Autumn Activities for Toddlers: 47 Easy and Fun Ideas

Autumn is a truly beautiful time of the year and today I’m sharing loads of great ideas to help you celebrate the change in seasons with this round up of autumn activities for toddlers. With tons of ideas including printables, sensory activities, crafts and painting ideas there’s loads of inspiration to keep you busy and most importantly having lots of fun together.

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Autumn Activities for Toddlers

As there are so many ideas in this I’ve split this into two sections to make it easier to navigate – Autumn Crafts for Toddlers and Easy Autumn Activities for Toddlers. There’s tons of inspiration in both lists including autumn tree crafts, leaves, hedgehogs and apples.

We love sharing simple ideas and I’ve shared over 200 activities for toddlers on this site so if you need more inspiration be sure to check them out!

This post was originally called 40+ Autumn Activities for Toddlers as it contained 41 activities but over the last year the list has grown as I’ve added new autumn activities to it so I’ve updated the post to reflect that. It continues to grow each year so it’s worth bookmarking this page or pinning an image so you can return to it again.

To help you find the activities you want I’ve listed each section in the same order as they appear in the collages below.

Want more inspiration? Check out the posts at the end of this page for more fun themed activities for toddlers including inspiration for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Autumn Books For Toddlers

I love reading and I love sharing stories with my kids in the hope that it will encourage a life long love of reading in them as well. I’ve totally done that thing where you have to read The Gruffalo every night for three months non-stop so where I can I like to try and encourage my kids to try new books!

I think that sharing themed stories to do with what your child is interested in or learning about is a great way to do this and all the books below are autumn themed books for toddlers – worth checking out for some new ideas!

- The Busy Little Squirrel*by Nancy Tafuri
- Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn* by Kenard Pak
- Leaves* by David Ezra Stein

Autumn Crafts for Toddlers

Apple craft for toddlers from Crafts on Sea

Pom pom apple tree from Crafts on Sea

Paper plate fall tree from Crafts on Sea

Autumn leaf suncatchers from Crafts on Sea – watch the video on this page for a quick tutorial on how they’re made or click through for the full instructions!

Cotton wool painted apples from Crafts on Sea

Apple suncatchers from Crafts on Sea

Mess free autumn tree craft from Crafts on Sea

Duplo stamped apple tree craft from Crafts on Sea

Mess free pumpkin craft from Crafts on Sea

Foil painted pumpkin from Crafts on Sea

Lego autumn leaves craft from Crafts on Sea

Popcorn autumn tree craft from Crafts on Sea

Washi tape autumn leaves from Crafts on Sea

Torn paper apple craft from Crafts on Sea

Autumn leaf potato stamps from How Wee Learn

Horse Chestnut snake from Red Ted Art