Fall is such a magical time of year, and it goes so quickly! Make the most of it by creating a fall family bucket list.
Here are 15 fun fall activities to get you started!
1. Get Lost In a Corn Maze
Losing yourself in a corn maze is such a fun and memorable way to spend a fall afternoon, especially for young kids. Give yourself a couple of hours to make your way out, and don't forget to hit the pumpkin patch and hot cider station if the farm has them!
2. Go On a Mushroom Walk
September and October are a great time of year to find some of the most colorful woodland mushroom varieties, and joining a guided mushroom walk can really be a blast. Take a camera or sketchbook to document your finds.
3. Go On a Hay Ride
It’s hard to beat a good horse-drawn wagon piled with straw, for those good old-timey autumn vibes! Bonus if the farm also sell cider doughnuts!
4. Host a Garlic Planting Party
Planting garlic is done in the fall, and it's just more fun when you do it together! Celebrate getting next year’s garlic harvest in the ground by making a wonderfully garlicky meal or snack, or hosting a garlic-themed potluck!
5. Go Beach-Combing After a Fall Storm
It’s amazing what you can find on the beach after the remnants of a tropical storm blow through. Warm up those cold fingers afterward by wrapping them around a hot cup of chowder from a local seafood shack!
6. Go On a Graveyard Tour
In the month or two leading up to Halloween, there are some really incredible graveyard tours, at many historic graveyards. You’ll be amazed how much history you can learn, along with some wonderfully spooky local ghost lore!
7. Take a Train Ride.
Seeing the fall foliage by train is a glorious thing, and a fun thing about many scenic trains is that they still offer a dining car, where you could score a hot cup of cider or cocoa to keep your hands warm–in between taking pictures that is!
8. Climb a Fire Tower
This is another neat way to see the scenery from up above the trees! Did you know there are many fire towers that you can climb? Some are still staffed during periods of high fire danger. NH even has a Tower Quest program, where you can get a patch and certificate once you visit all of the towers!
9. Go Digging For Oysters or Clams
Do you know the old rule of oystering? You’re supposed to harvest during months ending in the letter “R”. That mean fall is the time to get out there in the bay, sink your toes in the sand, and go hunting for oysters or clams. There’s nothing like fresh shellfish, right out of the bay!
10. Make Homemade Doughnuts
Is there anything that says "FALL" more than a hot apple cider doughnut? Have a family doughnut-making day, then follow it up with a classic fall movie. Talk about a perfect fall double-feature!
11. Kick Up Your Heels at a Contra Dance
Fall is a great time to find contra dances, and the fun thing about this kind of dancing is that you don’t have to know what you’re doing ahead of time. Just listen to the caller, go with the flow, and you’ll be fine!
12. Cheer On Local Kids at a Soccer or Football Game
Both sports are played in the fall, and can be so much fun to watch. A friend once remarked how much kindergarten soccer games resemble a bunch of kittens scrambling after a ball of yarn, and that can be a pretty apt description. It’s hard not to feel joy when you’re watching kids have THAT much fun, giving it their all!
13. Go Apple Picking
Visiting a local orchard is a great way to spend a fall day. Try as many in-season varieties as you can--you’ll be amazed at the variety of colors and flavors in some of the more obscure apple varieties that you can’t find in a grocery store!
14. Set Up a Hot Drink Station In The Kitchen
This is a wonderfully cozy thing to set up for fall, and leave in place all season. Fill shakers with cinnamon, nutmeg, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder, and put out a little jar of cinnamon sticks.
A hot drink station makes it fun and easy add a hint of fall festivity to everything from your morning coffee, to hot cider, to a mug of steaming hot chocolate.
15. Rake a Giant Pile of Leaves and Jump In It
Sometimes it's the simplest things that bring the most joy. It's pretty hard to beat a huge pile of leaves, on a crisp October day!
What else is on your fall must-do fall bucket list? Add them to the conversation in the comments!
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Anna Chesley is a freelance writer living a homestead lifestyle, with a special love for family travel, old books, vintage skills, and seaside living. In addition to founding Salt In My Coffee, she runs the website, New England Family Life, as well as The 1800's Housewife, a website devoted to re-creating authentic 1800's recipes.
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