Autumn is my favorite season. The colors of the trees are like nothing else with the reds, oranges, and yellows. There are so many fun things to do during Autumn with your family, I have a list of 100 here, but I could have added more easily.
100 Things to Do this Autumn
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The Great Outdoors
- Go apple picking
- Go through a corn maze
- Take a hot-air balloon ride
- play football with friends
- Go for a hike
- Go for a hay ride
- Collect colorful leaves
- Press leaves
- Tailgate at your local football team
- Plant bulbs for next spring
- Run a race
- Rent a cabin in the woods – maybe for Thanksgiving
- Make peanut butter and pine cone bird feeders
- Jump in a pile of leaves
- Step on dried leaves – crunch crunch
- Watch for geese flying south for the winter
- Collect pine cones for decorations in your home
- Visit a pumpkin patch
- Go on a spooky graveyard tour
- Go on a scenic drive
- Puddle jumping
- Bike around your town
- Picnic in the leaves
- Scavenger hunt
- Nature walk
- Visit a sunflower farm – so beautiful
- Have your last bonfire of the year
- Fly a kite
- Go to the playground
- Camping – in the back yard or your living room
- Walk your dog
- Take pictures of the fall foliage
- Collect leaves
- Cloud watch
- Bird watching
- Go to a fall festival
- Yard sale – have one – go to one
- Visit an apple orchard
- Play “I Spy” during a walk
- Roll down a hill
Inside Activities
- Leaf science experiment – Why Do Leaves Change Color?
- Make a pumpkin pie
- Eat a candy apple
- Drink hot apple cider
- Make homemade bread
- Learn to knit
- Learn to crochet
- Host a movie night
- Craft with leaves
- Drink hot cocoa
- Roast pumpkin seeds
- Throw a themed party – include things from this list at your party
- Face painting – my mom used to use Crayola markers for easier “painting” and they always washed off easily
- Make Halloween treats
- Read a Halloween book
- Read a Thanksgiving book
- Read an Autumn book
- Use outdoor items in play – pine cones, acorns, leaves
- Make an apple pie
- Bake apple chips
- Make popcorn balls
- Bake seasonal cookies
- Play hide-and-seek with glow sticks
- Make Crock-Pot applesauce
Holiday Ideas
- Crave a pumpkin
- Go to a haunted house
- Make your own Halloween costume
- Watch a scary movie – or Halloween movie depending on your kids’ ages
- Hand out treats to trick or treaters
- Take a pie to a neighbor
- Take your Christmas photo
- Visit a local farm
- Decorate for Halloween
- Decorate for Thanksgiving
- Decorate for Christmas
- Bob for apples
- Collect food for the food bank
Kids Crafts
- Symmetrical leaf drawing
- Leaf rubbing
- Play with playdough scented with autumn spices (add it to the dough as you make it)
- Paint pumpkins
- Melt crayons over your pumpkin
- Go on a nature walk
- Make an easy bird feeder
- Paint pine cones
- Make a scarecrow
- Apple stamping
- Leaf painting
- Make a Halloween gingerbread house
- Make mitten puppets
- Make Christmas gifts
- Collect acorns and paint faces on them
- Iron leaves between two sheets of waxed paper and hang them in the window
- Make Halloween cards
- Make stamps out of wine corks
For Adults Only
- Go on a wine tour
- Visit a craft brewery
- Enjoy some hard cider
- Make a pumpkin latte
- Oktoberfest
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