Totally free:
Take family photos with your phone: We prop our phone up on something, set a timer, and take a short video, then go back through the video and grab a couple screen captures to use as photos.
Take a walk in the woods: nature walks are a family favorite for all of us!
Visit your favorite parks: if you are local to the Southeast Indiana region, Lawrenceburg, IN has some wonderful parks that we love to visit & there are many wonderful parks in Cincinnati!
Do a fall scavenger hunt: I like to use brown paper bags and tape a list to them. I make my lists using Google Docs and print them on our home computer. We either do a color theme, or I will list specific seasonal things. (Click highlighted text for free printable hunt lists)
Play in the leaves: rake them up, hop in, and rake again! My kids will easily spend hours doing this.
Read a book: check my goodreads link on my home page for my current and past reads.
Movie night at home: pop some popcorn, have a mug of warm apple cider, and cozy up to watch a fall favorite. We use Disney+ for a lot of our movie nights, and my kids are currently loving Spooky Buddies, Halloweentown, and Hocus Pocus. You can also borrow DVDs from your local library if you don’t subscribe to streaming services.
Make crafts with sticks and leaves: leaf people with stick bodies (glued to construction paper) are a favorite around here in the fall
Print free Fall coloring pages: Either use Google or Pinterest for a quick search of “free Fall coloring pages” and print away!
Go trick or treating
Make a bonfire
Family game night
Borrow fall books from the library
Low cost/nearly free:
Go apple picking
Visit a pumpkin patch
Bake a pie
Go to a fall festival (check social media or chamber of commerce sites of towns near you for event calendars)
Go for a drive to view the beautiful fall foliage: We live a few hours away from Brown County, IN and the drive (plus the state park there) have the most beautiful fall views.
Bake cookies: I am a sucker for peanut butter blossom cookies!
Make soup: check out my Pinterest board for some of our favorite soup recipes I have found and saved over the years. A link to my Pinterest can be found on the home page.
Do a corn maze
Go on a hay ride
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