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100 Things to Do this Autumn with Your Family

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

Autumn is my favorite season, or at least it always is in the Maritimes. The colors of the trees are like nothing else with the reds, oranges, yellows. The temperatures are usually a little bit warm getting cooler in the evenings but not cold enough that you have to bundle up in winter coats. There are so many fun things to do during Autumn with your family, I have a list of 100 here, but I could have added more easily.

100 Things to Do this Autumn with Your Family

100 Things to Do this Autumn

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The Great Outdoors

  1. Go apple picking
  2. Go through a corn maze
  3. Take a hot-air balloon ride
  4. play football with friends
  5. Go for a hike
  6. Go for a hay ride
  7. Collect colorful leaves
  8. Press leaves
  9. Tailgate at your local football team
  10. Plant bulbs for next spring
  11. Run a race
  12. Rent a cabin in the woods – maybe for Thanksgiving
  13. Make a peanut butter and pine cone bird feeder
  14. Jump in a pile of leaves
  15. Step on dried leaves – crunch crunch
  16. Watch for geese flying south for the winter
  17. Collect pine cones for decorations in your home
  18. Visit a pumpkin patch
  19. Go on a spooky graveyard tour
  20. Go on a scenic drive
  21. Puddle jumping
  22. Bike around your town
  23. Picnic in the leaves
  24. Scavenger hunt
  25. Nature walk
  26. Visit a sunflower farm – so beautiful
  27. Have your last bonfire of the year
  28. Fly a kite
  29. Go to the playground
  30. Camping – in the back yard or your living room
  31. Walk your dog
  32. Take pictures of the fall foliage
  33. Collect leaves
  34. Cloud watch
  35. Bird watching
  36. Go to a fall festival
  37. Yard sale – have one – go to one
  38. Visit an apple orchard
  39. Play “I Spy” during a walk
  40. Roll down a hill

Inside Activities

  1. Leaf science experiment – Why Do Leaves Change Color?
  2. Make a pumpkin pie
  3. Eat a candy apple
  4. Drink hot apple cider
  5. Make homemade bread
  6. Learn to knit
  7. Learn to crochet
  8. Host a movie night
  9. Craft with leaves
  10. Drink hot cocoa
  11. Roast pumpkin seeds
  12. Throw a themed party – include things from this list at your party
  13. Face painting – my mom used to use Crayola markers for easier “painting” and they always washed off easily
  14. Make Halloween treats
  15. Read a Halloween book
  16. Read a Thanksgiving book
  17. Read a Autumn book
  18. Use outdoor items in play – pine cones, acorns, leaves
  19. Make an apple pie
  20. Bake apple chips
  21. Make popcorn balls
  22. Bake seasonal cookies
  23. Play hide-and-seek with glow sticks
  24. Make Crock-Pot applesauce

Holiday Ideas

  1. Crave a pumpkin
  2. Go to a haunted house
  3. Make your own Halloween costume
  4. Watch a scary movie – or Halloween movie depending on your kids’ ages
  5. Hand out treats to trick or treaters
  6. Take a pie to a neighbor
  7. Take your Christmas photo
  8. Visit a local farm
  9. Decorate for Halloween
  10. Decorate for Thanksgiving
  11. Decorate for Christmas
  12. Bob for apples
  13. Collect food for the food bank

Kids Crafts

  1. Symmetrical leaf drawing
  2. Leaf rubbing
  3. Play with playdough scented with autumn spices (add it to the dough as you make it)
  4. Paint pumpkins
  5. Melt crayons over your pumpkin
  6. Go on a nature walk
  7. Make an easy bird feeder
  8. Paint pine cones
  9. Make a scarecrow
  10. Apple stamping
  11. Leaf painting
  12. Make a Halloween gingerbread house
  13. Make mitten puppets
  14. Make Christmas gifts
  15. Collect acorns and paint faces on them
  16. Iron leaves between two sheets of waxed paper and hang them in the window
  17. Make Halloween cards
  18. Make stamps out of wine corks

For Adults Only

  1. Go on a wine tour
  2. Visit a craft brewery
  3. Enjoy some hard cider
  4. Make a pumpkin latte
  5. Oktoberfest

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Filed Under: Family Tagged With: autumn, Family fun

10 Indoor Energy Burning Activities

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

Cooler weather is upon us here in Saskatchewan already. Our seasons are so messed up, we go from hot summer, to cool fall in a week. And then very quickly we end up in winter. It’s all summer, summer, summer, fall, winter, winter, winter, spring, and back to summer all over again. From one extreme to the next. Having indoor energy burning activities is a must for rainy days and cold winter days.

