Autumn is a spectacular season with crisp leaves and cooler weather. Take advantage of the changing season by enjoying some fall specific outdoor activities like going apple picking or jumping in a leaf pile. We put together a list of our favorite 50 fun fall outdoor activities so you can enjoy this season to its fullest.
Here are 50 fun fall outdoor activities for kids:
3) Visit a pick-your-own pumpkin patch
4) Jump into a leaf pile
5) Play “I Spy” during a nature walk
6) Collect and identify leaves
8) Take a hayride
9) Roll down hills and listen to crunching leaves beneath you
10) Visit a park and bring along a tree or bird guidebook
12) Collect acorns and paint faces on them
13) Go on a color walk, gathering outside “treasures” in yellow, orange, red and brown
14) Have a neighborhood costume parade
15) Play hide-and-seek with glow sticks
16) Set up a fire pit and make s’mores outside
17) Host a fall- or Halloween-themed scavenger hunt
19) Attend a local harvest festival
21) Take a drive to view the colorful foliage
22) Collect pinecones to decorate a mantle or tabletop
23) Plant spring bulbs
24) Trace a tree pattern by placing a piece of paper on the trunk and rubbing a colored pencil over it
25) Build a leaf fort
26) Play a game of two-hand touch football
27) Make a pinecone bird feeder
28) Get spooked in a haunted house
29) Celebrate Oktoberfest
30) Jump in puddles
32) Find constellations in the night sky
33) Play With Sidewalk Chalk
34) Set Up an Obstacle Course
36) Plant a fall garden
39) Have a fall picnic
40) Drink Hot Coco outside
41) Read a book about the outdoors
42) Bring the outside in with indoor plants
43) Go to a Fall Fair
44)Tell spooky stories by a bonfire
45) Have a backyard sack race
46) Go on a night walk by the light of the moon
47) Carve a pumpkin
48) Try different varieties of apples to find your favorite
49) Paint with mud
Written for Project Nature by Rebecca Mongrain