My idea is an appliqued quilt. I will take pictures of my family at an actual picnic. SIL playing football with DGS, DD's playing with their kids...My DB's and their families, Mom, me, etc... and then print the pictures onto fabric. Applique the trees, bushes, flowers, etc and my family, mimicing the picture!!!
Then when it is put in the frame it looks like a scene outside :D:D:D
You could do the same with an autumn scene... trees, a few leaves still in the branches, most on the ground. Print pics of kids onto fabric and have them jumping in the leaves...throwing some in the air...having fun.
Your pets laying out in your back yard...the possibilities are endless and it can be more fun than hanging pictures of family.
Or mimic any photograph scene...I seen one that was like you were outside and looking "in" the house that was really cute...can you imagine sitting in your living room...looking into your living room?