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First Day of Autumn
Celebrate the Autumnal Equinox in September. Find ideas for crafts, games, and other activities.


Crafts to Make:
  • Use collected leaves to make prints by putting them under a piece of paper and rubbing over them with the side of a crayon or pencil.
  • Paint faces on leaves!
  • Use paint and leaves to make leaf prints.
  • Make a leaf collage by cutting out leaf shapes from red, orange, yellow, and brown paper.
  • Try some of these Autumn Craft Projects.

Other Things to do:
  • Find out more about how the first day of Fall is when night and day are of equal length.
  • Take a walk or drive and look at the changing leaves.
  • Take a walk and collect fallen leaves.
  • Use collected leaves and sort by color, size, shape, etc.
  • Talk about the different seasons.
  • Go on a hay ride.
  • Read about these fun things to do In The Autumn.
  • Make Home-Made Applesauce.

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