Winter can be hard for kids and moms alike. Being stuck in the house, snow on the ground, too cold to play outside all day. Kids get bored, mom’s get stressed. We complied a fun list of things you can do with the kids when the weather has got you down.
Fun inexpensive things to do when cabin fever strikes
- -Make Hot Chocolate
- -Go sledding together
- -Make paper snowflakes
- -Go bowling
- -Make sun catchers
- -Make a graph showing each day’s hi and low temperatures
- -Make ice cream out of snow. