Make Some Autumn Memories With Your Family
There really is not better time of the year for making some awesome family memories! One of my most cherished memories as a little girl was when my grandpa loaded up the entire family in a box that he had on the back of his old red tractor and took us all for a drive on the farm just to look at the beautiful trees. It was such a simple thing when I look back but it had such an impact on me. I remember anticipating the changing of the leaves just for that reason alone. He always took time to point out an eagle's nest or some little treasure that he had found in the woods. We would usually end the evening with a bonfire and some stories and laughter.
I hope that you will get some inspiration from a few of the ideas that I have shared with you below and make some special family memories of your own. Also, don't forget to snap a few pictures along the way!
1) Have everyone in your family pick out some bulbs and plant them in the yard for spring. This is the memory that keeps on giving! It is always such a pleasant surprise when the bulbs pop up in the springtime!
2) Go camping. This could even be a local camp ground if you have really small kiddos. Just getting out and breathing the cool air and huddling around a campfire before bed and telling stories will make some great memories!
3) Go to a local orchard to pick apples. We used to do this at my grandparents farm each fall. We usually made a day of it and had lots of fun planning what we would make out of our apples!
4) Go to a Fall fun festival, pumpkin patch, or cider mill. There is usually some entertainment there along with activities for all ages. We have a cider mill not far from us and I am putting it on my list for this fall!
5) Make a scarecrow out of outgrown clothes or clothes from the thrift store. Kids can get quite creative when designing their scarecrow look alike. A family of scarecrows makes a nice family decoration for outside your front door or in the garden.
6) Go on a hike to collect pine cones to soak in cinnamon oil for Christmas. They are fun to collect and are much nicer than the ones sold by the big box stores at Christmas!
7) Bake an autumn inspired desert and share with a neighbor or an elderly person. There are some beautiful Autumn inspired cookie cutters (here on Amazon), or consider one of the many pumpkin recipes floating around the internet.
8) Have a bonfire and invite some neighbors. If you have teenagers this is a great way to get them to gather at your house for fun and s'mores!
I hope that you will use this as a spring board to start making some Autumn memories with your family. Be sure to share your thoughts and ideas in the comment section!
Inspiring the well-lived home,
Julie Atkins
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