Craft Ideas for the Month of November
Happy November, creative friends!
As November unfolds here in the USA, it’s obvious that fall is already well underway — and that winter will be here soon.
The first day of fall this year was September 23, 2024. If you’re located in the Northern hemisphere, I hope your autumn season got off to a spectacular start — and that you’ve had plenty of time for enjoying fun fall activities like leaf peeping, college football games and tailgate parties.
What types of craft projects are you interested in working on this November?
Whether you’re a beginner at crafts, you’ve been working at your favorite craft technique(s) for decades, or you’re somewhere in between those two extremes, in any case, this website is a fantastic place to find fall-friendly craft project ideas you might be interested in working on this month. You’re invited to browse through our pages on the topics of needlecrafts, paper crafts, and other crafts to find patterns, tutorials, and project ideas that interest you.
If you aren’t sure what, exactly, you want to work on making right now, please keep reading; below, I’ve rounded up a bunch of project ideas and suggestions for November craft ideas you can use this month. If you have other suggestions to add to this list, I invite you to post a comment at the end letting me and the other readers here know about them.
Crochet Projects for Keeping Warm Despite November’s Chilly Weather
If you’ve noticed that the weather’s cooling off in your neighborhood, you might enjoy snuggling up with a warm, cozy crochet project. There are many possibilities including scarves, blankets, fingerless gloves and others.
November Planner Crafts
If you maintain a physical planner, junk journal, scrapbook, or art journal, you might want to decorate your November calendar pages, journal pages or scrapbooking layouts with seasonal stamped images or embellishments. I invite you to check out the following pages for ideas:
- Garden Journal Pages: This page has information on how to put together November garden journal pages plus additional pages for the other months besides just November.
- November Happy Planner Dashboard and Monthly Habit Tracker
November Scrapbooking and Journaling Ideas
You’ll miss out on seeing some of the world’s most inspiring scenery if you sit at home on your couch during the month of November. This is the time of year when the trees are showing off their most splendid color schemes. If you have a park or a hiking trail nearby, you can feast your eyes as you go for a stroll. You’ll want to grab a friend and your phone or camera and take photos of the all the beauty that you encounter along the way.
If you do that, then you’ll have the most important material you need for making autumn-themed scrapbooking layouts, mini books and art journal pages.
You’re invited to check out this page of scrapbooking ideas if you’d like to find even more scrapbooking project ideas and inspiration.
November Holiday Crafts and Celebrations
Christmas Crafting in November
Christmas will be here before you know it. If you celebrate this holiday, perhaps you have a mile-long list of Christmas card and gift recipients to make things for.
If you hustle, you still have time to make a stack of Christmas cards, or to whip up some unique, one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts for your loved ones before the holiday rush really gets going.
- Check out Christmas craft ideas HERE.
- Find Christmas card making ideas HERE.
- Discover my top picks for the best Christmas craft books HERE.
- Browse through a Christmas gift guide for crocheters and knitters HERE.
Veterans Day Crafts
Veterans Day in the USA falls on Monday, November 11, 2024 this year. This is a day of remembrance; we pay homage to both our living veterans and those who have passed away.
Although I don’t have a list of craft project ideas specifically for Veteran’s Day, I do have one for Fourth of July – and you could use all the same project ideas to celebrate Veteran’s Day, too.
November Is Native American Heritage Month
This November, many people will be gathering to celebrate and learn about Native Americans’ traditions, languages and stories. In particular, the Smithsonian Museums have a calendar of events that you might be interested in attending. Some local public libraries and school libraries also offer Native American Heritage Month events or reading programs that make educational materials and resources available.
Beyond just learning about Native American history and heritage, there are many ways to show your solidarity with Native American people. One example that has direct relevance to you as a crafter: You can donate handcrafted items or other items to Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation this month (or any month!)
If you’re a knitter, crocheter, quilter or sewist, November is a particularly fantastic month to keep this organization in mind — because they urgently need warm blankets and clothing to give to people who are inadequately sheltered at Pine Ridge Reservation.
The weather in the fall and winter months on the reservation is unimaginably harsh. People there freeze to death each winter. So if you’re thinking of donating some of your handcrafted projects to people in need, these peoples’ plight is worth your consideration.
I donate to them when I am able, and they are exceptionally easy to work with, unlike some organizations that do not want handmade items. I can say from experience that they genuinely want, appreciate, and use the handmade items that are donated to them.
Thanksgiving Crafts
If you celebrate Thanksgiving, you might be interested in checking out this list of Thanksgiving craft ideas.
Find More Fall Craft Ideas to Carry You Through the Month of November and Beyond
The projects posted above are just a small sampling of the ideas posted on this website. I’ve put together a list of fall crafts that are seasonally appropriate for November crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere.
Of course, if you are in Australia, you’re likelier to need spring project ideas right now, so I offer you this list of spring ideas instead.
For even more ideas, you’re invited to check out our main index of craft project ideas. Happy crafting!!
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Amy Solovay is a real, live, human content creator and educator who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Sweet Briar College; she has also earned a separate Associate of Arts degree in textile design from FIDM LA (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles). She is NOT a robot and does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to write book reviews or articles for this website.
Amy learned to crochet as a small child, and she still enjoys crocheting all these years later.
As an educator, Amy Solovay used to teach in-person college courses in trend forecasting, marketing and surface design at California Design College in Los Angeles.
Nowadays, Amy uses her textile design and trend forecasting skills to design crochet patterns for free and for sale. If you crochet, you’re invited to make good use of them!
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