Fall is a wonderful season. It’s the time of harvest and bounty, when the Lord provides from the sowing done earlier in the year. What a great picture, right?
There’s a calm and a peace about fall, when everything slows down, enters a rhythm, and moves indoors as we prepare for winter. It’s also a season of holidays, with Reformation Day, Thanksgiving, and Advent coming up. Even in this fast moving season, you can spend some precious time with your children!
There is so much screen free living to do! I’ve put together 100+ Fall Activities for you, just to get you started. I’m sure you’ll get some great ideas and come up with some of your own as well.
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We took our youngest two boys creeking one fall several years ago. What a fun memory!
When we turn off the screens and get out there and live life, there’s so much living to do. Our kids have learned so much from God’s creation.
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Genesis 8:22, ESV
Fall Activities for Kids
1) Help your kids memorize 8 Bible verses about Family with copywork and memory verse cards.
2) Work on 8 more Bible verses about friendship with this Write, Color, and Memorize set.
3) Learn about the 5 Solas as a family with readings, discussion, and activities.
4) Go to see a play. Often the local high school will put on an affordable show late in the fall.
5) Let your kids choose some fall bulbs to plant for spring. Help them measure the depth, and plant them in groups of 3-5 bulbs.
6) Do you have teens? Give them a patch of garden to plan for flowers. Talk to them about planning color, height, perennial versus annual, and let them work!
7) Get back into the habit of reading daily with this extensive book log.
8) This is a neat way to do leaf printing.
9) These are beautiful. Make leaf bowls with airdrying clay.
10) Take a nature walk and make a fall mobile with your finds.
11) Your 8-11 year olds will love these books about the Reformation time period!
12)Pick pumpkins. Try roasting a pumpkin or making pumpkin soup.
13) Create some pointillism fall leaf art.
14) Or paint leaves using pinecones and a glass jar.
15) Celebrate Reformation Day on October 31st with this fun set of Reformation Day snacks (with printables).
16) Learn to code. Khan Academy is a great place to get started.
17) Do a little chemistry while you make apple jiggly slime with your kids. Or colorful leaves fall slime. Or pumpkin slime with real pumpkin. Or cinnamon slime.
18) Go horse back riding.
19) Start a new school year off by taking notes in church. The My Sermon Notebook for Kids will help.
20) Try building a scarecrow. Talk about why scarecrows are used in farmer’s fields.
21) Use apples to make pumpkin stamps–then get to stamping!
22) Make an autumn leaf garland.
23) Learn about Christian history as a family with this enormous list of Christian history books for kids.
24) Decorate a fall treat bag (or use it to collect items on your fall nature walk).
25) Do some leaf printing (it doesn’t need to be in a particular shape like this is).
26) Take some time to learn about the books of the Bible as a family with this fun unit study.
27) Go through a corn maze.
28) You can also create leaf lanterns that are quite lovely.
29) Make a God is My Light lantern.
30) While you’re at it, work on this Nativity lantern.
31) Visit a local college campus and walk around. Be sure to wander into the library.
32) Break out the LEGOs. My boys used to love to build cities full of amazing buildings.
33) Work on some fun (FREE) Reformation history lapbooks.
34) Try out this salt crystal leaves science experiment.
35) Use fall manipulatives to learn about patterns.
36) Read the story of Martin Luther aloud as a family. Don’t forget to grab this free discussion guide.
When Lightning Struck!: The Story of Martin Luther
37) Make watercolor leaves out of tissue paper.
38) Paint these leaf printables and outline them with glitter for a fun celebration of fall.
39) Study Creation as a family with this fun Creation story lapbook and Bible study.
40) Use pastels and construction paper to create joyful fall sunflowers.
41) Create seed suncatchers. You could read a story about seeds to go with this, or look at the ways seeds disperse.
42) Spend 30 days focusing on what the Bible says about giving thanks with this printable Bible verse calendar.
