Put
down the remote control and get ready for some serious
fall fun with your family:
* Go for a nature walk! Collect leaves, small twigs, nuts,
colorful rocks and other items to decorate for fall.
* Decorate a wooden or papier-mâché picture frame with
found treasures from your nature walk.
* Practice letter and number recognition with a leaf
hunt. Trace and cut leaf or pumpkin shapes from
orange construction paper. Make 26 shapes, one for each
letter of the alphabet. Write a letter in uppercase on one
side, and its lowercase match on the opposite side. Place
the leaves in various places around a room: propped
against pictures, on bookshelves, windows, etc. Make
different games: Call out random letters and ask your
child to find them; cut out pictures from magazines and
ask the children to find the letters that spell that word.
This game can be adapted for any season or holiday. For
instance, use hearts for Valentine's Day, clovers for St.
Patrick's Day, and so on.
* Collect coats, warm clothing, blankets, and food items
to donate to homeless shelters and emergency relief
shelters. Winter is right around the corner, making this a
much- welcomed and appreciated gesture.
* Make leaf pictures. Draw an autumn scene on a piece of
construction paper. Outline your picture with glue and
sprinkle crushed leaves on top to decorate.
* Load the family into the car and visit a pumpkin
patch! Spend time choosing just the right pumpkins:
different shapes and sizes, some for carving, and some for
painting.
* Fill the house with pumpkin heads! Decorate miniature
pumpkins with paint, markers, glue, googly eyes, and yarn
for hair. Anything goes!
* Make feeders for squirrels and birds. Make simple pine
cone feeders by spreading a mixture of suet and birdseed
onto a pine cone. Tie a piece of string to the cone and
suspend it from a low tree branch. For a different type of
feeder, fill a small wicker basket with nuts, seeds and
corn feed, and attach it to a tree in your yard.
See Deborah's 5-Minute
Activities that celebrate the month of November, HERE!
About the Author:
Deborah Shelton is the author of The Five Minute Parent:
Fun & Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones.
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