How To Do Some Awesome Family Things This Autumn

Last Updated on: 2nd October 2026, 08:13 am

Family Things This Autumn

Autumn is here, and it has got cold and windy. But that doesn’t mean that you have to lock yourself up in your house. There are so many exciting things outside to do, and we want to share some ideas with you. Do you have a list of family things this Autumn that you want to do? To keep costs down, I have tried to find things that are free to do. And you can do them with kids of all ages.

Leaf Painting Or Chalking

Go for a walk in the park or woods and pick up some leaves. Bring them home and give them to your kids and let them paint them or chalk over them. Give them a glue stick and some paper so they can stick them on some paper and make a picture. This will keep them busy for hours. Talk about how the old leaves feel and what colour they are.

Splashing In Puddles

All kids love this activity, and it needs to be on your autumn bucket list of things to do. Pop on their raincoat, trousers and wellington boots. Then let them jump as high as they can in puddles. Let them kick the rainwater and have so much fun. It is the things like this that make your kids so happy, and in turn that makes you burst with pride. I always say that they might not remember these moments, but you will.

Go For Walks In The Woods

Walks in the woods are like mini adventures for kids. Obviously, this can be a muddy activity in the autumn. So wear old trainers or wellies so they don’t slip over. Talk about the trees and why the leaves are brown and falling off the tree. Then you can take these leaves home and do the leaf painting activity. Let the kids choose your route; go left when they say left. Obviously, in a world of Google Maps, you will always know where you are

Have An Indoor Picnic

It might be too cold for a picnic, but it is not too cold for an indoor picnic. Gather a blanket and set your picnic up on the front room floor. If you have a conservatory, you can have a picnic there, and it’s almost like being outside – but on the inside. Make some sandwiches or, even better as a treat, pop to Iceland and grab some of the picnic frozen food boxes and have spring rolls, sausage rolls and mini quiches. These are £5 for 3 different boxes, and make for a proper little treat.

Make Pumpkin Or Butternut Squash Soup For Cold Lunchtimes

October is all about everything Halloween. So when you get your pumpkin to carve, keep the insides and make a pumpkin soup. This is a free meal because you would only have thrown them away. You can find many pumpkin recipes online or by watching TikToks. Its good for kids to see that the soup has been made from the pumpkin.

Make A Leafy Garland

If you want to make a leafy garland for your front door, this will be so easy to do. Collect some brown, orange, and red leaves when you go out for a walk. Make sure they are dried out, and you have a wide variety of colours. They also need long stems on them. The more colours that you have, the better it will look. This is a great natural activity to do and looks great when it is hung up.

Hold A Halloween Party

All kids love Halloween, so hold a party with their friends as well as your family. You can put a party on really cheaply if you shop around at the different supermarkets. You could even ask the guests to bring something to add to the food table. Then there is more than enough to go around. This is often called a sharing table or an American supper. Make the food into Halloween shapes. We have some great ideas here for you to copy.

Grab Your Thick Jumpers

There is nothing cosier than wearing a thick woolly jumper in the autumn and winter. Wearing a jumper will help you feel cosy and also keep the heating bills down. Take a walk round charity shops and go shopping in the sales for some jumpers and cardigans. Even look at getting an Oodie or a cheaper Primark version. This is one of my favourite parts of autumn and winter.

Go To A Halloween Party

I am sure you will find loads of local Halloween parties in your area. All you need to do is look on your local FB page and see who is selling tickets. Going to a large Halloween party like this is cheaper than putting your own one on! You might even be lucky enough to have a friend who is having a party.

Go To A Harvest Festival

When we were little, we all had harvest festivals at school, and the food went to the elderly in the community. These days, when a school or a church has a harvest festival, they donate the food to a local food bank. This is because of the increase in people needing food banks and not getting enough food to supply the families. If you can go to a harvest festival and help a family, you will feel so good for doing it. So if you get the time, pop down to the local harvest festival service at the school or in church. It is a time to be grateful for what we have.

Donate To A Food Bank

There is a living crisis at the moment, and others need help, just like we do too. There might have been a time that you needed some extra help. If you are in a position to help back, now is the time. We always try to drop an extra food item into the food bank box at the local supermarket. It might only be a 50p bag of pasta and a 79p jar of pasta sauce. But it is a meal for a family and thats all that matters.

Have A Garden Camp Out

The nights are drawing in, and it is getting so much colder. But the weather might warm up, and we get the Indian summer that we are always promised. If this happens, then get the tent out and have a mini campout in the garden. Put on your thermals, your thick jumpers and drag the duvets downstairs. Make it warm and cosy in the tent and cook around a campfire. If you are camping in the autumn, make sure you stay warm but mostly have fun.