Orlando’s Best Fall Festivities

Does the start of fall have your kids feeling the back-to-school blues? Spending some quality time with your little ones on the weekends can help break them out of their funk. Lake Forrest Prep, one of the top Orlando private schools, provides you with a guide to some of the most exciting family-friendly autumnal events in the Orlando area.

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Southern Hill Farm Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch

Support your local farmer and enjoy time-honored fall traditions at Southern Hill Farm’s Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch in Clermont. Here, you and your family can enjoy carnival rides, seasonal treats like apple cider donuts and fire-roasted s’mores, and a variety of mouth-watering flavors from the many food trucks. You can even pick out a future jack-o’-lantern at the farm’s pumpkin patch. The Fall Festival and Pumpkin Patch will be held on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays beginning October 5th.

Brick Or Treat at LEGOLAND

If your kids enjoy playing with LEGOs, they’ll love to experience LEGOLAND, the theme park based on those iconic colorful bricks. During the fall season, LEGOLAND holds its seasonal celebration, Brick Or Treat. Your kids can meet exclusive Halloween LEGO characters, hunt for candy corn on the Brick-or-Treat Scavenger Hunt, and collect delicious candy on the Brick-or-Treat trail. Brick Or Treat runs on select dates throughout October: 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, and 26-27.

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Lukas Nursery Fall Festival

The Oviedo nursery’s Fall Festival returns for its 36th year with fun for the whole family. Activities include live music, face painting, bounce houses, horse and pony rides, a dunk tank, food trucks, a pumpkin patch, and “the BEST tractor-pulled hayride in town!” Enjoy the Fall Festival on October 12 and 13 at Lukas Nursery in Oviedo.

Winter Park Autumn Art Festival

At this juried fine arts festival featuring exclusively Florida artists, your kids can soak up all the creativity our great state has to offer. Stroll along the sidewalks of Central Park as you and your little ones enjoy quality visual art and live entertainment. The 46th annual Winter Park Autumn Art Festival will take place on October 12 and 13 at Central Park.

With all these great festivities, you and your whole family can make the most out of your weekends this autumn. Lake Forrest Prep, one of the best Orlando private schools, can help your child make the most out of the rest of the week with engaging and enriching curriculum. To find out more, call us (407) 331-5144.