Looking for fun fall activities for kids that feel a little more special than the usual pumpkin carving and movie night? This free printable Fall Bucket List for Kids is filled with cozy, creative, and memorable ideas to make the most of the season.
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I made this fall bucket list to be something kids actually want to use. It’s cute, simple, and filled with a mix of fall activities, family traditions, creative ideas, baking, outdoor adventures, and thoughtful little moments.
It’s perfect for families, babysitters, nannies, homeschool families, teachers, and anyone looking for screen-free fall activities for kids.
Print it out, hang it on the fridge, and start checking off your favorite fall memories. 🍁
🍂 Free Printable Fall Bucket List for Kids
This printable includes 19 fun fall bucket list ideas that kids can complete throughout September, October, and November.
There is a little bit of everything—from getting outside and exploring fall leaves to baking something delicious and doing something kind for someone else.
🍁 What’s on the Fall Bucket List?
- 🌽 Visit a corn maze
- 🛍️ Go Black Friday or Cyber Monday shopping
- 💃 Have a dance party
- 🍂 Decorate for fall
- 🎃 Carve a pumpkin
- 🍫 Bake brownies
- 🕯️ Light a fall candle
- 📖 Read a novel
- 🍁 Make leaf art
- 🥾 Take a scenic fall hike
- 🥧 Bake an apple pie
- 💌 Write a thank-you card
- ☕ Get special drinks after school and bring one to a friend
- 🎬 Watch a cozy movie
- 🍎 Drink apple cider
- 🍂 Jump in a pile of leaves
- 🎨 Paint pottery
- 💌 Write to a pen pal
- 🍽️ Help cook dinner
🍁 Fun Fall Activities for Kids
One of my favorite things about fall is that it doesn’t take much to make an ordinary day feel special. A warm drink, colorful leaves, a cozy movie, or baking something together can quickly become a favorite family memory.
Here are a few of the ideas included in the printable.
🌽 Visit a Corn Maze
Make a trip to a local corn maze and see who can make it through first!
For younger kids, make it even more fun by turning it into a mini fall scavenger hunt. Look for pumpkins, colorful leaves, scarecrows, or other fall decorations while you’re there.
🍂 Decorate for Fall
Let the kids help turn the house into a cozy fall space.
Make paper leaves, decorate the front porch, put out pumpkins, or create a little fall display. It doesn’t need to be elaborate—kids love being included in family traditions.
🎃 Carve a Pumpkin
Pumpkin carving is one of those classic fall family traditions that kids look forward to every year.
Let everyone choose their own pumpkin and come up with a silly, spooky, or creative design.
And don’t throw away the seeds! You can roast them for another bucket-list activity.
🍫 Bake Brownies
Have a cozy baking afternoon and make a batch of brownies together.
Kids can help measure ingredients, mix the batter, and add their favorite toppings. You could even make them extra festive with fall sprinkles.
📖 Read a Novel
Set aside an afternoon or evening to get cozy with a good book.
Grab a blanket, make a warm drink, and find a comfortable place to read. You could even start a fall reading tradition where everyone chooses one book to finish during the season.
🍁 Make Leaf Art
Go outside and collect some of the prettiest leaves you can find, then turn them into art!
Kids can make leaf collages, animals, faces, trees, or anything else they can imagine.
This is an inexpensive and creative fall craft for kids that works well at home or while babysitting.
🥾 Take a Scenic Fall Hike
Take advantage of the beautiful fall colors and go for a scenic hike.
Look for colorful leaves, acorns, pinecones, birds, and other signs of autumn along the way.
This can also be turned into a fall nature scavenger hunt for kids.
🥧 Bake an Apple Pie
Apple pie + fall = the perfect combination.
Let kids help with age-appropriate parts of the recipe, like washing apples, measuring ingredients, mixing, or decorating the top of the pie.
This could easily become one of those fall family traditions you repeat every year.
