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🍁 Fall Fun Family Guide

September 23, 2023

Check out our Apple Picking Guide for information on apple picking, corn mazes, hay rides, and pumpkin patches!

Print out our Fall Fun List for more ideas!

Fall family events:

🍁 Smolak Farm Fall Festival Weekends (North Andover)

🍎Mann Orchards at Riverside Farm (Methuen)

🍁Krochmal Farms Pumpkin Festival (Tewksbury)

🍁 Kimball Farm Fall Fun (Haverhill)

🚜 Hayrides at Appleton Farms ( Ipswich)

🍁Fall Festival (North Andover)

🍁 Topsfield Fair (Topsfield)

πŸŽƒ Ghoulish in the Gardens (North Andover)

πŸŽƒPumpkin Festival (Haverhill)




Know of another local family-friendly Fall event?  Email the details to me!  This list will be updated regularly.


Tips

10 Ways to Celebrate Autumn...From a Safer Distance

Find Your Fall Family Fun with our A to Z Fall Bucket List!

5 Tips for Going Apple Picking with Kids

Crafts

Three Autumn Leaf Crafts

Colorful Autumn Tree Craft

DIY Fall Bunting: An Easy Way to Add Seasonal Color to Your Home

Thanksgiving Cookie Turkeys

Turkey Family Hand Print Painting

Fall Clothespin Fairies

Recipes

Paper Bag Apple Pie

Homemade Applesauce

Pumpkin Muffins

Crock Pot Butternut Squash Soup

Easy Apple Crisp

Pumpkin Bread

Turkey Fruit Platter

Local Fall Fun Locations


  Apple & Pumpkin Picking:

Barkers Farm 

Boston Hill Farm 

Brooksby Farm

Cider Hill 

Connors Farm 

Fay's Farm & Orchard

Ingaldsby Farm

Lookout Farm

Rogers Farm

Parlee Farms 

Smolak Farm 


  Corn Mazes:

Crescent Farms

Connors Farm 

Davis Farmland

Ingaldsby Farm

Kimball Farm

Srybny Farms


  Sunflower Fields:

Chris Farm Stand

Tender Crop

Parlee Farms  


  Haunted Experiences:

Sept 21st- Oct 27th Weekends- SCREEEMFEST Canobie Lake Park

Oct 22nd Free Conservation Half Moon Historical Hike

Sept 27th-Nov 2nd RAVENWOOD HAUNTED FARM



  Fall Photographers:

Abby Photography

A Little Heart Photography

Captured Moments Photography

Jen Galvin Photography 

Jenessa MacKenzie Portraits

Lenalu Photography 

Yip's Pics 

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