I like to do various semi-education activities with my kids, most often on Saturdays. We call these Science Saturdays activities. I am going to post about some of the successful activities and the less-than-great semi-educational activities.

Free Fall Fun

I mostly have posted about various kits we use for science activities, but there are plenty of free/cheap DIY activities to do. I will collect some of the fall favorites here.

• hiking
• harvesting
• pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins!
• cookie decorating
• leaf art
• costumes

Pumpkins

There are tons of things to do with with pumpkins and they have been a favorite since the kiddos were babies. A short list of things we do.

• painting pumpkins
• picking pumpkins from farms, fall fests, etc
• baking seasoned pumpkin seeds
• carving pumpkins

Pumpkins are a simple and easy activity for easy fall fun, starting at a young age…

Cookie Decorating

Fall is a good time for baking, cookies, gingerbread, and of course all the decorating that comes along with it.

Leaf Art

I remeber doing this as a kid myself and thought it made such pretty art. There are a number of leaf art projects. Erin helped the kids collect leaves and then ironed them between wax paper which creates a beautiful stain glass like leaf art.