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Stress Free Fall Activities for Kids


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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.

  1. 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
  2. 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!

    1. Be Thankful
    2. Wear fall colors
    3. Visit a pumpkin patch
    4. Carve a pumpkin
    5. Bake a pumpkin and puree
    6. Go for a hike
    7. hayride
    8. paint a fall scene
    9. Attend community events – mostly free
    10. Tailgate
    11. Take a drive viewing the fall leaves
    12. Make a pinecone bird feeder
    13. Bake bread
    14. Jump in a pile of leaves
    15. make apple pie – or apple sauce
    16. make soup!
    17. Build a camp fire – roast marshmallows
    18. Display pinecones with tiny lights
    19. Play a game of two-hand touch football.
    20. Go to a fall harvest event
    21. Football game – at home, play flag football
    22. Roast Sm’ores
    23. Pine cone bird feeders
    24. Do a good deed
    25. Pick Apple
    26. Make Apple Dumplings – watch Apple Dumpling Gang
    27. Backyard Fall Party – pot luck
    28. Fall Scavenger hunt – look around your yard or go to the park and walk around. Check out some things to add to your list.
    29. Bake gingerbread cookies – soft chew or roll out and bake
    30. Eat apple chips
    31. popcorn balls
    32. Tree rubbings
    33. I spy fall items (in car or walk)
    34. Collect and identify leaves
    35. Learn about trees whose leaves fall
    36. Learn about evergreens
    37. Learn how to press leaves/ flowers
    38. Toast pumpkin seeds
    39. Make pumpkin bread with real pumpkins
    40. Check out the evening sky. Stargaze.
    41. Study the night sky in different seasons.
    42. Make Fall leaf centerpiece with nature walk items.
    43. Taste different types of apple – think about crispness, sweet, tart, color, shape, etc.
    44. Leaves – green works best on paper and paper towel – hit with a hammer
    45. Leaves between wax paper, iron
    46. Write 5 things fall means to me
    47. Study seasons and compare and contrast.
    48. Thumbprint art with a fall theme
    49. Make butternut squash and pumpkin soup.
    50. Decorate your home with fall items.
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      Hopefully, these ideas will help you have a stress free fall and enjoy the time with your children.

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