Summer is Over….Welcome Fall!
The heat of the summer is finally gone, and we can enjoy the cooler temps and activities that lend themselves so beautifully to the season! Here is a list of fun things to do with your children in the fall:
- Go for a fall walk and gather different colored leaves, pinecones and acorns
- Make a trail mix
- Sort the leaves by color and size—glue them onto colored paper to display
- Collect acorns in a jar
- Paint with pinecones
- Make bird feeders with pinecones, peanut butter and see
- Rake leaves and play in them—make piles and jump in them
- Go to an orchard or farm and pick apples
- Make applesauce or apple pie
- Paint with apples
- Go to a pumpkin patch
- Carve a pumpkin and bake the seeds
- Decorate a pumpkin
- Bake pumpkin cookies or muffins
- Plant an indoor herb garden
- Plant bulbs
- Build a fort
- Make a scarecrow
- Go to the park—play ball—tee ball, soccer, kick ball or football