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Autumn Bullet Journal Ideas

Autumn is here and it is time to fully embrace the season. I enjoy this time of year as it is one of my favourite seasons. I love the colours that autumnal weather brings and it also means a bit of cooler weather, which I love as it means I can bring out leather jacket and cosy jumpers.

When it comes to your bullet journal in Autumn there is so many doodles, titles or dividers that create fun, beautiful spreads to embrace the season.

What is a bullet journal?

If you are new to bullet journaling and have no clue what a bullet journal is, it is a planner system, usually known in a dotted page notebook where you can plan freely with no restrictions.

This system was created by Ryder Carroll, but over the years, it has been developed and adapted for everyone to put their own spin on it. This is where you see the beautiful spreads on Instagram. However, if you want to try using a bullet journal, but feel like you can’t draw, there are many ways you can still use this system.

September Bullet journal cover page with mushrooms

Autumn doodles

Autumn in your bullet journals can be a fun season to design spreads around because there are so many simple doodles you can do in your bullet journal for some fun page ideas. You can choose from general autumnal doodles such as:

  • Autumn coloured leaves
  • Toadstools/mushrooms
  • Chestnuts/conkers/acorns
  • Pumpkins/squashes
  • Hot drinks/pumpkin spiced latte/apple cider
  • Bonfires/marshmallows/scarecrows
  • Jumpers/scarves/hats

Autumn and Halloween themed doodles

You then have the option especially in October to create Halloween doodles for your bullet journal. That can create fun doodles that are easy to draw and perfect for beginners. Halloween doodles can include:

  • Ghosts
  • Scary pumpkins
  • Skulls/skeletons/bones
  • Spiders/spider webs
  • Black cats/bats
  • Witches/broomstick/witch’s hat
  • Mummies/Frankenstein/Grim Reaper
  • Coffins/headstone
  • Cauldrons/potions/magic ball/candles
  • Sweets/candy/Trick or Treating
  • Axes/knives/hammers
  • Spooky house/graveyard

Autumn washi tape swatch page

Borders and dividers for your bullet journal

If you aren’t confident in creating artistic spreads, you can still add a simple border around your page, or a divider that can add some depth to your bullet journal spreads. In addition, it can be a great way to add some colour to your pages.

Borders and dividers are easy to design and can simply be a line drawing. If you do not feel confident in free hand drawing a border you can use washi tape or stickers to add colour and texture to your pages.

Best pens for bullet journaling

Now, this is my opinion of the best pens to use when designing bullet journal spreads. It does depend on your page gsm as to what pens are best. I am currently using a Leuchtturm, which is 100 gsm, so it can see a lot of ghosting and bleeding of certain pens.

For doodles, I first draw my designs in pencil. Then, I can go over the doodle in my black fineliner which is my Pigma micron 05 pen. It dries quickly and is very pigmented. But if you want to have finer lines, you can use a smaller mm, which is what I opt for when doodling smaller designs.

For colour, I love to use Tombow brush pens because there are so many shades. I also love Staedtler fine-tip coloured pens and my Crayola super tips. I have used Staedtler coloured pencils, which can be a good choice if you have a lower page gsm to avoid ghosting/bleeding or denting.

A mood tracker with mushroom doodles

Practise bullet journal doodles

No one is perfect at doodles especially at the start, but if you practise, you will learn and develop your skills.

I was never an amazing drawer growing up, but I always liked to doodle, colour and draw. Using a bullet journal is the perfect purchase as it has blank pages to fill and be creative with.

So, when you have time, you can dig out your journal and start doodling. t can be a great self-care activity and teaches you to be mindful. You can use empty pages and spaces in your bullet journal to also doodle different Autumn designs.

I am still not perfect with my doodles, but I am enjoying learning and developing my designs. Creating doodle pages in your bullet journal for each season can help to inspire your next few months of spreads. The doodles, borders and dividers I am sharing really easy to recreate in your journal.

I hope hat this post gives you some autumnal ideas for the next few months in your bullet journal.

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  2. Laura says

    Your doodles are fab and have certainly given me lots of inspiration for my theme for October which I’ve decided is going to be Autumn. I would also like to incorporate a nut collecting squirrel as they’re one of my favourite creatures and I saw one run across my garden lawn earlier for the first time this year!

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      • Laura says

        I love to draw, but like you, I do find it quite difficult. I think with drawing, the more you practise, the better you get. I prefer to copy an example though as I find it really hard to visualise things from memory and draw them accurately. I’ve found a lovely step by step for drawing a squirrel so I’m going to give it a go!

  4. Hilary Tan says

    Your doodles are lovely. They look like they’ve been printed in the book because they are pro. I can’t doodle to save my life so I use stickers instead. Right now, I’m in the mood to send Halloween-themed mail within Canada and the US, and hope to expand worldwide in the future. I love sending cards, stickers, keychains, photos etc. anything that is flat enough to fit inside of an envelope! 😊💕

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    • bournemouthgirl says

      You are so sweet. I still need so much practising, as I am still a bit rubbish haha! But that’s the great thing about bullet journals. I don’t have to be amazing and perfect with it. That would be awesome!!!! Xx

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      • Hilary Tan says

        Your drawings are not rubbish to to me. I think your doodles are very good. What would be super cool is turning them into stickers! 😂🤣 I rely heavily on planners and stickers to keep track of things, and even then I have a hard time keeping up with it all. My favourite calendar right now is the big one on my fridge. The boxes are huge and very user-friendly for blind people like me. 😆

  8. Jaya Avendel says

    Now I feel the fall . . . it is kind of creeping in where I live, more noticeably in shop displays and huge vats of pumpkins for pies at the grocery store but not so much in nature. Absolutely LOVE your doodles!

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  16. Claire says

    Oh they look gorgeous. I particularly love that beautiful lettering, and the pumpkins! Autumn is absolutely my favourite time of year, and these doodles make me so ready for warm jumpers and nights by the fire.

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  18. Katt Rodrigues says

    Ahhhh these are incredible I’ve always wanted to try this but I don’t think I would have the patience! So pretty 🍂

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  25. Deanna says

    Wow this is pretty cute! I like the idea of all the doodles. I would be more of a stick figure doodler. Lol practice makes progress.

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  28. catdarlingsite says

    These are great! I love being creative! and while I’ve been known to doodle now and then I’m not much of a drawer,. I use most of my creative energy for designing things and building and remodeling houses and furniture 🙂

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  29. muktaverma says

    Thanks for sharing . It’s a great way to inspire yourself and create beautiful designs for each season.

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  35. Rachael says

    Ahhh I love, love, love this! Autumn is my favourite seasons for bullet journalling and my whole journal is basically just filled with mushroom doodles! There are so brilliant ideas here, I’m definitely going to add a few more doodles to my pages now.

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