Fall Bucket List Ideas Your Complete Guide Today!

Hello friends, the summer months are gone. The first day of fall arrived and the fall season has begun. It’s my favorite season.  When the cooler temperatures arrive, it’s time to grab a sweater and roast marshmallows. Sip hot cider, or pumpkin spice latte. It’s sweater weather season! Enjoy the little things. Like walking in the street and shuffling the fallen leaves beneath your feet. This is the beauty of fall. This is the perfect time to share fall bucket list ideas your complete guide today!

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Fall Bucket List Ideas Your Complete Guide Today!

Best Farms in the United States for Apple Picking

As I enjoy my morning pumpkin spice latte let me share the best ways to enjoy the fall season. Having the perfect fall day with the entire family does not have to be complicated or a chore. I will share simple ideas and the little things to help make this fall season. So, buckle up and enjoy this ultimate fall bucket list for the autumn months. Are you ready to discover your favorite things to do with the whole family?

First day of fall is there any better time to take a long drive to pick apples? Visit your local orchard or take a long drive while enjoying the beautiful changing leaves. All over the Northern Hemisphere, small businesses boost their sales by selling local produce, and pumpkins from the local pumpkin patch. They have outdoor activities and often live music. They offer extra fun fall activities, a corn maze, hayrides, cider, a scavenger hunt, and hard cider sipping at cider mills. Most farms only offer apple picking until the first frost, so if you’re wondering about the places best times to go apple picking, you have from late August to mid-November. Here is a list of the best places to pick apples.

Fun and Simple Fall Activities for Kids: Scavenger Hunts, Leaf Crafts, and More

Care.com shares simple ideas and fun fall activities for kids. The fall months and cooler temperatures are perfect for a scavenger hunt. Bonus points, it is a fun way for the entire family to spend time together. This is a great time of year to enjoy the beautiful changing leaves and the beauty of fall. Have kids hunt for fallen leaves with different colors and make a fall craft. This is a fun activity for the kids to help hunt for pinecones in the yard or a park.

Ultimate Fall Bucket List for the Family: Scarecrow Making, Leaf Hunts, Corn Mazes, and More

• Make a Scarecrow: For extra fun have the whole family make a scarecrow. Here’s the perfect place to get step-by-step instructions from the Burlap Kitchen. 
• Halloween Costumes: Have the kids decide on their Halloween costumes. It’s a fun way to see their creativity as they get into the spooky spirit!
• Fall Foliage: Rack a pile of fallen leaves and let the kids jump in, it’s the little things. They will have to be the perfect fall day. Here’s a link to see the best in the US to see fall foliage.
• A Leaf Hunt: Print out a list of leaves with pictures native to your area.  A great place to locate them is in your yard, local park, or a nature walk on a hiking trail. Maple, oak, and birch should be easy to spot with their beautiful colors of red, yellow, and orange hues.
• Corn maze: No autumn season is complete without getting lost in a corn maze, right? It’s a fun activity for everyone. Here’s a link to the best corn mazes in the US.
• Blanket Fort: Building a blanket fort never gets old. You can use sawhorses, broomsticks, or drape blankets over the furniture. These are the best ways to spend an afternoon during the cooler temperatures.

Cindy’s Fall Tip: These fun fall activities are filled with simple ideas to enjoy the season. It’s the perfect time to make memories and to spend family time or give mom and dad time to watch a movie or read a good book.

These fun fall activities are great options for creating your own fall bucket list. This can become an annual tradition for the first day of fall. This is a fun way to bring the whole family together. You will create memories they will cherish forever.

Comprehensive List: Festivals, Football, Cozy Movie Nights, and Local Treats

• Fall Festival and Live Music: For extra fun, visit your local park.  Take part in a scavenger hunt and visit a local fall festival and music festivals. While there, grab a warm cup of apple cider or a pumpkin spice latte and enjoy these fun outdoor activities. Link to best fall festivals in the US. Here’s a fall festival list. Some include live music, fall craft fairs, a scavenger hunt, and more click here!
• Fall Puzzle: This time of year is the perfect time to enjoy a warm cup of hot chocolate or tea and put a puzzle together with a fall theme, it has great fall color.
• Football game: Jump in the car and enjoy a local football game. You’ll have a great time cheering in the stands. This will make for the perfect fall day enjoying the crisp autumn air.
• Fall Foods: Help small businesses visit local shops. Local bakeries are filled with fresh produce and fresh fruit. Grab a bag of apples picked from a local orchard. Fall foods such as a piece of pumpkin or apple pie, candy or caramel apples, and cider donuts from local markets. Apple cider donuts are my favorite things during the autumn months. Here’s a list of the best fall treats in NJ
• Cozy Movie Nights: Enjoy cozy movie nights under comfy throw blankets, Roast marshmallows, and make smores. Have popcorn. For extra fun add some M&M’s or drizzle chocolate. Make hot cocoa and add mini marshmallows. See the 50 best fall movies for cozy movie nights. If you are into scary watch a scary movie. Here’s a list to watch with the family.