10 Indoor Energy Burning Activities

10 Indoor Energy Burning Activities

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Simon Says

This is a favorite kids game. It can be fun and easy for parents to bust some energy out of their kids simply by calling our “Simon says ____. ” You can have your kids hopping in place or crab walking around the dining room table.

Red Light, Green Light

If you have a good amount of space for your kids to move back and forth red light, green light is fun. We like to change it up a bit with crab walking, wiggling like a worm, etc. Different movements to burn energy.

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Painter’s Tape Hop Scotch

Painter’s Tape doesn’t leave a sticky residue behind so you can use it on the floors. Make a Hop Scotch for them to hop through in between subjects or on the way to a different room.

Music

Just turning music on in my house is enough for my kids to bust a move and burn energy. Plus it can be a fun workout for moms too!

Twister Game

You might have to buy this one or make it with some paper plates. Its a fun way to spend a rainy afternoon.

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Filed Under: Boredom Busters, Kids Activities Tagged With: autumn, fall activities, Indoor Energy Burning Activities, Winter

Why Do Leaves Change Color? Autumn Science

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

It’s the first day of Autumn ya’ll, and I love Autumn. My girls ask every year why the leaves change color, and I finally found an experiment to show them the colors of leaves, the colors they change, instead of just just trying to explain it. This is fun and easy to do. I love getting hands on with science with my kids, they learn a lot more when they are involved.

Why Do Leaves Change Color_ Autumn Science

Why Do Leaves Change Color?

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It’s really simple actually, just a few things from around your house and yard.

Rubbing alcohol, jars or glasses, some leaves from your yard, and some coffee filters.

Why Do Leaves Change Color? Autumn Science

I started this by asking my kids the question that they ask me”why do leaves change color?” The answer I got, was that they change because it is autumn, a simple answer and it completely makes sense for kids. They change because the season changes.

I grabbed 3 different leaves – 2 red leaves from the vine crawling up our shed, 2 green leaves from the vine crawling up our shed, and 2 green leave from a tree.

3 jars, one for each set of leaves I had.

Tear the leaves up and put into each jar.

Why Do Leaves Change Color? Autumn Science

Pour just enough rubbing alcohol into each jar to cover the leaves.

There are two (or many more) ways to do the next part. You can cut your coffee filters into strips, or roll it into a cone shape, either will work.

Why Do Leaves Change Color? Autumn Science

Now you wait. It took 6-8 hours before we saw anything, and 24 hours before it was clear. I took this pictures after about 24 hours.

The Why Behind It?

Chlorophyll would be the answer. It is the dominate pigment in the leaves (green). It covers the other colors that are there in the leaves, the reds, and yellows. The leaves stay green the water that the tree takes in through its roots.

Why does the green disappear? The trees realize that summer is coming to an end (due to less sunlight) and stop taking in so much water. Without the water, the green chlorophyll starts to disappear and the other colors in the leaf and the yellow and the orange can be seen.

So leaves don’t really “change” color so much as lose color. You can clearly see the different colors on the filter. Do this with your kids. You only need some coffee filters and rubbing alcohol. You have kids, so you probably already have the rubbing alcohol and coffee filters.

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Soups for Autumn’s Cold Weather

by Ashley Mullen Leave a Comment

With autumn coming in fast, the time has come for warmer meals. Soups for autumn are a favorite here, on the stove or in the slow cooker. They are perfect for reheating, often tasting better the next day… if there is any left, which there usually isn’t.

soups for autumn

Soups for Autumn’s Cold Weather

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I love making and eating soups during the cooler months of the year. They are perfect for warming up from the inside out. They are great for putting in a thermos for your kids to take to school, getting warmed up before heading outside to play.

Cheese Broccoli Soup by Megan at Raising Memories

Thia Wedding Soup and Pasta and Bean Soup by Brandi at Yee Wittle Things

Spicy Barley and Vegetable Soup by Elizabeth at Frugal Mom Eh!

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Creamy Potato Leek Soup

Chicken Tostito Soup

Slow Cooker French Onion Soup

Cream of Asparagus Soup and Tomato and Dill Soup by Elizabeth at Life Love Liz

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Best Ever Beet Soup by Shayne at Mommy Outside the Box

Easy Homemade Miso Soup by at Thinking Outside the Sandbox Family

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Zuppa Toscana Soup

Turkey Vegetable Healing Soup

Roasted Cauliflower and Cheddar Soup

Lasagna Soup

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Creamy Pumpkin Soup by Jennell at Canadian Mom Eh

Paleo Butternut Lemongrass Soup and Chicken Vegetable Soup by Olivia at West Coast Mommy

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