If there’s a season to fill our want-to bucket, it’s Fall, right?
Fall pinches every sensory to our delight⏤what we see, hear, touch, smell, and taste! So grab that bucket and fill it up with one or all of these ideas for you, your family, and friends!
“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves.” Humbert Wolfe
Enjoy!
- Binge on Hallmark Fall Harvest Movies showing every weekend and some weeknights.
- Wait! Did I lose you at #1? Try this instead: Pack for a day trip. Find every back road possible, roll down the windows (take your Benadryl), stick your arm out, and “ride” the waves of wind. See where the roads take you!
- Hike in your nearest National Park.
- Invite friends to pack picnics and join you at the park. It’s the perfect way to practice social distancing while munching on yummy food and laughing with friends.
- Get a family picture made.
- Go to the pumpkin patch and fetch a few pumpkins for you and a neighbor. This year has been one of distance, so simple acts of cheer mean more than ever.
- Invite a friend over to bake these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins. Divvy ’em up, and both families will have a yummy treat to enjoy.
- Purchase bags of individually wrapped candy and donate them to local churches that are holding fall festivals.
- Start a new book. It’s the perfect weather to curl up, which leads to…
- Try a harvest-flavored tea! Grab the book, slip under a chunky blanket, and pour a cup of tea. Wait. Is that an “ahhhh!” I hear? Scoot over; I’m in!
- Throw a “BYOM” (Bring Your Own Mug – filled with your favorite tea, coffee, or cocoa!) gathering with friends in your backyard.
- Visit a working farm.
- Bake fresh apple turnovers! Here’s an easy recipe.
- Host a bonfire. #bringyourownsmores
- Stargaze. Bundle up, pour cups of cocoa for the kids, and head outside. If you’re not sure what to look for, this might help.
- Enjoy a craft day with the kids. Fall crafts + a meaningful message can be found over at Meaningful Mama.
- Collect larger, whole leaves. Write the name of one person you would like to pray for on a leaf. Place a candle in the middle of your dining table and surround it with your “prayer leaves.” Light the candle before dinner (representing the Light of the World – John 8:12), choose a leaf, and pray for a different person each night.
- Feed the birds. Lots of easy and fun ideas can be found @ The Homeschool Scientist.
- Find a Fall Prayer Partner. I’ll blog more about this in a couple of weeks, but in the meantime, find a partner, set guidelines (how often to touch base), and share simple ways to pray for one another.
- Go camping or glamping! Even if it’s in your own backyard.
- Purchase canned goods and deliver them to your local food bank as a family.
- Play “The Monster Mash” and dance like Frank.
- Change to flannel sheets.
- Read a different section of Psalm 119 every night. Tammy Mashburn of Redefining the Wilderness, is taking readers through a journey of this Psalm.
- Encourage-a-person-a-day through Thanksgiving. Handwritten notes, sweet treats, scripture, praise music, a book, written prayers, voiced prayers, and yellow mums on a front stoop. Just some ideas to get those creative juices flowing!
Click here to download a printable version.
With the definition of “normal” being challenged this year, it’s comforting to know that some things never change.
So, is there a favorite idea you’d like to toss in your bucket first? (Or add your own!)
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I looove these ideas & am thrilled to say we’ve already done a few! I’m going to settle down with my tea (pumpkin spice rooibos from Trader Joes!) & my planner after everyone’s asleep & stick more of these on my calendar! Thank you for the printables, Cathy!
Oh, I’m so glad you like the ideas, Heather! If you think about it, I’d love to see a pic from one of the activities in our “Creative Pauses” Facebook Group! Thank you for taking the time to share. What a blessing!
Loved the ideas, Cathy! I will revisit this bucket list several times to try out the recipes and view the fall themed fun suggestions. Thanks for posting!
Hi, Jeana! I’m delighted you like the ideas and I hope you enjoy the recipes. 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to share! Blessings!
I want to try ALL the fun! This week we are going on a hike (check that off the list). There might be snow! Which will change where we hike, since neither my honey nor I can follow a trail that is invisible. I took the grands to the “pumpkin patch.” We don’t have any true ones this year due to you-know-what, so 3 of my grands I took to a farm stand near their home which had a small maze and tons of pumpkin. I took the other two yesterday in the pouring rain to a farm stand/store with a small maze in the middle of the fruit orchard and tons of pumpkins. Usually we are all together, but this year it just didn’t work. We just switched out our summer for fall clothes. The electric blanket is on the bed, and I made a crockpot of butternut soup yesterday. So yummy! Thanks for the great ideas, Cathy! (If I ever spell your name wrong, I apologize in advance. I know many wonderful Cathy’s, Kathie’s, and Kathy’s).
Angie, you can spell my name however you like! 🙂 Your post immediately put me in the fall mood. I’ve never tried butternut soup but that sounds delicious. We’re hoping to take the grands to some type of pumpkin patch this weekend. I miss the fall festivals but I’m thankful we’re all well. Thanks for sharing!!
Coffee and muffins are always great! But when the weather’s cool, I like to split the muffin, warm it up and slather butter across every cranny. So far I have resisted, but those 100% sugar candy pumpkins are a fall fave of mine.
That sounds SO yummy, Charla. Muffins and coffee are the dynamic duo. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!
We love to visit state and county parks! If I may make a suggestion – bring a few dollars in cash. Some parks have free admission, but there are donation boxes to help with maintenance costs.
That is a GREAT suggestion, Robin!! Thank you for sharing. 🙂