43) Work on this fall wreath with your smaller children.
44) Play football with your kids.
45) Learn about who Jesus is with this fun printable banner that includes 24 devotional readings and discussions.
46) Practice cursive handwriting with these fall printables. Or use these for printing.
47) Print out this fall coloring book–your kids can learn to read some common fall words. You can also use these printable cards.
48) Print out this fun Spiritual Disciplines Calendar and help your kids get in the daily habit of Bible reading, memorization, and prayer! They’ll have fun coloring, too.
49) Go bird watching. Research what birds will be flying south for the winter. Will they be leaving your area or arriving?
50) Do some fun fall Play-Doh math for littles.
51) Make some fun Reformation-themed toilet paper roll crafts: Martin and Katie Luther and the Wittenberg Church, Johann Gutenberg and the printing press, and several important Reformers.
52) These stuffed paper bag fall crafts are a fun way to explore autumn with your elementary school kids.
53) This fall leaf painting is created using bundled cotton swabs. You can help your preschooler, or let your older child work on this from start to finish.
54) Decorate a fun fall cupcake and do a short Bible lesson at the same time!
55) Make a simple fall Play-Doh tray.
56) Do you have little people to occupy? Check out this fall sensory bin with practical activities.
57) Memorize 144 Bible verses about the Fruit of the Spirit with your kids. That’s a character lesson they’ll remember. God’s Word, hidden in their hearts, is such a wise way to use your time!
58) Spend some time learning about owls with this craft, book, and other preschool activities.
59) Go for a bike ride.
60) Bake some gluten free pumpkin chocolate chip muffins with your kids.
61) Work on what the Bible says about giving thanks to God with this family Bible study bundle.
62) Make some autumn play dough. Or natural cinnamon play dough.
63) Play a board or card game.
64) This cork autumn tree painting is a fun way to commemorate your child’s age this fall.
65) Do some prewriting with leaves (or just enjoy decorating them with your older kids).
66) Teach your kids about the hymn A Mighty Fortress is Our God with this printable lyrics craft.
67) Make popcorn and hot chocolate from scratch.
68) Fold some origami fall window stars to decorate for the season.
69) Work with your young kids on DIY pumpkin number lines.
70) Teach kids that they are Christian Church history detectives with a fun bookmark craft and toilet paper roll detectives they can display.
71) Make a handprint turkey, and give him some fun disguises. This goes with the book Turkey Trouble.
72) Create a handprint turkey napkin ring.
73) Work on name recognition and spelling with your young children with this alphabet pumpkin patch.
75) Make this beautiful newspaper leaf garland.
76) Create these easy paper leaves.
77) Go apple picking. Make apple pie. And applesauce. Or apple cider.
78) Make some fall trees with a marbled paint resist technique.
79) Put together a unit study on life in the womb and how God fearfully and wonderfully made your child with Wonderfully Made: God’s Story of Life from Conception to Birth. Don’t forget to grab the free companion pack with Bible verse cards, a lapbook, and posters!
80) These cute leaf people make me laugh. Make some of your own.
81) Here are 5 fun things to do with hazelnuts.
82) Use leaves to do “missing half” art prompts. Your child will learn a lot about symmetry.
83) Go to the beach, a lake, or a creek. Talk about how it looks different in the fall.
84) This owl craft is adorable.
85) Check out some fun harvest themed fall activities for preschool.
86) Subscribe to some great Christian magazines for your teens–they’ll love reading them!
87) Find out how animals prepare for winter.
88) This is a fun idea. Create nature portraits. Don’t forget to take photographs!
89) Or, try this take on nature portraits: leaf faces.
90) Play soccer.
91) Have some Mason jars lying around? Make some of these lovely fall luminaries with your older kids.
92) Choose some fun Christian magazines for your kids and spend time reading them together.
93) Work together with your kids to find out if pumpkins and other fall veggies float.
94) Make a pumpkin volcano science experiment.
