50 Fall Activities that are Great for Families
Updated: Feb 22, 2022
As Autumn arrives, so does the cooler weather, jackets, pumpkins, pies, and apple spice. All of these combined (with the fact that Christmas is just around the corner!!! Too soon?…), Fall is definitely my favorite time of year. So, in honor of the season, here are fifty fun fall family activities that you can do this year! (or in the years to come)
Apple picking
Make caramel apples
Make an apple pie
Make homemade apple cider
Family photos in an apple orchard
Hay bail rides
Get lost in some local corn mazes
Do some Fall cleaning to prep for winter and redecorate your home with fall accents
Run to Home Depot or Walmart and get supplies to winterize your home (great teaching opportunity for kids)
Rake up the leaves… then jump in them!
See who can find the crunchiest leaf on an afternoon walk
Make sugar cookies in the shapes of leaves and share them with friends and neighbors
Have a pumpkin pie baking contest
Have a pumpkin pie eating contest
Go for a hike in the canyons/mountains/desert near you (TAKE YOUR CAMERA!)
Go take photos of the landscapes in your area
Grab some friends and neighbors and play football
Collect the fall leaves and laminate them for a scrapbook
Go for wagon rides around the block with the kids (wear jackets!)
Go to local High School or College football games
Tailgate at a Football game
Find some Fall leaves to make leaf stamps
Halloween
Go to a pumpkin patch and take pictures
Create a Halloween Music playlist
Find pumpkins at your local grocery stores
Find pumpkins at a pumpkin patch and have your kids cut them off the vine! (Family favorite of ours)
Find a pumpkin patch with a kiddie area and go on the train rides or other fair rides
Go to a “Halloween Spirit” store (they pop up in random warehouses) and find a costume
Go to your local Halloween costume store for family ideas for costumes
Take your ideas for family costumes and bring them to life by buying the pieces of clothing you need at a thrift store
Go to a thrift store and see what costumes or weird clothes they have lying around and make up your own makeshift costume!
Look on Pinterest for Halloween face paint ideas then practice on your kid's faces for Halloween
Put together a Halloween party for your neighbors
Decorate your home for Halloween (inside and out!)
Decorate your kids’ “candy bag” as a family
Create a “Spell Book” as a Halloween Decoration with funny spells that your kids come up with or family inside jokes
Thanksgiving
Put together a football-watching party for your friends and neighbors
Create a link chain around your house with each paper link being something a member of the family is grateful for (see how long the chain gets!)
Decorate Thanksgiving day bibs for everyone in the family! (Great for putting those family nicknames on!)
Make Thanksgiving turkey decorations out of pinecones
Build a “Thankful Tree” out of handprints
Make a “Turkey Wreath” for your door
Make a Fall Wreath out of pinecones, leaves, and pumpkins
Make rice crispy treats to take to friends and neighbors
Make Scarecrows out of burlap sacks and old clothes for house decorations
Make thank you cards using your thumb to make a leafy tree
Donate canned foods to your local homeless shelter
Volunteer at a nearby soup kitchen to help with their Thanksgiving meal
Join a Turkey Trot 5k Run
Go Turkey Shooting (Balloons and Nerf Gun style!)
What are some of the fun activities you enjoy doing with your family in the Fall that I might have missed?? Let me know in the comment section below!
Author: Andrew McFarlane
Andrew McFarlane is a full-time dad and a parenting blogger. He shares advice for new parents, experienced parents, and any parent in-between at PapaPerspective.com. He does this through positive parenting methods, the best parenting gear, and lots of laughter. When he's not blogging about the best parenting practices, he'll be out taking photos, playing hockey, or spending time with his wife and 2 boys.
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