Fall Activities for Every Age Group

With Autumn arriving, bringing colourful changes and colder weather, you may question what could be some fun filled activities. Well, here they are! A cultivated list of various activities based on your child's age, these can work as family, rest, or active days that also help you get into the spooky spirit!

Toddlers & Preschoolers

• Collect colorful leaves and make a simple collage

• Visit a pumpkin patch and pick a tiny pumpkin

• Sensory bins with dried corn, pinecones, and mini pumpkins

• Leaf pile jumping (with supervision!)

• Paint pumpkins with washable paint instead of carving

• Go on a short fall nature walk looking for acorns and squirrels

  
  

Early Elementary

• Apple picking at an orchard

• DIY bird feeders with pinecones, peanut butter, and seeds

• Scavenger hunt for fall items (red leaf, pinecone, smooth rock, etc.)

• Bake pumpkin muffins or apple crisp together

• Create leaf rubbings with crayons

• Dress up and practice Halloween costumes early

  
  

Upper Elementary

• Corn maze adventure

• Make caramel apples

• Write short spooky stories and share by flashlight

• Decorate the porch with fall crafts (paper bats, leaf garlands)

• Go on a family bike ride to see changing leaves

• Campfire with hot cocoa and s’mores

  
  

Middle Schoolers

• Host a backyard “spooky movie night” with blankets

• Haunted house or ghost walk (if they like scares)

• DIY tie-dye in fall colors (burnt orange, brown, mustard yellow)

• Bake-and-decorate pumpkin cookies

• Capture fall photography for social media or school projects

  
  

High Schoolers

• Road trip to see fall foliage

• Halloween party planning or costume contest with friends

• Nighttime corn maze or haunted hayride

• Thrift shop challenge: create a fall outfit under $20

• Baking challenge (pumpkin pie vs. apple pie bake-off)

• Cozy book-and-candle autumn reading day