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Fall activities for you and your child to do together.


A mother and her daughter playing in the leaves
Kids playing baseball
Family picking leaves off a tree branch
  • Rake leaves and jump in them.


  • Go to a local Octoberfest or other fall festival.


  • Go hiking around the neighborhood past the boundaries that the child, alone, is permitted to go. Pack a lunch and find a fun or unusual place to eat it.


  • Make caramel apples together.


  • Make hot chocolate together.


  • Make a scarecrow out of leaves or straw (or wire and foam) and old clothes.


  • Plant bulbs together and in the spring enjoy the beautiful flowers.


  • Go to a pumpkin patch and pick your own pumpkin.


  • Take a walk in a park or in the woods and look at the fall colors.


  • Go to a football game.


  • Roast marshmallows over a campfire or your fireplace.


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Last updated on 7/16/08