Autumn is in the air- can you experience it? The leaves crunching under your feet, the brisk fall air, the harvest colors. Okay, non and then much in DFW simply nosotros tin can dream, right? Even though seasons seem to alter in the blink of an middle here in the metroplex, you and your children can yet take advantage of all the opportunities fall offers for fun activities.

  • Leaf rubbings " Find a diversity of leaves from the yard. Place a sheet of paper over each one and rub with the long side of a crayon. Your footling archaeologist volition dear seeing the shape and details of each leaf come alive!
  • Collect acorns " This one is easy. Dedicate a shoebox for autumn acorn collecting and keep it by the door for like shooting fish in a barrel admission. Acorn activities are endless- sort them by size and colour, mucilage them to a fall scene drawn/painted/colored by your child, or merely see how many y'all tin collect over the course of the season!
  • Make a cornucopia of thanks " For many families, autumn and specially Thanksgiving is a time for cheers and reflection. Aid your children participate by making a cornucopia out of posterboard (here'south a template). Hang it on the wall and let the kiddos draw and cutting out things they are thankful for. Record them to the cornucopia and picket it (and your children's thankful hearts) grow!
  • Break out the sidewalk chalk " It'due south finally cool in Texas, and then catch your saucepan of sidewalk chalk and decorate the driveway and sidewalks! Call back of and draw an autumn item for each alphabetic character of the alphabet (A-apples, B-broomsticks, C-cornucopias). Or, decorate ˜pumpkins ™ past drawing behemothic ones on the pavement.
  • Visit a pumpkin patch " Most pumpkin patches offer at least a twenty-four hours's worth of fun activities- hay rides, apple picking, petting zoos, and, of course, pumpkin decorating! Hall'due south Pumpkin Farm in Grapevine offers complimentary access and nominal fees for activities like the corn maze and hayrides. Even amend: they are open 7 days a week!
  • Toast pumpkin seeds " Though cleaning out the ˜gunk guts ™ of pumpkins tin can be a chore and sometimes, an arm workout, the seeds are useful! Separate the seed from the gunk and rinse. Spread olive oil onto a baking canvas, then seeds. Stir the seed to coat, sprinkle on table salt, and bake at 325 for xx minutes. Enjoy!

Autumn is a special fourth dimension of yr and i that offers lots of things to see and do for kids and families. Use these ideas to brand autumn special for your family!

Kids Activities Blog is Holly'south blogging home.

She is the co-author of 101 Kids Activities that are the Bestest, Funnest Ever! and The 101 Coolest Elementary Science Experiments.

She is the mom of three boys ages 13, 15 & 17 who partially homeschools. She believes that you shouldn't have to buy stuff to take fun when at that place is a kitchen junk drawer full of possibilities.