Acorns are not just for the squirrels! Here are some unique ideas on how to use crocheted acorns:

My pattern includes instructions on making a cap and a bottom, which you sew together to form an acorn. If instead you don’t sew the cap to the bottom of the acorn, you’ll have a unique gift box in which to hide a little present.

Add acorns to a fall wreath or mantel display.

Crochet your acorns in holiday colors or all white and hang them on your tree or display them in a decorative bowl on your coffee table.

String a cord through the stem and wear the acorn as a necklace.

Use bright colors and a crochet hook size H-8 (5.0 mm) or larger to make an acorn pincushion, present topper, or even a cat toy.

Note: The rust-colored leaves also pictured here were knit using the Oak Leaf pattern in 100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet by Lesley Stanfield with Vanna’s Choice by Lion Brand yarn in Rust.