Animal Crossing: New Horizons fall Maple Leaf DIY recipe list

There’s a 10-day period in fall where Maple Leaves will be blowing around

By Julia Lee@hardykiwis Nov 2, 2021, 12:25pm EDT

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An Animal Crossing character holds up a Maple Leaf after catching it with a net

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During the fall, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players will notice red Maple Leaves flying about.

Just like Cherry Blossom Petals, these Maple Leaves are used to craft exclusive fall furniture. Northern Hemisphere players will see these leaves flying about from Nov. 16-26 and Southern Hemisphere players will see them from May 16-26.

During this time, you can also obtain DIY recipes that use these Maple Leaves from shooting down balloons with your Slingshot. Note that you will not be able to obtain these recipes outside of the given times. If you miss out on any recipes, you’ll have to time travel back to the right dates or get a friend to help you out.

Some of the recipes use Acorns and Pine Cones, which can be shaken out of trees during the fall.

Update (Nov. 15, 2021): We’ve updated this guide with a recipe added in the 2.0 update. Check out a complete list of recipes below.

Autumn Wall

10 Maple Leaves
5 Wood
5 Weeds

Colored-leaves Flooring

10 Maple Leaves
15 Weeds

Leaf Stool

3 Maple Leaves
3 Wood

Maple-leaf Pochette

6 Maple Leaves

Maple-leaf Pond Stone

10 Stone
3 Maple Leaves

Maple-leaf Rug

6 Maple Leaves

Maple-leaf Umbrella

7 Maple Leaves

Red-leaf Pile

Isabelle will give you this recipe during morning announcements, but you can still shoot down the recipe from balloons.

3 Maple Leaves
4 Weeds

Tree’s Bounty Arch

4 Pine Cones
5 Acorns
5 Maple Leaves
15 Tree Branches

Tree’s Bounty Big Tree

5 Pine Cones
4 Acorns
4 Maple Leaves
8 Tree Branches
4 Clay

There are many other seasonal recipes to unlock, depending on the season:

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