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Harvest Festival basket printable
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Free one-page harvest basket printable to colour in. Enter Β£0 at checkout to download.
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Kids can make lots of autumn crafts for Harvest Festival. Easy favourites include a paper plate harvest basket filled with paper fruit and vegetables, a paper plate scarecrow, apple or potato prints and a traditional corn dolly. Younger children enjoy harvest colouring pages and collage, while older ones can make a moving scarecrow puppet.
When is Harvest Festival in the UK 2027? usually late September or early October; schools and churches choose their own day (around 26 September 2027). (approximate)
Harvest Festival is a traditional British celebration that gives thanks for the crops gathered from the fields and for the food we have. The word harvest comes from the Old English hærfest, meaning autumn. Harvest celebrations go back a long way, but the church harvest festival we know today took shape in the mid-19th century, when clergy began decorating churches and bringing produce into services to give thanks, and hymns such as All Things Bright and Beautiful became harvest favourites. Today, churches and schools hold harvest services and assemblies, sing songs, decorate with fruit, vegetables, flowers and harvest loaves, and collect food for local food banks and people in need. Children often learn where their food comes from, from farm to plate, and families enjoy autumn activities such as making scarecrows. Some places hold bigger events too, from cathedral flower festivals to pumpkin festivals. There is no fixed national date, so check your school or church newsletter for when yours is held.
There is no single national date for Harvest Festival: UK churches and schools usually hold it on a Sunday near the Harvest Moon, towards the end of September or sometimes in October.
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βοΈ Printable templates Β· Red Ted Art
Free one-page harvest basket printable to colour in. Enter Β£0 at checkout to download.
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Scarecrow puppet with moving arms and legs joined by split pins. The full-colour version is free to download.
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Six free autumn colouring pages for little ones. Enter $0 at checkout to download.
Open on Red Ted Art βποΈ Colouring pages Β· Activity Village
Big members-only set of harvest colouring pages: tractors, pumpkins, apple trees and harvest baskets.
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Twenty free harvest crafts: apple prints, a potato print tractor, a harvest loaf and a sweetcorn collage.
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Pumpkin, apple, sweetcorn and scarecrow crafts, from yarn-wrapped apples to a lolly stick tractor.
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Paint a paper plate brown, cut a handle and fill your basket with paper fruit and vegetables.
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Painting, snipping and sticking a cheerful scarecrow face with paper straw hair and a hat.
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A folded paper plate scarecrow that rocks gently, perfect for preschool hands.
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Three ways to make a traditional corn dolly from wheat stalks, raffia and ribbon.
Open on NurtureStore βπ The story Β· BBC Newsround
What Harvest Festival is and how schools across the UK celebrate it.
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Where harvest festivals came from, plus the National Harvest Service at Westminster Abbey.
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Follow James and his family as they celebrate harvest on their farm, with a quick quiz to try.
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Free assembly video: two boys from a Cambridgeshire farm explain harvest and where our food comes from.
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How schools, churches and families can collect food for a local food bank, and how to check what's needed.
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Why grapes should be cut up and small items like dried beans kept away from toddlers.
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A simple make to start with. Grown-ups handle anything sharp or hot.
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Simple ways to keep Harvest Festival crafts safe and fun.
Wash hands before eating, and before and after preparing raw fruit and vegetables.NHS
Cut grapes lengthways and then into quarters, and don't give whole nuts to children under five.Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
Anything smaller than a 2p coin, such as dried beans or seeds used in collage, can choke a young child.Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
Check for food allergies before sharing harvest food, as milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts and wheat are common triggers.NHS
Check with your local food bank which items are most needed before collecting harvest donations.Trussell
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A paper plate scarecrow, a painted paper plate harvest basket filled with paper fruit and vegetables, and apple or potato printing are all perfect for little hands. Toddlers love sticking, so a sweetcorn or apple collage works well too. Keep tiny items like dried beans and seeds for older children, as anything smaller than a 2p coin can be a choking risk.
Paper plates, poster paint, coloured paper, glue sticks and child-safe scissors cover most harvest crafts. Add real fruit and vegetables for printing, as apples and potatoes work brilliantly, plus a brown pen for basket weave patterns. For a traditional corn dolly you'll need wheat stalks, soaked in water to soften them, along with raffia and ribbon.
Yes. CBeebies' My First Festivals follows a farming family through harvest time, and BBC Teach has a free harvest assembly video about where food comes from. In class, children can make harvest baskets and scarecrows, sort fruit and vegetables, print with produce and help collect food for a local food bank. Trussell suggests checking with your nearest food bank first to see what's needed.
Yes. Printables such as the Red Ted Art harvest basket and scarecrow puppet can be printed on A4 at home; choose 'fit to page' in your print settings if any edges look cut off. Print puppets and baskets onto thin card so they're sturdy enough to cut, colour and hang up, especially if little hands will be playing with them.
Wash hands before eating and after preparing raw fruit and vegetables. Cut grapes lengthways into quarters and avoid whole nuts for under-fives. Check for food allergies before sharing harvest treats, keep small craft bits like seeds and dried beans away from toddlers, and supervise scissors. When collecting donations, check with your local food bank about what it needs most.