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Fun Fall Activities for Tweens
Finding fun things to do for your tween can be a real challenge. They are old enough to no longer want the preschool fun but still young enough to secretly enjoy it. Some tweens play it cool and want to only do things the older kids might do while others lean a bit more the other way, but during the fall season we are fortunate as parents to have options regardless. Fall provides tweens with all kinds of fun activities that both qualify as cool while still being loads of fun and safe.
Here are five of our personal favorites:
Haunted Houses
Not all haunted houses will fly well for tweens and different kids have different thresholds, but the ages of 10-12 are pretty much the target audience for most simple haunted houses. Gathering up a large group and going to a fairly innocent haunted house or haunted trail is certainly on the must do list.
Make a leaf scrapbook journal
This is a ton of fun and particularly perfect for tween gals. (Some boys will love it too) Have your tween head out to a local park for a walk with you each day and collect one special leaf. You can also do this in your backyard, or anywhere else there are variations of leaves. Then they take the leaf home and write one single paragraph in their scrapbook about that day. Pin the leaf to that day’s page and they are making memories that will never be forgotten.
Hit up the fall festivals
Nobody loves festivals more than tweens. It gives them just a little taste of independence as the parents hang out in the background and there are oceans of things to do. Concerts, dancing, games, food and so much more await your tween and you. You might even find that they let you hang out with them a bit. (If you are lucky)
Go to a corn maze
Trying to find your way through a corn maze is so much fun and it is particularly ideal for the tween set. Boys love to take the challenge to beat mom and dad through the maze and will almost certainly be up to check one out. The mazes are not as easy to find as they once were, but they are still out there. Do some checking with local farms and you will likely find one or two each season.
Pick out pumpkins together
From pumpkin pie to carving for Halloween, the fall season screams pumpkins. Nothing beats going to a pumpkin patch and picking out just the perfect one. If you have a tween that particularly likes cooking, now is a wonderful time to introduce them to pumpkin as a special ingredient. Have the boys hunt down the perfect one to scare the neighbors and have the gals grab one or two for the kitchen table. Mom can pick out the perfect one to eat.
