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Home › Articles › Activities › Celebrate Fall

Celebrate Fall

Outdoor Party Ideas for Kids

By Maureen Burns

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This time of year, trips to the apple orchard or the pumpkin patch are at a premium as kids and parents scramble to squeeze in some fun before the winter weather. Penny Warner, author of Kids' Outdoor Parties (Meadowbrook Press, 1999), suggests a way to "open the doors to the great outdoors" by throwing a hayride party for kids.

Warner suggests these activities for your autumn frolic:

Hay Ride
Use the phone book to locate someone who hosts hayrides. Nearly every community has a rural area with a farm that offers this fun activity.

Harmonica Hayfest
Provide harmonicas to all the guests so they can play some tunes on the hayride. Teach the kids how to play a few simple tunes, such as "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain," "On Top of Old Smokey (or Spaghetti)" or "Over the River and Through the Woods."

Hayride Songfest
When the kids get tired of the harmonicas, let them sing songs as they ride around the farm or ranch. Bring along an inexpensive songbook for ideas and lyrics. You can also make photocopies of the words if you prefer the kids to sing on their own. Great songs for hayrides include "Old MacDonald," "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Make New Friends."

Hay Painting
Cover a picnic table with newspapers. Give each guest several sheets of white paper. Set out poster paints and sprinkle the table with hay. Have the kids paint their pictures on the paper using the hay as brushes.


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