Fall Activities for Toddlers – Fall Bucket List for Toddlers

Fall activities for toddlers are a great way to enjoy the season with your little! Fall is full of exciting things to experience with toddlers. Make sure you’re getting the most out of the season with these fall activities for toddlers!

I’ve said it before, but one of my favorite parts about having children is passing on traditions and creating our own. Each year I get more and more excited for the holidays since I know that any day Ryan is going to start really getting it and it will be so. much. fun.

My list of ‘must-do’s for fall each year is about a mile long, and this year is no exception. I want to take the boys to do all of the fun things fall has to offer, and I want to make sure I don’t forget a single one!

While this list is ‘for toddlers’, it obviously can be used for older kids (or just adults!) The list simply doesn’t include items that would be too old for a toddler, such as a haunted house.

Fall Activities for Toddlers

Make sure you grab the fall bucket list from the link above to keep track of all of the fun your family will have this season! Here are some of my favorite fall activities for toddlers.

Pumpkin Picking

The best thing, in my opinion, to do in the fall is to go pumpkin picking. Toddler or not, pumpkin picking is the epitome of fall activities. Choose a family farm with extra amenities – corn mazes, animals, and cider – and you’ll have the chance to knock a few extras off your fall bucket list.

Other fun fall activities for todders to do at a farm:

• Corn Maze
• Hay Bale climbing
• Corn Box
• Visiting the petting zoo
• Feeding the animals
• Silly photo ops
• Eating cider donuts
• Making cider at a cider mill

Jump in a Pile of Leaves

Rake all of the leaves into a big old pile for a favorite fall activities for toddlers – jumping in leaves! When they’re done, have them help out in throwing the leaves into the lawn bags.

Other fun fall activities for toddlers to do outside:

• Search for colored leaves
• Find and collect acorns and pinecones
• Talk about colors of trees
• Take a family hike

Roast Pumpkin Seeds

Have your kids help you clean them off before adding the clean seeds and seasonings to an airtight container. Toddlers will love shaking the container and helping to lay them into a single layer before roasting.

Be careful with actually feeding them to your kiddos though. It really depends on the toddlers age, teeth, and eating skills to determine if roasted pumpkin seeds are a choking hazard to your child.

More fall recipes to try with toddlers:

• Pumpkin cookie dough muffins
• Healthy Apple Muffins
• Apple Cinnamon Pancakes
• Halloween Spaghetti
• Turkey Donuts

Make Pine Cone Bird Feeders

Let your toddler outside and choose a pine cone for this next fall activity for toddlers. (Use the backyard I spy printable to make it even more fun!)

Let your little spread nut butter or seed butter over the pine cone and then roll in bird seed. Add a string and hang outside where you and your toddler can watch birds and squirrels enjoy!

You can also do this with a cardboard toilet paper tube.

More DIY Fall Activities for Toddlers:

• Hedgehog Leaf
• Fall Sensory Bin
• Felt Pumpkin DIY
• Fall Paper Plate Craft

Go Apple Picking

If it’s early fall and you’re looking for some fall activities for toddlers, head to an apple orchard! Show your toddler where their food comes from, let them munch on an apple and grab them off trees, and take some pretty pictures. When you get home, turn those apples into apple sauce, pie, or just enjoy sliced with your kiddo.

More Apple Themed Fall Activities for Toddlers

• Try making a pie!
• Taste test different apples colors and flavors>
• Bobbing for apples
• Apple Stamping
• Try making apple sauce

Make a Turkey Hand Print

Is there anything more Thanksgiving than a hand turkey? These kind of fall activities for toddlers are usually the easiest but will be the kind that you’ll treasure as time goes on. Trace your littles hand and either paint it or let them go crazy with markers to make a fun turkey. If you’re extra brave, try painting their hand and pressing into the paper.

Other Thanksgiving Fall Ideas for Toddlers

• Turkey Donuts
• List what you’re thankful for
• Make Pilgrim hats
• Teach the meaning of Thanksgiving

Decorate a Pumpkin

As Halloween approaches, time to decorate pumpkins is here! With a toddler it’s a little more difficult since carving isn’t the safest. Observing isn’t usually much fun for a toddler, but there are tons of ways to get around that.

Have them paint a pumpkin, color with a marker, or use any of the fun pumpkin decorating kits available these days.

So tell me – do you live for fall? What’s on your fall bucket list? What are your favorites fall activities with toddlers? Let me know in the comments!