It's Fall in San Diego Y'All!

Create your own fall traditions, using fun, fabulous ideas on our website, including no-carve pumpkins, seasonal party games, tricky treats, healthy Halloween snacks and everything you see on these two pages. Find information and directions at www.sandiegofamily.com/things-to-do/seasonal-happenings.

Take the family on an outdoor adventure! There are plenty of pumpkin patches, corn mazes and apple orchards open to make fun memories this season. Turn to page 26 and visit www.SanDiegoFamily.com to read all about it.

Photo by @SDFamilybucketlist

Looking to do something a little different? Join this month’s scarecrow contests happening at Bates Nut Farm and Alta Vista Botanical Gardens.

Repurpose this summer’s pool noodle by turning it into a festive wreath to decorate your front door. Instructions for both designs are on our website.

Learn how to make our new adaptive wheelchair costume: a box of Flipper’s Donuts (from SpongeBob), which can be turned into a fun multigenerational family costume. Find all this and more at www.SanDiegoFamily.com.

Planning a fairy costume this year? Great news! We’re sharing step-by-step instructions to make the cute wand on this month’s cover.

Spread Halloween cheer this year by secretly delivering treats to the doorsteps of unsuspecting neighbors. The kids will delight in this perfectly acceptable and totally awesome version of doorbell ditching (that part is optional, but be secretive!). Find our free printables and directions on how to play “You’ve been BOO’d” at www.sandiegofamily.com/things-todo/seasonal-happenings.

Participating in a neighborhood Halloween parade? Transform a wagon into this adorable bubble bath costume for one or two kids!

Photo by: Rustic White Photography

Happy Halloween from SanDiegoFamily.com