Are you looking for some fun fall family activities that you can do with your little ones?
I have to admit, Autumn is one of my very favourite seasons because everything is so beautiful, the air is cool and it feels like a much needed break after a hot summer. Crisp fall days lend themselves perfectly to throwing on a sweater and embarking on family fun from sun up till sun down. If you can’t wait to get outside and hear the crunch of leaves beneath your feet, here are 15 fun fall family activities to get you started! Let’s go!
15 FALL FAMILY ACTIVITIES
1.Go on a fall scavenger hunt! Get together with some other families or invite some of your child’s friends over for a fun fall scavenger hunt looking for natural things.
3. Do some leaf rubbings! This is especially fun in the earlier part of fall when the leave have changed and are just starting to fall. Gather many kinds of leaves and place them beneath a piece paper. Using the side of a crayon rub and your leaf will magically appear4. Go apple-picking and after you are done, go home and make an apple cinnamon loaf or whip up a batch of applesauce.
5. Check out the farmer’s market! Ask your child to help you pick out dinner. Encourage them to try new foods.
6. Do a multi-family bonfire if your town permits it. With the nighttime temperatures dropping, a bonfire is a perfect way to enjoy the cooler nights and stay warm. End the summer season with some s’mores! You could even camp out if weather permits. Follow Heather Lawrence’s board Ooey Gooey S’mores Recipes on Pinterest.
7. Stuff a scarecrow. Gather some old clothes and some hay and make a scarecrow that is sure to delight your friends and neighbours. Kids love doing this almost as much as making snowmen in the winter! Make a couple of them and pose them in funny ways. You could even do each member of your family if you wanted!
8. Get lost in your local corn maze and warm up after with some hot chocolate!
9. Make and play with fall themed Pumpkin Spice Play Dough
10. Make a beautiful Fall Burlap Wreath for your front door!
11. Write a fall bucket list- it doesn’t have to be anything serious- but it will be fun to turn to your list for ideas next time you hear a chorus of “Mom, I’m bored…”
12. Take a hike- explore a local park or new neighbourhood on a kid-friendly hike.
13. Create an outdoor Science Lab- science is fun, but it can get pretty messy. So bring the lab outside and let kids mix and spill to their heart’s content!
14. Make a fall sensory bin- sensory boxes are fun ways to get kids talking about what they’re seeing and feeling. This fall sensory bin is a great way to warp a theme around the bin.
15. Take a drive- take a meandering drive down a scenic stretch near your home and simply soak in the beauty of the changing leaves.
What are some of your favourite fall family activities?
I would love to hear all about them in the comments below.
This is a great list, thank you! Adding lots of these to my to-do list!
I love your suggestions. We plan to do leaf rubbings soon. I think we will add one of your other suggestions as well.
When I was a kid we made leaf placemats. I’ll have to do that with my kiddos!!
These are great ideas! I wish we had an apple picking place around us. I can’t wait to buy a pumpkin and carve it with our kids.
Those all sound like so much fun! We didn’t have a ton planned other than pumpkin patch adventures.
What a sweet list! Thanks so much for the great ideas 🙂
A cornmaze and Farmer’s market are on our list of fun things to do this fall! We’ve never been apple picking, that might be fun.
I love these ideas! We’re going apple picking for the first time next weekend and I seriously couldn’t be more excited!
I’m with Robin I want to make a wreath for my front door. I made one a few summers back so I’m thinking one for fall would be great.
Ah, I love all of these great ideas! My kids have been wanting to buy a scarecrow but I love the idea of making one!
It is nice to have a list of things to do. There is nothing worse than kids claiming they are bored.
The leaf rubbings are something the boys miss lol. We moved from Boston to Florida 6 years ago. So the color in the fall is missed.
I totally want To make a fall wreath now! I just love burlap!
What a fun list! I’m going to try out the pumpkin spice play dough soon with my daughter. I know she’ll really enjoy it!
These are such great ideas!! I really want to stuff a scarecrow with the kids. I think they would love to do that!
We love taking drives into the mountains to check out the fall colors and stopping at craft fairs or farmers markets along the way. And of course I can never get enough pumpkin stuff!!
These are all great suggestions. I love fall and the foods and breezes it brings!
awesome ideas! I definitely want to go apple picking and do some of these crafts!
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Those are great suggestions. We love to incorporate crafts and cooking into our homeschooling. Makes learning fun!
Apple Picking sounds like a fun activity .. I’ve never done it but t just seems like it would be kinda relaxing. Thanks for the tips and Printables
It is SO MUCH FUN! We go every year. Fresh picked apples are the BEST.
Sounds like a great group of idea. This dog family takes their pup pumpkin picking and for hay rides, too – and the families we meet love it. Happy Fall!
Aww! That sounds super cute.
Oh great ideas. I need to make sure to check out some corn mazes this year. I’m hoping there are some haunted ones too.
Just checked the recipe for the apple cinnamon loaf. Totally need to make this for the fall season.
We’ve been pumpkin picking but haven’t gone apple-picking! I really want to take my daughter, it would be a first for the both of us. I want to give making my own batch of applesauce a try!
My daughter was talking about going to a corn maze next week! It seems like a fun time.
It’s a lot of fun! Quite humid though. The corn maze here has a Halloween event at the end of the Minh but I’m much too chicken to go then.
Once this hurricane is through, we can’t wait to apple pick!
Stay safe! Hope that you get a chance to pick some apples and the hurricane doesn’t do it for you!
So much fun things to do. We love fall cause here in FL we finally get a break from the heat.
There are so many great ideas on here. We love to take hikes year around, but the fall sure is special. We are headed to the NE for Thanksgiving and I am going to look into the bonfire idea. That would be so much fun with our friends and family. Happy Fall!
I’m hoping to fit in a few more hikes at the local nature centers too. The leaves haven’t started changing quite yet but I’m looking forward to it.
Pumpkin spice play-dough?? Whoa.
Fall seems to have just hit here finally, after days of humid rain. We are so ready for these activities for October!
I’m making applesauce today! Yummy! I would love pumpkin spice play doh, how fun!
We just passed a farmer’s market not long ago and said we were going to go check it out. Maybe this weekend!
These are some great ideas! We’re hoping to go apple picking if the weather ever clears up! That’s one of our favorite fall activities!
I was thinking about making a wreath for my door. Loving all your awesome ideas.