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Written by Ginny Smith  |  Photo Provided

Families who make time to do activities together during the fall and winter holidays make lasting memories. Whether you're just beginning to create family traditions or looking to add some new ones, we’ve put together a list of forty ideas for your Saratoga Seasonal Fun List.

• Go apple picking at a local orchard
• Drink cider and eat apple cider doughnuts
• Visit the pumpkin display at the Avenue of the Pines
• Go on a nature walk
• Pick pumpkins
• Walk through a corn maze
• Take a scenic drive to see fall foliage
• Schedule a fall family photoshoot
• Bake or buy a pumpkin flavored treat
• Go on a hayride
• Play at a fall fun farm
• Make s’mores
• Visit the Farmers’ Market
• Go to a trunk or treat
• Attend a harvest festival
• Carve pumpkins
• Go on a spooky walk to haunted places in town
• Boo your neighbors

• Decorate your porch and yard for Halloween
• Go trick-or-treating
• Order a local turkey for Thanksgiving
• Buy a locally made pie or bake your own
• Bring food to a food bank
• Read holiday books together
• Make a gingerbread house
• Have a tree decorating day
• Visit Santa's Cottage on Broadway
• Attend a holiday event or festival
• Bake cookies
• Visit shops on Broadway to see the decorated windows
• Drive around to look at holiday lights
• Celebrate New Year’s
• Go ice skating (indoors or outdoors)
• Have a movie marathon day
• Try hot chocolate from different restaurants
• Go snowshoeing at a local park
• Play in the snow
• Put a bird feeder near a window
• Go on a snowy walk down Broadway
• Visit a local museum

For a printable version of this list, please visit exploresaratogaspringsny.com. 

Tag me in your seasonal adventures @exploresaratogasprings on Instagram and let me know if you have any traditions to add to this list.