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Take a nature hike with your
children. This is a great opportunity for your children to collect
leaves for a special leaf project. It's also a perfect time for you and
your children to talk about their day/week at school.
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Plant bulbs
with your children to enjoy next spring.
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Go on a
hayride to a pumpkin patch and have your children pick their own
pumpkins.
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Make corn
husk puppets with your children.
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Go horseback riding on a scenic
trail.
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Wander through an apple orchard or
pumpkin patch.
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Make homemade applesauce, caramel
apples or apple cider.
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Check out fall-themed books from
the library and read with your children. You read some to them, they
read some to you.
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Create a scarecrow from leaves,
straw and old used clothes.
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Help your children press fresh
fall leaves and make a pressed leaf scrapbook.
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Bike through a national forest
with your children.
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Take a canoe ride by colorful fall
scenery.
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Visit a local fall craft fair,
Oktoberfest or farmer's market.
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Show your children how to create a
summer memories scrapbook filled with photos and mementoes from last
summer.
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Have your
children rake leaves from your yard into a big pile and jump in them!
Let your children finger-paint a
fall scene on construction paper. They can even make fall-themed cards
for friends and family.
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Make a fall wreath using collected
leaves, pine cones, acorns and paper plates and hang it on your
front door to greet visitors.
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During a walk in the woods, look
for animal tracks and help your children identify them.
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Take your children to a football
game.