Create the Ultimate Fall Porch: Pumpkin Patch Finds, Family Traditions, and Wow-Worthy Carving Ideas

This is the perfect time to buy corn stalks, mums, and pumpkins from the local pumpkin patch. The entire family can search for the perfect pumpkin or pumpkins for the front porch. Afterward, enjoy a family meal at a local restaurant. The kids can drink a warm cup of cider, and the adults’ hard cider. At the end of the fall season
 make a new annual tradition, save the stems from the pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. They are perfect for decorating this time of year. Check out these pumpkin carving ideas. These are sure to give your front porch a wow factor!

Northern NJ’s Hidden Fall Gems – A Scenic Drive, Fall Color, and Nature Walk

Living in northern NJ we have beautiful colors this time of year. Fall is a great time to take a scenic drive through the winding roads that lead to a beautiful reservoir and enjoy fall foliage. When the leaves change colors the beauty rivals Northern New England. This is on our annual fall bucket list during the fall months. We also have a local park that is the perfect place to grab your hiking boots and take a nature walk. See the best places to hike and take a nature walk in NJ. Being from NJ these places are spot on as the best to enjoy the beauty of fall!

Road Trip: Our Annual Tradition Fall Bucket List for Beautiful Fall Colors in NJ

During the cooler temperatures, there is no better time to take a road trip than to see the fall foliage. The harvest season is the perfect time for a day trip. This is when we head to Alstede Farms. This has been an annual tradition and one of our favorite things to do.  It’s a scenic drive in the autumn months. The tree-lined streets have beautiful changing leaves and fall foliage with their fall color, they rival New England. See the best places to see fall colors in NJ.

A Fun Way to Experience Fall: Get Lost in Themed Maze and Harvest Festivities at Alstede

Every year Alstede Farm grows and plans a large, themed corn maze. This is a fun activity for the entire family to wander through. Walking through the maze is a fun way to learn facts about the theme. For extra fun and a challenge, they host a Harvest Moon Hayride event. You can make your way through the maze at night by flashlight. And bonus points, the corn maze is open every day for the fall season and included with your pick-your-own apples ticket. Enjoy a variety of fall foods, live music, apple cider made in their cider mills, hard cider, and more! You can make a reservation for a cider mill tour! That is perfect for the harvest season. It is a great time to embrace the cooler temperatures and sweater weather that goes by in a flash.

There is no better time to visit their farm store. They have a variety of local produce, home-baked apple pie, fudge, jams, honey, and fall foods such as cider donuts. Have you ever tried a cider donut? These are the best things to taste during the fall months with the crisp air during the fall months! There is something about it that makes it the perfect fall day.  See the best cider mills in the country. The best thing, Alstede has some great foods check and see what they offer.

The Magic of Fall: Our Family’s Tradition and Favorite Recipes

This is the time of year my whole family went apple picking at our favorite apple orchard as an annual tradition. Oh, those were the best times, picking fresh apples and visiting the local shops. Enjoying a meal with the entire family at their local restaurant. It was a fun-filled day trip with laughs and making memories. The best things were bringing the apples home to make apple pie, fresh applesauce, and other favorite fall recipes. 

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CLICK THE PURPLE LINKS FOR OUR FAVORITE FALL RECIPES

• CINNAMON VANILLA BROWN SUGAR PECANS
• OATMEAL PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP 
• PUMPKIN SPICE BROWN BUTTER SNICKERDOODLES

The best part? For the cookie recipes, no mixer is needed. I share detailed instructions for all these recipes. None of these last a long time in our home. The pecans. After trying recipes I came up with my own. They fly out of our home, my family can’t get enough! I hope you try these recipes and would love to hear from you!

MS Doesn’t Stop Me From Enjoying Fall: Orchards and Sweater Weather

Having MS we don’t visit our local orchard for apple picking. Rest assured this doesn’t prevent me from enjoying sweater weather which is the best season.  We take a day trip and visit the apple orchard for their yummy fall foods, homemade jams, and of course, their apples! Before we head home, we visit the local pumpkin patch to find the perfect pumpkin. Okay, maybe a few pumpkins. If we choose not to enjoy food at Alstede after we visit local shops we enjoy a late lunch at our favorite local restaurant after our long drive home.

From Orchard Apples to Friday Night Lights: Embrace Fall Despite Challenges

We bring those apples home and the kitchen has apple skins and sticky juice on the counters on weekends even if we no longer pick our apples. When you live with a challenge you figure out how to enjoy your favorite season of the year! We enjoy outdoor activities. The high school is blocks from us. On a Friday night, we visit to watch the football game. Of course, our pup Reeses comes along.

Cozy Up and Embrace Fall: The Ultimate Family Bucket List for Fun, Crafts, and Outdoor Adventures

I hope you enjoyed the fall bucket list ideas your complete guide today! Fall is a great time to gather the family for cozy, fun fall activities. Whether it is a fall craft, a scarecrow together, jumping into piles of fallen leaves, or settling in for cozy movie nights, these simple ideas are what make this the best season. From outdoor activities like visiting an apple orchard or a local park just to enjoy the cool crisp air. Enjoy fun activities indoors by building a blanket fort, or putting a puzzle together with a warm cup of hot cocoa or a pumpkin spice latte (they’re my favorite things) there is something for everyone to enjoy in the autumn months! I hope these fall bucket list ideas your complete guide today help you take advantage of all the beautiful changing leaves and the best things and the beauty of fall has to offer. Most of all have fun and make an annual fall bucket list for your family to enjoy each year. Look for homemade applesauce soon!

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