With beautiful weather enticing us to get outside, Autumn is the perfect time to work your way through our Fall Bucket List Ideas for families. Print the list, make a plan, gather your supplies, and get started checking fun off your list over and over together! Our Fall Bucket List printable is a great way to track your progress!
Why Do A Fall Bucket List?
When something is on your bucket list, it means it is something you’ve been planning to do and want to make sure you do before time runs out. Bucket lists are a great way to set goals, increase the frequency of family time, and do activities together that everyone in the family will enjoy. Our free printable Fall bucket list is a way to organize your planned activities visually.
Make a Plan for our Fall Bucket List Ideas
Since Fall is already here, now is the time to make a plan. Go through the items on our Fall Bucket List Printable and choose the ones that appeal to you most. You may have a few that just do not excite your family, and that is okay! Next, schedule the activities throughout Fall, which begins on September 22 ends on December 21st.
You Can schedule the Fall Bucket List Ideas in several different ways. For instance, you could just decide that you are going to do one activity each week on a specific day. Wednesdays are bucket list night or something like that. You could maintain flexibility by not assigning a specific activity to a specific Wednesday, but you will have to look ahead and gather any needed supplies.
Of course, you can also plan your bucket list experience right down to the day and hour for each specific activity — it’s totally up to you how organized you want to be with bucket list planning.
Keep it simple! Choose twenty to thirty ideas that make sense for your family, and include a nice blend of activities that require extra planning like making phone calls or buying tickets and activities that you can just do on the fly at the last minute.
Gather Supplies for the Fall Bucket List Activities
It would be a good idea to go ahead and buy the supplies you will need for all of the activities at once. This will give you the ability to switch between activities at the last minute if plans have to change. Grab a basket or closet to keep the supplies all handy in one place. Here are some of the supplies you might need to complete all of our Fall Bucket List Ideas.
- Fuzzy Socks for the Family
- Notecards
- Plastic Disposable Gloves and Trashbags
- Camera
- Read Aloud Book
- Pumpkins
- Paint
- Pie Supplies
- Leaves
Start Marking Things off the List!
You can make this super fun. Get leaf stickers to cover each item as you complete it, or just take turns drawing a big X through each activity. You could also print our Fall Bucket List Printable on sticker paper, one for each family member, and let them cut out each activity as you complete it to put in a scrapbook with pictures. Get creative with it and come up with a cool way to keep track of what you’ve done.
Tips for Bucket List Success
Get your kids involved! Have your kids help you choose your activities and get them involved in the planning. This helps them own the goal of completing the bucket list and will encourage cheerful participation.
Build excitement. In the days leading up to some of the more fun Fall bucket list ideas, start mentioning them often and get your kids excited! Painting pumpkins and the Fall Festival day are two examples. “On Friday, we are going to go pick pumpkins at a pumpkin patch and then come home and paint them together.” If you have tweens and teens, encourage them to find ideas on Youtube for painting pumpkins to prepare.
Here’s What’s On Our Fall Bucket List Printable
We’ve designed our cute leaf printable so that you can easily circle, cross-off, or cover up the activities you’ve already completed. It has twenty easy ideas to create fun family memories this Fall. Here are some simple ideas we’ve included for your family to enjoy.
- Wear fuzzy socks.
- Leave kind notes.
- Pick up litter.
- Nature walk.
- Photoshoot.
- Paint pumpkins.
- Go apple picking.
- Visit a Fall Festival.
- Visit the park.
- Try something new.
- Volunteer.
- Read outside.
- Visit downtown.
- Bake pies.
- Trace leaves.
- Camp in the backyard.
- Make apple cider.
- Pick flowers.
- Make applesauce.
- Help someone.
You can download our free printable bucket list by filling out the form below!
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