Stress Free Fall Activities for Kids

Stress-Free Fall Activities for Kids Episode 300

There are so many stress-free activities for kids that I’m happy to share with you and some suggestions for examining the stress in your life and ways to combat this. On the show notes page, I have a previous podcast on asking yourself ten questions to examine where the stress comes from and ways to combat the stress.

For me, one reason I stress is because that I overplan. Once I turn the calendar and see all the ways that stress happens, I turn the calendar and think, oh my gosh it is October, it’s soon Thanksgiving and now Christmas is around the corner, instead of taking a deep breath, enjoying the cooler weather and making a cup of hot cocoa and snuggling up to read a book with the kids.

So, before we begin – I’d like you to ask yourself a list of questions about stress and I happened to create a podcast on that very subject. The link is HERE

I typically take on more than I can handle. We homeschool moms are so competent and we can get so much done in such a little bit of time until it doesn’t happen. I was a volunteer at some many different places and until my husband got my attention and I wisely listened my life was one race after another to accomplish.

I realized that I had to have more patience with myself. I’m an idea person – I want to act on my ideas rather than sit on them and pray about them! I needed to put things in priority and that helped me tremendously.

During the fall, there were so many things I wanted the children to experience and places I wanted to visit somewhere that has fall leaves, make cookies, study seasons, work on scrapbooks, do art projects, etc. etc. Just trying to fit in school and all these extra things became overwhelming – and hence the stress crept in!

So… here are some ideas that will really help keep the stress to a minimum!

Be Thankful
Wear fall colors
Visit a pumpkin patch
Carve a pumpkin
Bake a pumpkin and puree
Go for a hike
hayride
paint a fall scene
Attend community events – mostly free
Tailgate
Take a drive viewing the fall leaves
Make a pinecone bird feeder
Bake bread
Jump in a pile of leaves
make apple pie – or apple sauce
make soup!
Build a camp fire – roast marshmallows
Display pinecones with tiny lights
Play a game of two-hand touch football.
Go to a fall harvest event
Football game – at home, play flag football
Roast Sm’ores
Pine cone bird feeders
Do a good deed
Pick Apple
Make Apple Dumplings – watch Apple Dumpling Gang
Backyard Fall Party – pot luck
Fall Scavenger hunt – look around your yard or go to the park and walk around. Check out some things to add to your list.
Bake gingerbread cookies – soft chew or roll out and bake
Eat apple chips
popcorn balls
Tree rubbings
I spy fall items (in car or walk)
Collect and identify leaves
Learn about trees whose leaves fall
Learn about evergreens
Learn how to press leaves/ flowers
Toast pumpkin seeds
Make pumpkin bread with real pumpkins
Check out the evening sky. Stargaze.
Study the night sky in different seasons.
Make Fall leaf centerpiece with nature walk items.
Taste different types of apple – think about crispness, sweet, tart, color, shape, etc.
Leaves – green works best on paper and paper towel – hit with a hammer
Leaves between wax paper, iron
Write 5 things fall means to me
Study seasons and compare and contrast.
Thumbprint art with a fall theme
Make butternut squash and pumpkin soup.
Decorate your home with fall items.