Here are some fun family fall activities to try before winter sets in. These are some fun ideas to help your family enjoy the nature during the autumn.
Fall time is filled with holidays and activities such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the fall colors. I like to make sure and spend a lot of time outside in the lovely fall days in the Rocky Mountains with my family. Here are some fun indoor and outdoor activities to keep your brood entertained this fall.
Free Fun Family Fall Activities With Nature
Take your kids hiking in the fall!
Take your kids hiking in the fall! I know I’ve said it before, but the fall is a great time to go hiking with your kids. The weather is cooler and the trails are not as crowded as in the peak of summer. Here are seven fall hiking tips with kids to help you get out there and have fun.
Press the leaves to preserve them.
Press the leaves – This is another one of the family fall activities that you can do at home. The first step is just to collect your favorite leaves that you find in the fall time. Fill a bag with leaves you find outside your house, at the park, or in the mountains.
I love looking around and finding red maple leaves, yellow aspen leaves, or some leaves that are a mixture of colors or half and half. I thin it’s so cool how many variations there are.
Then you need to press the leaves. Pressing the leaves will preserve them, so that they keep their color and shape for a long time. This old post explains how to press flowers and leaves.
After you press them you can make fun crafts or frame them. For example, you can make coasters by placing them between two pieces of glass or you can make pictures.
Crafts and activities – There are so many fun arts and crafts activities you can do at home with or without the fall leaves. The leaves at this time of year are so beautiful and come in a huge variety of colors and shapes.
Some activities you could try include: a leaf wreath, popsicle sticks made into monsters or turkeys, a fun halloween garland, or more. You can get some good ideas for fun fall crafts with kids at this other blog.
These kids are hiding in a huge pile of leaves.
Play in the Leaves – Yes, this is a simple as it sounds. Just go outside and play in the leaves. You can have a leaf fight by throwing piles of leaves at each other. Maybe, if the kids are lucky Mom or Dad will rake the leaves into a huge pile, so the kids can jump right in.