Now that we are into the Fall season, it is time to start planning for all the fun Fall activities. However, you might be thinking about how this year will be different. If you are practicing social distancing or even stuck at home, there are still ways to enjoy the season with the family. Now is the perfect time to break out the Fall Bucket List and start checking off some of your favorites.
FALL BUCKET LIST IDEAS
Places to Explore
- Go apple picking
- Tailgate at a football game
- Visit a haunted house
- Attend a fall festival
- Visit a pumpkin patch
- Go to a sunflower farm
- Try an escape room
- Attend a Halloween event
- Take a road trip or nature hike in the fall foliage
- Navigate through a corn maze
- Go to the zoo
- Visit a graveyard (if you dare)
- Go on a fall-themed scavenger hunt
Fun Family Activities
- Jump in a pile of leaves
- Go on a hayride
- Host a bonfire
- Carve or paint pumpkin
- Tell ghost stories
- Make a trick or treat bag
- Countdown to Halloween
- Plant bulbs for spring
- Trick or treating
- Make a scarecrow
- Boo your neighbor
- Create a grateful tree
- Go on a fall picnic
- Collect pinecones
- Decorate your front porch
- Watch a spooky movie
- Make a fall craft
- Bob for apples
- Create a thankful pumpkin
- Make bird feeders
- Plan a spooky themed dinner
- Backyard camp out
- Volunteer as a family
- Pick out your Halloween costumes
- Make hand print turkeys
- Read fall themed books
- Host a movie night outdoors
- Burn a fall scented candle
- Decorate a cookie haunted house
- Take Fall family photos
- Host a Halloween party with the family
- Watch football
Seasonal Tasty Treats
- Bake a pumpkin pie
- Roast marshmallows for smores
- Sip on hot apple cider
- Enjoy a seasonal coffee drink
- Make homemade applesauce
- Bake apple cider donuts
- Snack on candy corn
- Make pumpkin spice pancakes
- Decorate fall cookies
- Try a new pumpkin recipe
- Make pumpkin rolls
- Bake apple dumplings
- Homemade chili or soup
- Make caramel apples
- Roast pumpkin seeds
- Bake an apple pie
- Drink hot chocolate
FREE Fall Bucket List Printable
Enjoy this festive printable to display in your house for the Fall season. Print at home or at your local print store in 11 x 14. It is super easy to upload online to your local Fedex Office and only costs $2.50 to print. We displayed ours in a 14 x 16 frame purchased at Jo-Ann Stores.
Fort Wayne Local Events and Activities
If you are in the Fort Wayne area, then here are a few of my favorite places to visit that are still open in 2020.
- Kuehnert Dairy Farm Fall Festival
- Autumn Railroad Festival and Pumpkin Train
- Pumpkin Patch at Hilger Family Farm
- Apple picking at Cook’s Apple Orchard, Apple Tree Technology, Phil’s U-Pick Apple Orchard
- Fort Wayne Zoo (Wild Zoo Halloween cancelled but open for normal hours until October 31, 2020)
- Kurtz Pumpkin Patch Open in October Only
- Haunted Houses- The Haunted Jail and Hysterium Haunted Asylum (advanced ticket purchase)
- Escape Rooms- Fort Wayne Escape Room
- Botanical Conservatory Punkin’ Path (October 6th– November 1st) and Garden Trick or Treat on Oct. 17
- Salomon Farms Sunflower Fields
- Amazing Fall Fun in Waterloo, IN
- Cedar Creek Produce
- Steele Farms
- Fall Hikes at Fox Island County Park or Lindenwood Nature Preserves
- 26th Annual Fox Island Turkey Trot 5k
- Galloping Gobbler Thanksgiving Day Run and Walk
- Country Kitchen Sweetart Petite Cake Frankendrip for ages 9+
- T.A.G. Art Company Fun Farm Halloween
Indianapolis Favorite Fall Events
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Monster MASKarade
Conner Prairie Headless Horseman
Hopefully this inspires you to do more with the family this season and enjoy your time together. COVID doesn’t have to suck the fun out of everything. There is still lots to see and do this Fall season. Comment below with your favorite social distancing family activity.
