Fall Activities and Crafts for Kids
Fall activities for kids, from the first crisp week of September right through to Thanksgiving. Leaf and handprint crafts for the keepsake pile, pumpkins decorated every way we have tried, and the Halloween projects my two ask for by name. Most of it uses what is already in your house or your backyard, and all of it has been tested on my own kids.
Start with the big lists below, or jump straight to Halloween or Thanksgiving.
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The big lists, in the order we reach for them.
52 Fall Craft Ideas – Create Beautiful Keepsakes This Season
20 Fall Handprint Crafts to Celebrate the Autumn Season
40 Pumpkin Craft Ideas for a Festive Fall in 2026
44 Easy Pumpkin Decorating Ideas to Do with Your Kids
84 Fun and Easy Halloween Crafts and Activities for Kids in 2026
84 Fun and Easy Thanksgiving Crafts and Activities for KidsNewest
Fairy House Pumpkins — cut windows and a door, then let the kids build a moss roof and press flowers on with petroleum jelly instead of glue, so they can rearrange it all week. See how we made them.
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Everything Halloween and everything Thanksgiving, each in one place.