30+ Family Friendly October Bucket List Ideas
Plus free printable Fall art and coloring page!
Fall is finally here and with that we welcome a favorite month – October! I love everything about October and have my whole life, so I’m not sure if that makes me a “basic” white woman or original since I liked it before Starbucks made pumpkin spice famous. Besides, my birthday is 3 days before Halloween and I never had to forego cake because of incoming candy.
Making family memories is very important in House Livingston and we love to explore and try out new activities and see if they become tradition. If you are looking for some ideas for things to do this time of year, I’ve put together 30+ ideas of things to do as a family (and of course this still works without) this October. Save a copy at the bottom of this post and check it off as you go.
- Decorate outside your house
- Decorate inside your house
- Buy or make Halloween treats
- Prepare your costumes
- Go apple picking or harvest your own
- Make homemade chili
- Make homemade root beer
- Visit a cornmaze
- Go on a hayride
- Go into the country or mountains to see the changing leaves
- Drink something warm outside
- Harvest and can produce
- Make pumpkin bread
- Visit a pumpkin patch
- Carve pumpkins
- Cozy up to a scary movie
- Watch Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- Watch the Garfield Halloween special
- Watch The Wizard of Oz
- Watch a new to you scary movie
- Make a giant leaf pile with friends
- Have a firepit
- Roast marshmallows
- Pass out candy on Halloween
- Go trick or treating!
- Visit a haunted house
- Visit an Escape Room
- Go on a ghost tour
- Participate in a local Spooky Run
- Burn candles with warm cozy scents
- Roast pumpkin seeds
I want to include more printables on my site so be sure to check back often and look for tools to help you organize, clean, and decorate. I plan to include plenty of tutorials on DIY home projects. Don’t forget to sign up to find out about new design ideas, diy and more free prints. For now, here is some free printable art sized as an 8.5″x 11″. If you need to adjust the size of these printables, you can do so in your printer settings.