Autumn Activities for the Family

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Spend this weekend with your family enjoying fall festivities that only come around once a year.

• Visit an apple orchard. Picking a bushel of apples is a fun way to participate in the fall harvest. A lot of orchards offer self-pick, or you can visit their store and buy a bushel of pre-picked apples and maybe even some delicious apple cider.
• Get lost in a corn maze.
• Create pumpkin extraordinares. We've all seen the pumpkins with carved faces, but try something new this year with your Halloween pumpkin display. Get creative and use non-traditional items to transform your pumpkins: glitter, paint, props, glue, fabric--use your imagination.
• Keep the vivacious colors of fall with you all year by preserving colorful leaves. Click here for instructions.
• Have a fall photo contest. See who can capture the essence of fall the best through the lens of a camera.