What a wonderful time of year for frugal activities with the family! I love shuffling my feet through the ankle deep leaves in our front yard. This year the younger children have had hours of fun raking the leaves into a pile, making a nest, hiding under the leaves, and jumping in to the waist deep piles of crisp leaves.
There are oodles of fall activites!
Try a fall treasure hunt… Make a list of items you might find in the fall. Use your yard, or go to a park to hunt. Some ideas for your list might be: several different shaped leaves, nuts or pine cones, bugs, birds (I’d suggest just checking those off rather than trying to catch one 
), add other items according to your area.
Rubbings… We love to do this with leaves any time, but is especially fun in the fall. Pick a leaf or two that isn’t too dry. Place it on a table, lay a sheet of paper over top, peel the paper off of a crayon and lay it lengthwise across where the leaf is… rub the crayon over the leaf until you have a good impression. Try several more in different colors and different leaves. Ahhhh…. terrific refrigerator art work!
We love making pumpkin seeds when we carve pumpkins… pick seeds out of the “guts” of your pumpkin after you scoop it out. Rinse the seeds with water. In a saucepan, cover seeds with water and bring to boil. Simmer for 10 minutes. Drain water from seeds, in pan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter and add 2 tsp. Worcestershire, and a tsp. salt. Stir seeds and sauce together. Spread seeds on a greased cookie sheet and bake in a 300 degree oven about 30 minutes or until seeds become crisp. Stir occasionally. Cool and eat!
What are some of your favorite fall activities?! I’ll bet there are many frugal family oriented activities in your area!