Thursday Thirteen – 13 Autumn Activities – Reading and More
September 18, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Parenting
Autumn brings to mind harvest time and fun activities my family and I enjoy. I also found this an pleasant time when I was growing up on the farm even though we had to work hard, too, gathering in the crops and picking the apples my father raised.
Here are some activities you might enjoy with your family.
- Carving pumpkins
- Painting faces on pumpkins
- Picking apples
- Making apple dishes such as applesauce, pies, and crisp (and reading recipes)
- Taking hikes midst autumn scenery
- Raking leaves into piles and jumping into them
- Drinking apple cider and munching on donuts
- Making Halloween costumes
- Reading autumn stories
- Drawing autumn pictures
- Making collages with leaves and pictures from magazines
- Creating an autumn scrapbook
- Telling ghost stories
- Gather leaves and press them
What do you do in the autumn? What are favorite activities in your family?
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(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
Wonderful! I’ve been in the mood to do autumn-y things with my family….although the weather hasn’t been cooperating!
Thanks for stopping by, Lindsey. I hope you and your family find some activities here you can enjoy in autumn. Why don’t you report back to us what you do?
I agree with Lindsey- it is still 80 degrees out here with green everywhere! We can’t wait for the leaves.
My son and I go to a local farm each autumn for the harvest and collect pumpkins, corn, squash, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, onions and anything else we can fit in the wagon. And they have a great big haystack for the kids to climb on. So it feels like autumn to me when our veggie crisper is packed to the brim!
we like to go to pumpkin farms and all kinds of things
Lindley and Jennifer, I’m pleased you stopped by, too, and shared your autumn activities. I grew up on a farm, so these activities bring back memories. This is my favorite time of year even though I know cold, snowy weather is ahead.