Fall Activities for Kids – 80 Family Fun Autumn Activities!

I am pretty sure that Autumn is my favorite season, especially here in New York City. Don’t get me wrong, I love all of the others, but there is something special about the cooling down and removal of NYC humidty (whew!), changing of the leaves, and pumpkin picking with my family! Plus, I always seem to find a lot of great Fall activities for kids that never grows old for our family!

The air is crisper, and the leaves are suddenly changing into bright and beautiful shades of red, yellow, and orange. The sun is setting much earlier in the day and we’re talking about Halloween costumes. It must be Fall! 

There are so many fun things to do this time of year with your family. I always try to jam pack our Autumns with a lot of family activities before winter rolls in and we start camping out in the house to hibernate from the cold snowy nights. I’ve complied a list of 50 Fall activities for you to enjoy with your kids! These are simple, affordable, frugal friendly ideas that will create lifelong memories for you and your children! So, get your camera ready because you are about to have one action-packed Autumn!

1. Go apple picking at a local orchard.
2. Bake an apple pie, apple sauce, or any other yummy recipe with the apples you just picked!
3. Rake leaves, make a huge pile, and jump right in!
4. Host a clambake.
5. Go bike riding, either around the block or on a bike trail.
6. Watch a fall night sky.
7. Take a walk on a beach (which will likelybe empty) and build a sandcastle.
8. Go on a fall picnic.
9. Go on a hay ride.
10. Roast marshmallows over a bonfire.
11. ** Make yummy s’mores recipes with your roasted marshmallows.
12. Play a neighborhood game of touch football.
13. Attend a local football game.
14. Enjoy a mini tailgating party before the football game!
15. Plant  fall flower bulbs that will bloom next spring: tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, etc.
16. Attend a fall festival.
17. Make donuts with the family!
18. Organize a chili cook-off with friends and family!
19. Host a weenie roast over an open fire.
20. Go through a corn maze — and get lost!
21. Eat candy corn!
22. Iron colorful leaves between two sheets of waxed paper. Display on fridge.
23. Make a fall wreath.
24. Go raspberry picking.
25. Make a treat with your raspberries [pie, mousse, jam, etc.]
26. Start your holiday shopping.
27. Donate to a local food bank.
28. Clean out your closet!
29. ** Donate old clothes that you cleaned out from your closet!
    
30. Create paper plate masks.
31. Take a brisk walk in the woods, fields, or city park.
32. Stuff a scarecrow, give him a name, and set him on a lawn chair out front for Halloween. 
33. Discuss Halloween Trick or Treating safety tips with your children!
34. Enjoy a cup of hot cocoa.
35. ** Make homemade marshmallows to top off your hot cocoa!
36. ** Buy or bake old-fashioned cake doughnuts to enjoy with your hot cocoa.
37. Play a game of Frisbee.
38. Make a list together of all the things you’re thankful for just in time for Thanksgiving!
39. Identify leaves by using a good guidebook.
40. Tour a scary local haunted house.
41. Visit a pumpkin patch. (FInd a local pumpkin patch anywhere in the USA, Canada, UK, and more!)
42. ** Carve the biggest pumpkin you bought at the patch!
43. ** Bake a treat with the smallest pumpkin you bought at the patch [pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes, etc.]
44. Sew your own Halloween costumes.
45. Paint your faces!
46. Paint – anything!
47. Clear out the shed and get rid of any summer supplies that went unused this year.
48. Drink hot apple cider.
49. Do a fall craft.
50. Harvest your garden.
51. Create a gingerbread house for Halloween (Haunted House!)
52. Make leaf rubbings.
53. Buy fall vegetables at a farm stand.
54. ** Make something delicious with the vegetables you bought, such as a carrot smoothie, squash ravioli, spinach salad, etc.
55. Write a fall-themed poem together.
56. Make a scrapbook about all the fun things you did together over the summer.
57. Make a pinecone bird feeder covered with peanut butter and birdseeds.
58. Read a fall-themed book.
59. Head to a local museum.
60. Visit a local farm
61. Create with Play-doh.
62. Enjoy an outing to your local petting zoo
63. Make a hearty soup.
64. Skim rocks across a pond or stream. Feed the ducks while you are there, too!
65. Participate in a local charity walk.
66. Find a local mini-golf course!
67. Teach your kids an old song from your childhood. 
68. Find a local hiking trail – and hike!
69. Visit a local candle shop and buy a fragrant, fall-scented one.
70. Make an acorn necklace.
71. Take a nice scenic family drive to enjoy the Fall foliage - and take pictures!
72. Have a game of catch in the backyard
73. Visit a local arcade on a rainy day.
74. Learn about the pilgrims and Indians
75. Bake a loaf of bread.
76. Turn your living room into a family fort with pillows, seat cushions, and sheets. 
77. Clean out your garage for some Spring Fall cleaning.
78. Organize and host a Halloween party for your children’s friends!
79. Organize a yard sale to get rid of some old out-of-season goodies.
80. Put together a puzzle as a family!