Thanksgiving weekend is here and it’s a great time to enjoy some family fun outdoor and indoor activities before the arrival of winter!
Get ready for Halloween, go to a pumpkin patch where your children can pick their own pumpkin and then either paint or carve them.
Pumpkin Picking in the Ottawa Area
Haunting Season at Saunders Farm is on Thanksgiving weekend with a haunted hay ride, play structures, the barn of terror, puppet shows, mazes, Ghost Town Stage and the Witch Mountain Slide.
Weather permitting, take a hike on one of thekid friendly trails in the Gatineau park and enjoy the stunning fall colors. The Fall Rhapsody Festival will also be taking place in the Gatineau Park with FREE shuttles from downtown Ottawa and Gatineau.
TheWatson’s Mill Harvest Festival will be taking place on October 13th 2024 with wagon rides, children’s crafts, games, scavenger hunts and more!
The 25th Annual Biology Butterfly Show is on until October 13th 2024 from 9am to 3pm in the greenhouses of Carleton University’s Biology Department. This exhibition features nonetheless than 1,300 exotic butterflies!!
Proulx Berry Farm in the East end is hosting their 30th pumpkin fest with face painting, inflatable bouncies, a Halloween costume contest, pyramids, wagons rides through the mysterious forest, haunted mazes and pick your own pumpkin.
If you are up for a short drive, Upper Canada Village has it’s annual Pumpkinferno with over 7,000 hand-carved pumpkins.
Fall Colours Chairlift Ride Head to Calabogie Peaks to embrace the beauty of autumn from the best view in the Ottawa Valley!
The 5th annual Carrot Fest will take place at Ottawa Farm Fresh on October 12th 2024 from 10am to 3pm.
Only a short drive away is also Omega Park where your children will have a blast driving along the trails and feeding animals surrounded by beautiful fall colors.
Acres of Terror at Cannamore Orchard will be celebrating their 30th year of Terror. The four main components of Acres of Terror is the Spooky Wagon Ride, the House of Terror, the Spooky Village and the Fog Maze.
Many Ottawa museums also have fall activities happening this weekend!
