The Ultimate Guide to
Twin Cities Fall Family Fun!

Welcome to fall in Minnesota!

It’s a beautiful time, when the temps drop from warm to just right, the colors are vibrant and there are activities galore.

Everywhere you go, you’re not far from something festive, whether indoors or outdoors.

And now you can find so many things to do in this Ultimate Guide to Twin Cities Fall Family Fun, sponsored by Close to My Heart Preschool in Maplewood!

Close To My Heart is a private, non-profit early childhood center that provides an inspiring, encouraging, and enlightening environment for all learners. They strive to meet the individual needs of each child enrolled, and their program encourages the whole child’s development (cognitive, social, emotional, and physical) through personal and small group play activities.

Visit their website at https://closetomyheartpreschool.org/ to learn more!

This guide has:

Apple Orchards
Corn Mazes
Fall Festivals
Nature Centers
Pizza Farms
Pumpkin Patches
Recipes for fall drinks
Free Printable Fall Bucket List
Free Halloween Printables
Halloween Light Displays
and DISCOUNTS!

Apple Orchards

See full list of Apple Orchards!

Corn Mazes

See full list of Corn Mazes!

Pumpkin Patches

See full list of Pumpkin Patches!

Festivals

Here are fall festivals happening in the Twin Cities!

Afton Apple Festival – Afton
Harvest Fest – Stillwater
Minnesota Renaissance Festival – Shakopee
Pinehaven Farm Fall Festival (save 15% with my exclusive code!) – Wyoming
Severs Fall Festival – Shakopee
Twin Cities Harvest Festival & Corn Maze – Brooklyn Park
Valleyfair’s Tricks & Treats – Shakopee

Visit my Deals & Events Calendar for more.

Nature Centers

Carpenter Nature Center (Hastings)
Dodge Nature Center (West St. Paul)
Eastman Nature Center (Maple Grove)
Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden (Minneapolis)
Harriet Alexander Nature Center (Roseville)
Jay C. Hormel Nature Center (Austin) – read about our visit!
Lee and Rose Warner Nature Center (Marine on St. Croix)
Maplewood Nature Center (Maplewood)
Minnehaha Falls (Minneapolis)
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (Chaska)
Richardson Nature Center (Bloomington)
Springbrook Nature Center (Fridley)
Tamarack Nature Center (White Bear Lake) – read about our visit here
Theodore Wirth Quaking Bog (Golden Valley)
Westwood Hills Nature Center (St. Louis Park)

Pizza Farms

Alpha and Omega Pizza Farm (Princeton)
Borner Farm Project (Prescott)
Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm (Waseca)
Red Barn (Northfield)
Two Pony Gardens (Long Lake)

Fall Drink Recipes

Looking for yummy fall drink recipes to make at home? Here are some of my favorites!

Homemade Hot Chocolate Bombs

Make these and melt them in warm milk for a tasty hot chocolate!

Salted Caramel Pumpkin Latte Recipe

Caramel, pumpkin and coffee, all together.

Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino Copycat Recipe

Love Starbucks frappuccinos? You’ll love this!

Starbucks Copycat Skinny Mocha Recipe

Want a Starbucks mocha, but you don’t want the hefty calories? Try this recipe!

Free Printable Fall Bucket List

This free printable has a list of 32 frugal fun things to do, and a checklist for you to fill out with your plans or your own ideas!

Free Halloween Printables

Free Printable Halloween Bucket List

Have a fun Halloween season with these activities!

FREE Halloween 3D Coloring Scene Printable

Who doesn’t love 3-D crafts? And here you can make a 3-D Haunted House!

Halloween Light Displays

Schultz Family Lights – 1526 York Ave, St Paul, MN. They are known for their holiday lights, and lighting up the whole block, but their Halloween lights are awesome too!

Johnson Holiday Lights – 2065 California Ave E, St. Paul, MN. Note: It’s free to enjoy but they are collecting donations for JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.

Art of Adam Turman – Brookside Neighborhood, St. Louis Park, MN.

The Haunted Oaks – Royal Oaks Neighborhood, Woodbury, MN. (Lamplight Dr & Courtly Rd intersection (Near WHS)