School’s back in session, the days are getting cooler, and pops of color will soon leaf out everywhere. That’s right — it’s fall in Northeast Ohio.
Make the most of this festive season by creating your family’s very own fall bucket list. Below, we suggest some favorite activities to get you started:
1. Visit the farmers market one last time
2. Go to a pumpkin patch
3. Take a fall foliage drive
4. Navigate a corn maze
5. Take a hike
6. Attend an area fall festival
7. Try campfire cooking
8. Go on a bike ride
9. Take in the sights by train
10. Enjoy a hayride at a local farm
11. Go apple picking at an orchard
12. Visit a seasonal ice cream shop before it closes
13. Attend a nature center or parks program
14. Go to a local high school football game
15. Collect colorful fall leaves
16. Drink freshly-made cider
17. Bake an apple or pumpkin pie
18. Make homemade applesauce
19. Stock up on your favorite pumpkin spice treat
20. Jump in the leaves
21. Serve butternut squash soup for dinner
22. Create your family’s Halloween costumes
23. Simmer a pot of chili on the stove all afternoon
24. Decorate your home with autumnal touches
25. Roast pumpkin seeds
26. Create a fall scavenger hunt for the kids
27. Take a haunted/historical tour
28. Make one last warm weather trip to the playground
29. Have a picnic in the park
30. Play flag football in the backyard
31. Make pinecone bird feeders
32. Enjoy caramel or candy apples
33. Set up a pumpkin bowling game in the yard
34. Make a fall-themed craft
35. Make a list of what you’re thankful for
36. Borrow fall-themed books from the library
37. Build a scarecrow
38. Bob for apples
39. Make popcorn balls
40. Visit a local zoo
41. Go bird-watching
42. Take the kids to a hay maze
43. Make the first batch of hot chocolate
44. Go stargazing
45. Have an apple tasting party with several varieties
46. Tell stories around the fire pit
47. Go to a haunted house attraction
48. Visit a Lake Erie beach
49. Stock up on seasonal blooms at a garden center
50. Camp out in the backyard