95) Go to a local high school football game.
96) With your little ones, make a leaf family. You may want to have them act out a skit with their leaf puppets.
97) Print and frame this overview of the gospel and the Bible verse memory cards. Work on learning it with your kids every day at breakfast and dinner.
98) Use a sponge to paint these beautiful galaxy leaves.
99) Head to a local farm and find out what they do for harvest.
100) Create autumn leaf hats together.
101) Make a sensory autumn art project.
102) Head out on a day trip. Let your kids plan the destination and route. Write about it later in this fun Field Trip and Travel Journal.
103) These fun fall tree mosaics are made using salt dough and found nature objects.
104) Your older kids might enjoy assembling this easy DIY fall wreath with pinecones.
105) Put together this cute scarecrow frame.
106) Head out on a family bike ride.
107) Fall is the perfect time for a short Bible study on the Parable of the Sower.
108) Download this free Thanksgiving preschool activity pack.
109) Make a paper plate turkey.
110) I love this cute DIY pop up turkey card!
111) Spend some time giving thanks with a grateful heart with this fun Bible verse card set.
112) Create a leaf lion with this free printable template.
113) Jump in the leaves.
114) Make a paper rosette hedgehog.
115) Design your own handprint turkey shirts.
116) Love birdwatching? Make these apple birdseed feeders.
117) Learn about different kinds of winter squash and experiment with new dishes.
118) Learn about the full armor of God while you make this fun costume craft.
119) Create these beautiful fall tree art cards with your kids.
120) Decorate the house for fall with homemade decor.
121) Go to a sunflower farm. If you grew sunflowers during the summer, now is the time to harvest them. You may want to spray them off really well and harvest the seeds outside. We did this one year with our oldest kids, and it was so fun. They attract silverfish, though, so don’t bring those inside!
122) Roast pumpkin or sunflower seeds together. Explore different flavors.
123) Use these printable leaf finger puppets to work on a substraction song.
124) Make an autumn necklace with nature objects.
125) Do some apple stamping.
126) Use old puzzle pieces to make a fall tree craft.
127) This is a fun fall activity to teach preschoolers why leaves change color.
Take some time this fall and get your kids active and moving. The memories you build with them today will stay with them for a lifetime.
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Puzzle-Based Independent Bible Study for Kids!
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2, ESV
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- Observe: They pay attention to what they’re reading.
- Interpret: They figure out what the Bible means in that section.
- Apply: They decide how the truth of God’s Word impacts their life today.
There are a great many truths in life to be found—some interesting, some boring, and some that really matter. You can be the kind of investigator who spends time puzzling out important truth so that you can know all the knowable knowledge that God has given us. That’s right. God, the Creator of the Universe, gave you a great big letter from him to explore and study so that you can discover the truths that really matter to your life!”
Bible Investigators: Creation, (The Good Book Company, 2024), page 7
The Bible Investigators: Creation Bible study for kids, written by Danika Cooley and published by The Good Book Company, is 272-pages of learning, puzzles, and fun activities designed to help your kids become amazing independent Bible investigators–observing, interpreting, and applying God’s Word as they learn what the Bible teaches on a particular subject.
Bible Puzzles for Kids
Middle grade kids, aged 8-12, love puzzles. After all, their brains are just built for figuring things out and memorizing facts. Puzzles are a wonderful way to help kids develop logic skills and retain important information. And, the book is written in a fun, conversational tone your children are sure to love!
What types of puzzles and activities will you find in Bible Investigators?
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- Word Searches
- Crosswords
- Rebus Puzzles
- Dot-to-Dots
- Logic Puzzles
- Missing Letter Puzzles
- Cryptograms
- Word Sudoku
- Mazes
- How-to-Draw Pages
- Matching Pairs
- Word Scrambles
- Journal Pages
Every child is sure to find activities they’ll love!
Elementary-aged kids need hands-on middle grade resources that engage them and equip them to process important truths.