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Hope September went easy on you, it sure went fast. Heads up: the Thanksgiving long weekend is next weekend. It may be the last few warmish days to have day trips for fall colours. Let’s plan it up! 🍂

This week's scoop has a family walk for autism acceptance, a nature scavenger hunt through a ravine, and a free build-it workshop for the long weekend. Plus beavers, a corn maze and fall colours while it is still warm.

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📍 Toronto Dufferin Park Ave · SAT Oct 3 · check-in 9:30 AM, walk at 10:30 AM · 💰 $20 adult, $15 child

A family-run 2 km walk for autism acceptance, with refreshments and a raffle in the park after. Kids can walk too. → Register

📍 North York Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave E · SAT Oct 3 · 12 to 4 PM · 💰 Free

A nature passport scavenger hunt through the ravine. Note: there are live music sets and aerial shows too, so the ravine trail is the quiet end. → Details

📍 All York stores Home Depot · SAT Oct 10 · morning sessions · 💰 Free, register ahead

Kids build and paint a witch candy box to take home. → Register

Sat Oct 3 and Sun Oct 4

📍 Scarborough Rouge National Urban Park, Woodland Trail, 19 Reesor Rd lot · SAT Oct 3 · 10 AM to 12 PM · 💰 Free

A Parks Canada guide leads a 3 to 5 km walk all about Rouge's beavers. Easy, flat trail. → Details

📍 Richmond Hill Lake St. George Field Centre, 950 Bethesda Side Rd · SAT Oct 3 · 1 to 3 PM · 💰 $55 plus HST

A guided canoe on a quiet lake, no experience needed. Ages 5 and up. → Register

📍 Toronto CN Tower, 290 Bremner Blvd · SUN Oct 4 · the first 90 minutes after opening · 💰 Included with regular admission

Lighting and sound turned down, no music, before the crowds arrive. The next one is Oct 18. → Details

Mon Oct 5 to Mon Oct 12, Thanksgiving

📍 Vaughan Carrville Library · TUE Oct 6 · 6 to 8 PM · 💰 Free, register ahead

A Dungeons & Dragons table set up for neurodivergent players, for teens with a caregiver. → Details

📍 Markham Cornell Library, 3201 Bur Oak Ave · SAT Oct 10 · 3 to 4 PM · 💰 Free, drop-in

A drop-in Thanksgiving craft for kids. → Details

📍 Bracebridge Santa's Village · SAT Oct 10 and SUN Oct 11, also Oct 3 and 4 · 9:30 AM to 5 PM · 💰 $50 ages 4 and up, under 4 free

A long-weekend drive up to Muskoka. Trick-or-treat stops around the park, most rides open, and Santa. Daytime, nothing scary. Tickets online only, capped per day. → Tickets

Get outside while it is still warm.

📍 King Round the Bend Farm, 16225 Jane St, Kettleby · SAT Oct 3 and SAT Oct 10, plus Thanksgiving MON Oct 12 · book a time slot · 💰 $14 per person, $16 with a wagon ride, under 2 free

Straw maze, corn maze, scarecrows and farm animals to feed. Wagon rides run Saturdays and the holiday Monday. → Details

📍 Vaughan Kortright Centre, 9550 Pine Valley Dr · SAT Oct 10 to MON Oct 12, then SAT Oct 17 and SUN Oct 18 · 10 AM to 3 PM · 💰 $8.30 adult, $5.50 ages 4 to 13, under 4 free

The trails at peak colour, with educator-led nature activities and a campfire. → Details

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Stella

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