The holiday season may be fast approaching with winter weather right around the corner, but there are still a few fall activities on our seasonal bucket list.
Make Scarecrows
Stuffing hay and straw into your own family scarecrow is a fun activity for all ages. Host your own friendly competition among friends and family with apple cider and caramel apples. Give the kids a chance to craft and get creative while clearing out the closet of old clothes to use on your new scarecrow.
Get Outdoors
Whether hiking, biking, kayaking or something adventurous, there is something so peaceful and refreshing about getting outside in the fall. Book a bike tour for the whole family. Get the kids who can ride their own bike and a outfit your bike with baby seat for the little one. Plan a family outing filled with kayaking and hiking, or go all in on a family camping weekend. Bask in the lingering fall light, crisp weather and incredible views.
Photo: Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime
Host a Fall Party
Get your friends, neighbors and family together for a fall-themed party or Friendsgiving celebration. This will give you a chance to catch up and save face before the holidays ensue and the kids can have some extra time with friends. Get crafty and make pumpkin vases, or have a friendly competition over cupcake decorating, pumpkin seed roasting or carving. Just because it’s November, the pumpkin fun doesn’t have to end.
Photo: Alleng | Dreamstime
Hit Local Farmers Markets
This time of year, fall festivals and seasonal farmers markets offer fun events and tastings for all ages. Sample local wines, pumpkin brews and jump on a hayride with the kids. Little ones get their faces painted, pet farm animals and enjoy fall festivities before the seasons change.
Hot Air Balloon
Check out this list for a hot air balloon festival in your area. Bundle up and check out local festivals or take a road trip to the nearest one this season. Watch vibrant balloons take off, peppering the sky with lively colors, or schedule a tour with a hot-air balloon group. Get a bird’s eye view of the fall foliage and take in the fresh air just before the winter.
Read This Next
5 Family-Friendly Museums in Charleston
Destinations / North America
Aug 22, 2024#WhereverFamily
Insta FeedDestinations / Caribbean
Oct 29, 2026Take a Festive Family Escape to This Turks & Caicos Resort
The holidays are right around the corner! It’s time for family travelers to get into the holiday spirit with a festive family escape to The Regent Grand in Turks & Caicos. This season, the property in Grace Bay takes the holidays to a new level with its A White Sand Holiday offer, allowing families to get in the holiday spirit with a tropical twist.
Sponsored Content
GET TO KNOW TAP FORBIZ
Unlock flexible, refined business travel with TAP Air Portugal’s program, TAP FORBIZ. Developed for small, medium and large Companies, with options for corporate events, TAP FORBIZ offers exclusive advantages adapted to each type of business.
Hotels
Oct 28, 2026Get “Wrapped in The Moment” With Fairmont Hotels & Resorts This Holiday Season
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts properties across the globe go above and beyond this holiday season to make it the most memorable one yet for family travelers. Encouraging families to slow down, reconnect with one another and savor this joyous time of year, Fairmont presents “Wrapped in the Moment.”
Destinations / North America
Oct 28, 2026A Quick Guide on Visiting Arches National Park with Family
Arches National Park in southern Utah is an experience in nature like few others. Dramatic red cliffs tower above a desert landscape studded by fantastic rock formations. You can drive, hike or amble among them; each new perspective begs for a photo. Kids love this unreal landscape, which seems the setting for an epic fantasy movie.
Sponsored Content
Best of Both Worlds
Enjoy the best of both worlds when you fly with TAP Air Portugal thanks to the Portugal Stopover program. With the program, TAP passengers, whether traveling for business, leisure or both, can stop in Portugal for up to 10 days at no additional airfare on the way to their final destination. What does this mean for travelers wishing to explore by both land and sea? It means after flying to Portugal with TAP and experiencing the country in an entirely new way, travelers can then embark on scenic river and ocean cruises from Portugal’s port cities, or fly with TAP to another European destination.
Destinations / North America
Oct 28, 2026Lights, Eagles and Skiing Await in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, This Winter
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, may be most family travelers’ idea of a summer destination, but come winter, this North Idaho spot transforms into something entirely different. Think more than one million holiday lights reflected across the water, mountains topped with snow for skiing, and migrating bald eagles along the shoreline and on mountainsides.
ShareThis