💌 Write a Thank-You Card
Fall is a great time to slow down and think about the people we’re thankful for.
Have kids choose someone special and write them a handwritten thank-you card. It could be for a teacher, grandparent, friend, neighbor, or family member.
It’s a small activity that can make someone’s entire day.
☕ Get Special Drinks After School
Turn an ordinary school afternoon into a little fall tradition.
Pick up a favorite seasonal drink after school—and bring one to a friend, too!
It’s such a simple way to make an ordinary day feel special.
🎬 Watch a Cozy Movie
Pick a favorite movie, pile up the blankets, make a snack, and have a cozy movie night.
This is one of those easy fall activities for kids at home that requires very little planning but can still become a favorite tradition.
🍎 Drink Apple Cider
Enjoy a glass of apple cider together on a chilly fall day.
You can make it a little more special by adding cinnamon sticks, apple slices, or your favorite fall toppings.
🍂 Jump in a Pile of Leaves
This one is practically required in the fall!
Rake up a big pile of leaves and let the kids jump in. Just make sure the area is clear of sticks, rocks, and anything else that could be hiding underneath.
Don’t forget to take pictures!
🎨 Paint Pottery
Plan a creative afternoon and paint some pottery together.
Kids can make something they can keep as a fall decoration, give as a gift, or simply use as a fun way to spend an afternoon.
💌 Write to a Pen Pal
Bring back the fun of handwritten letters!
Kids can write to a friend, cousin, grandparent, or pen pal and tell them about their favorite things they’ve done this fall.
They can draw pictures, decorate the letter, and make the whole thing their own.
🍽️ Help Cook Dinner
Let kids help with dinner and give them a job in the kitchen.
Depending on their age, they might help wash vegetables, measure ingredients, stir, set the table, or choose a side dish.
It’s a simple way to spend time together while helping kids learn useful kitchen skills.
🍂 Add Your Own Fall Ideas
The bucket list also includes blank checkboxes where you can add your own fall activities and family traditions! Write in your favorite ideas, special traditions, or something new you’d love to try this year. Make the bucket list your own! 🤎
🧡 Fall Bucket List Ideas for Babysitters
This printable isn’t just for families!
It’s also a great resource for babysitters and nannies looking for fall activities to do with kids.
Keep a copy with your babysitting supplies and let the kids choose an activity whenever you’re looking for something fun to do.
You could even make your own babysitting tradition around the bucket list. Pick one activity to complete together every week during the fall.
Some of the easiest babysitting activities from the list include:
- Making leaf art
- Baking brownies
- Having a dance party
- Watching a cozy movie
- Writing a thank-you card
- Making a fall craft
- Reading together
- Helping cook dinner
🍁 Make Your Own Fall Traditions
The best part of a bucket list isn’t necessarily checking everything off.
It’s the little traditions you create along the way.
Maybe your family gets special drinks every Friday after school. Maybe you always bake an apple pie together. Maybe your kids look forward to a yearly corn maze trip or a cozy movie night.
Those simple traditions are often the things kids remember.
Use this bucket list as inspiration, but don’t be afraid to add your own ideas and make it your own.
🖨️ Free Fall Bucket List Printable
Ready to start making some fall memories?
Download the free Fall Bucket List for Kids and start checking off your favorite activities!
The printable has a cute, aesthetic fall design that makes it fun to print and display throughout the season.
Put it on the refrigerator, hang it in a playroom, add it to a homeschool binder, or keep it with your babysitting activities.
It’s a simple way to give kids creative fall activity ideas while making the season feel a little more special.
🍂 More Fall Activities for Kids
If you’re looking for more cute fall activities for kids, printable games, crafts, and babysitting ideas, check out the other seasonal activities here on Play Planners.
And if you love this bucket list, save it to Pinterest so you can come back to it whenever you’re looking for a fun fall activity or a new family tradition.
Happy fall! 🍂🤎
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