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Autumn Activities and Printables for Kids
Happening now
Autumn is a season you can touch: crunchy leaves, conkers and acorns, apples, mushrooms after the rain and the first cold mornings. These printables bring it indoors with autumn word searches and spelling games, colouring scenes of falling leaves and harvest time, an autumn journal page, drawing lessons for owls and foxes, and picture books like The Too-Big Pumpkin.
When is it?
- around September 2026Happening now
Ideas to try
Go on a leaf hunt
Collect leaves of different shapes and colours, then match them to the colours in a colouring page.
Keep an autumn journal
Draw or write one thing you noticed outside each day for a week.
Make leaf rubbings
Put a leaf under thin paper and rub a crayon over it to reveal the veins.
Count and sort
Sort acorns, conkers or leaves by size or colour and count each group.
Learn the autumn words
Do the word search, then use five of the words in a short autumn story.
Autumn printables
Word puzzles, colouring pages, stories and cards for Autumn. Print them or play on screen.
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Activity books
Themed workbooks that collect many pages in one printable book.
Good to know
In the northern hemisphere autumn runs roughly from late September to December; in Brazil, Australia and South Africa it falls in March to June. Wherever you are, a nature walk is the best partner for these pages.
Autumn is also harvest time in many cultures, from Thanksgiving in North America to the Mid-Autumn Festival in China and harvest festivals in schools and villages. The harvest colouring scene and the Autumn Harvest activity book make a good link.
How to use these
- Pair every printable with a short walk or a nature find.
- Use the journal page once a week to notice changes.
- Read The Too-Big Pumpkin and talk about harvest.
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Questions and answers
Why do leaves change colour in autumn?
As days get shorter, trees stop making green chlorophyll. The yellow and orange colours that were there all along show through, and some trees make red colours too.
When is autumn?
In the northern hemisphere it starts around 22–23 September; in the southern hemisphere around 20–21 March.
Are these printables free?
Yes. Every sheet marked Free can be printed or played as often as you like, at home or in class. Premium activity books are marked.
Can children do them on a tablet?
Most can: press Play to answer on screen with instant marking and stars. Colouring and drawing pages can be done with a finger or stylus too.