Gather all supplies. Remove tags and packaging from all materials. Using a paintbrush, apply a basecoat of decoupage medium to the bottom 2/3 of the wooden acorn.

Place fat quarter fabric on top, overlapping the acorn cap section slightly, and smooth out any wrinkles with your hands. Apply a topcoat of decoupage medium, and then trim any excess fabric from the edges with scissors.

Basecoat the top cap portion of the acorn with dark brown acrylic craft paint. Then basecoat each end of 20 jumbo craft sticks with dark brown acrylic craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary. 

Measure and mark a line 2” in from the end of each craft stick with a ruler and pencil. Then cut the 20 jumbo craft sticks into 40 pieces, keeping the rounded ends intact.

Starting along the bottom edge of the acorn cap, line up 13 of the craft stick pieces with the rounded end pointing down. Attach using a glue gun and glue sticks.

Layer on a second row of 12 craft stick pieces, and then the third and final row of 11 craft stick pieces.

NOTE: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you would have to wait for it to dry.

Flip the acorn over onto a self-healing craft mat and carefully trim the excess craft stick pieces with a craft knife, following the shape of the acorn.

Turn the acorn back over to the front side and clean up any rough edges using the craft knife and/or scissors.

Paint the cut edges of the craft stick pieces with dark brown acrylic craft paint.

Measure and cut 12” of black and white gingham ribbon with scissors. Tie the ribbon in a bow and trim any long ends with scissors. Gather a variety of felt leaves and attach to either side of the acorn stem with a glue gun and glue sticks. Secure the bow to the center.

Remove the metal words from the packaging. This set includes WELCOME, THANKFUL, and HARVEST. Basecoat the metal with black acrylic craft paint, let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.

Attach the greeting of choice to the acorn using a glue gun and glue sticks.