Fun Fall Family Activities with Free Printable List

What is a fall bucket list? A list of things you want to do with your kids this fall while enjoying the season! You’ll find fun ideas below, plus a FREE printable list of fall family activities that you can take with you on your adventures!

Fall is my very favorite time of the year — for wardrobe, food, activities, and even homeschooling. The colors, multitude of seasonal activities, and changes make it a perfect topic for many homeschool studies or just a bit of fun. I have come up with a list of 25 activities, unit studies, and projects that have an educational benefit to them. We are going to cross off as many as we can this season and I invite you to do the same!

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Fall Bucket List for Homeschoolers

1. Visit a pumpkin patch–
   Take a measuring tape and a ruler to measure the height and circumference of different pumpkins.
2. Use crisp colorful fall leaves to make art–
   Glue various shapes and sizes to a plain piece of paper. Use stickers, markers, and crayons to turn them into animals, people, or other objects. Look What I Did with a Leaf is a great book for inspiration! Don’t miss this list of 30 Fall Crafts for Kids.
3. Have a fall scavenger hunt–
   Take turns coming up with a list of things to find. Keep it fall themed — acorn, a red leaf, a pumpkin, etc. This is especially fun if you are on a fall field trip somewhere.
4. Make an apple or pumpkin pie–
   You will get science, math, reading, and practice following directions in one afternoon.
5. Visit an apple Cider Mill–
   Write a little bit about the process when you get home.
6. Take a trip to the library –
   Check out books on fall, snuggle up, and read them with a mug of hot cider. Here are some Thanksgiving books to consider.
7. Have a canned food drive–
   Help your child organize a canned food drive. Service is an important part of homeschool and should be included when possible.
8. Visit a corn or sunflower maze in your area–
   Make educated guesses to find your way out, take photos, and have fun!
9. Use fall manipulatives–
   Use pumpkin seeds, candy corn, acorns, or cranberries for math manipulatives.
10. Make a pumpkin patch diorama–
    This is a fun interactive art project they won’t soon forget. Provide them with clay, felt, construction paper, and other items. Let them use their creativity in any way they can.
11. Family Cook-off–
    Plan and cook a fall dish together as a family — chili, soup, stew, pumpkin soup, etc.. Or put each family member in charge of one dish.
12. Silly Scarecrows–
    Make a scarecrow to represent each member of the family. Use clothes recently outgrown or pick some up at a thrift store.
13. Decorate for fall–
    Using homemade art pieces, store bought items, and fresh uncut pumpkins as well as gathered leaves, twigs, and pinecones.
14. Rub it in–
    Make leaf and tree bark rubbings.
15. Fall nature walk–
    Go on a Fall themed nature walk, gathering fall items like colorful leaves, acorns, seeds, and pinecones.
16. Leave the schoolwork behind–
    Take a break in your homeschool day to jump in leaves.
17. Fall Photos–
    Take a fall photo every day for a month – jumping in leaves, holding your pumpkin at the patch, around a bonfire, or dressed in fall colors.
18. Research Leaves–
    Where the leaves change colors the most, when, and what makes them change colors.
19. Unit study on Johnny Appleseed–
    Use the computer to research and/or books from the library. Check out this Johnny Appleseed unit study post to get you started.
20. Unit study on Thanksgiving–
    Pilgrims, Native Americans, and the story of how it all began is an important part of our history. Read this post about Thanksgiving morning baskets to get started!
21. Unit study of bats –
    Don’t forget to include the sweet story of Stellaluna!
22. Make a fall sensory bin–
    Use fall-themed items to put together a hands-on learning experience with fall sensory bins. This post with fall sensory bin ideas will help!
23. Make a Fall lapbook–
    Let them choose their own topic – bats, owls, apples, pumpkins, pilgrims, or hibernation, Thanksgiving, or turkeys to name a few.
24. Fall Experiments–
    Find a fun fall theme experiment on Pinterest and give it a try!
25. Preserve leaves–
    Pressed between the pages of a book or ironed between sheets of waxed paper.

What’s on your fall bucket list?

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Sara Jordan is a mom of three creative girls. With a degree in Social Work specializing in early childhood development, Sara has always enjoyed working with children. She believes that learning should be a lifelong adventure that also builds character. She has been blogging since 2008.

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