up was magical. And there were always scrap pieces of wood left over.

Let me show you five Fall projects you can make using these scrap pieces of wood. They are all beginner friendly. No crazy expensive tools required. It would be helpful to have a few things though:

Tape Measure
Pencil
Saw (Circular, Miter, or a good ole hand saw will work)
Drill
Screws
Painters Tape
Fall Color Paints
Wood Stems (or branches from your yard)
Ribbon

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Scrap Wood 2X4 Pumpkins

We are always building something on our farm, so we have plenty of scrap pieces of 2X4’s lying around. Let’s put those to good use by turning them into pumpkins.

Make a trio of pumpkins with different designs. Cut a 2X4 into three different lengths, 4″, 6″, and 8″. Paint each one in a spiced pumpkin colored paint. I prefer spice pumpkin because it is not as bright as the pumpkin orange. If you don’t have spiced pumpkin paint, no worries, just add a little brown into your pumpkin orange paint to darken it a bit.

I painted the 6″ pumpkin with white stripes. You could free hand the stripes, but I can’t paint a straight line, so I used painters tape to help with this.

Use two different sized Dollar Tree sponge daubers to paint the perfect circles on the 8″ pumpkin.

Glue a wood stem to the top of each one, add ribbon in the colors of your choice. Since the smallest one didn’t have any white paint, I decided to add some natural wood beads to the twine.

Rustic Candle Holder

We had a few ends of some fence boards left over. I thought this would be perfect to make a rustic candle holder.

Stain the wood the color of your choice. Attach a straight piece of the fence board to the taller piece using wood glue and screws. Embellish it with a fall pick from Hobby Lobby and add a battery operated LED candle.

You can use this as tabletop decor or add a saw tooth hanger to the back to use as a wall sconce.

Scrap Wood Projects (Wooden Pumpkin)

Speaking of fence boards, I hade quite a few ends left over. With the angles cut at each corner, I thought this would make the perfect pumpkin.

Glue four pieces together and paint it a spiced pumpkin color. Add a stem, raffia, and berry garland to complete this simple project.

How cute is this?

Personalized Scrap Wood Fall Pumpkin Project

Personalize your own pumpkin, with your initials and in the color you like to decorate with.

Using a 2X6 that measures around 5 1/4″, paint it the color of your choice. I wanted a more neutral color, and I love the farmhouse feel. I painted it white and distressed the edges with a brown acrylic paint. Add a decal with your initial (or a friends, if you are giving as a gift) and top it off with a stem and bow.

My Favorite Scrap Wood Fall Project

This piece was inspired by a piece I saw at Lowe’s priced for $56. Being thrifty, and cheap, I knew I could create something similar for far less.

This piece was made with scrap decking boards. Cut four pieces, one at 14″, one at 17″, and two at 21″. Paint the 14″, 17″, and one of the 21″ boards a spiced pumpkin color, and the other 21″ piece a brown oxide or you could stain it. Attach the pieces with wood glue and screws. Embellish with wood stems, Dollar Tree wood leaves, and a wreath made using Dollar Tree picks.