- Go apple picking - find someone who has apple trees that they don't pick and go pick them together
- Rake leaves into a pile and jump in
- Try Leaf Rubbings - Go collect leaves and layer them between two pieces of paper. Rub crayons on the top and see the leaf pattern emerge!
- Drive to see autumn colors or go for hike
- Have a harvest party - eat foods that you've harvested from your own garden
- Make homemade fresh Salsa and have a fiesta
- Carve pumpkins
- Play Pop Goes the pumpkin!
- Make veggie characters - carve them or decorate veggies from your garden.
- Play with Giant Bubbles
- Make Mr. or Mrs. Potato head characters
- Doorbell ditch some zucchini or other vegetable on a friend's doorstep.
- Make Corn husk dolls
- Make tamales!
- Go bobbing for apples
- Make Caramel apples
- Do some artwork together - here's a cute idea: Potato Pumpkin Printing
- Go forage for fruit
- Paint Pumpkins
- Go on a hayride
- Make a scarecrow - use Daddy's old pants, an old shirt and stuff them with straw. Add a pumpkin for a head and there you go!
- Play Pin the face on the Jack-O-lantern
- Make your very own spider web out of string
- Make Monster Pumpkins
- Get someone to take your family pictures in the fall colors
- Churn your own butter!
- Go on a spider hunt in your house and remove all the spider webs (after Halloween of course!)
- Read a story about an ancestor in your family
- Plant some bulbs for the spring
- Go to a farmer's market
- Go on a family leaf walk - put on your boots and go stomp on leaves - swish your feet, enjoy the feeling of just being together
- Have a "Spooknik" (i.e. a Halloween party) - Eat homemade Donuts, Dress up in your costumes for a family picture, play Halloween games, listen to spooky music and just have fun. This was our Halloween tradition growing up and we always loved it
- Roast Pumpkin Seeds!
- Play with play dough
- Go for a Moon Walk - Check your calendars for the date of a harvest moon!
- Clean out your closets and give your unused clothes to a local charity
- Make Thankful Rolls
- Have a family sleepover in your family room!
- Invite someone to spend Thanksgiving with your family this year
- Have a mummy contest and wrap up someone in toilet paper
- Play "Don't eat Jack"
- Go on a fall scavenger hunt
- Make an acorn collage
- Write letters to a far-away family member or friend
- Have a leaf dance - turn on the music and dance and twirl in the freshly fallen leaves
- Cuddle up with some hot chocolate or hot cider and watch a family movie
- Play "hide and go seek" at dusk
- Instead of "Trick or Treat" try "Treat or Trick" this year. Make a treat to deliver to someone on Halloween
- Make Applesauce
- Have a silly dance contest
- Eat dinner with crazy utensils! Instead of regular utensils, set the table with egg beaters, spatulas, giant spoons, etc. Enjoy the laughs as everyone tries to eat.
- Learn about the pilgrims and Indians and have a pilgrim dinner
- Host a Halloween carnival with games and prizes
- Make nature creatures - I love these!
- Surprise a neighbor and rake their leaves
- Take a family bike ride and enjoy the fall colors
- Have a candlelight dinner
- Finish a house project together
- Make some Christmas gifts
- Have a family talent show
- Have a family game night and play board games
- Get some sidewalk chalk, draw a +, and play four square
- Have each family member find something around the house that makes music (pots, shakers, toys, etc) and have a band
- Play Catch
- Have a backyard barbecue and invite friends and neighbors
- Enjoy the last few days of nice weather with a family picnic
- Have a Halloween Costume Party
- Go bird watching
- Have a bug catching contest - set the timer and see who can catch the most.
- Have a leaf raking contest - see how many leaves each person can rake in 10 minutes. The winner gets a prize!
- Make Hobo soup - everyone pick out a can of something from the pantry to add to the pot. Dress up like hobos. Eat on the ground. Eat out of the cans. Make a pretend fire. Tell campfire stories.
- Wash the cars - and have one more water fight before it gets too cold
- Go to a thrift store and see who can come up with the best Halloween costume
- Make a big pot of witches brew out of water, pinecones, weeds, or anything else you can find in the backyard and pretend you're a witch family. Ride on brooms to get all your materials.
- Have a cultural dinner - try foods from another land.
- Make a nature garland with things you've collected to display in your home.
- Have a Turkey Trot - race around a field or track.
- Volunteer as a family - help those in need.
- Spend a night remembering the "Good old days" - look through old photo albums, tell stories, listen to music, laugh and enjoy.
- Read some poetry or sing some silly songs together
- Have a pajama party and start a pillow fight
- Create a silly video or skit together
- Have a wrestling match
- Have a neighborhood Trunk or Treat - Decorate cars in a parking lot, all the kids go around dressed in costumes to "Trunk or Treat". Here's a cute way to decorate your car.
- Go on a Thanksgiving Day Scavenger Hunt to walk off all that turkey!
- Read a chapter book together
- Make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Play Broom Hockey with old brooms (bristles wrapped in duck tape) for sticks and a soft ball for a puck. Mark some goals in your yard and you're ready to go!
- Go on a compass exploration (the old fashioned way). Before leaving, pick a destination on a map. Have the family use a compass and the map to direct the driver to the location by pointing to the correct direction and telling the driver to head north, east, south, or west. Besides being fun, this activity will help the whole family learn how to use a map and a compass and become familiar with directions.
- Go for a drive in the countryside and see how many types of farm animals you can find.
- Have a finger food meal - no silverware, only fingers allowed!
- Make some fun fall decorations for your home
- Thread candy corn on a string to make a necklace
- Organize a chili cook-off with your neighbors!
- Play Frisbee
- Harvest your garden
- Skip rocks at a nearby pond
- Bake some bread
- Put together a puzzle
- Create a piece of artwork together - Have one person draw a few lines or curves on a piece of paper and pass it to the next. Continue to each family member until the picture evolves into its final masterpiece!
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4 comments:
What a great list of ideas!
What a fun list. I've added making caramel apples to my list of fun things to do soon.
What a great list! I'm featuring you today at 10:30 on my Facebook page :)
Crystal http://www.crystalandcomp.com/
Great list! One of my favorite things to do in the fall now that the kids are a little older is to check out haunted houses and hayrides. We've been to some of the best Haunted Houses in the PA area in our quest for spooky fun!
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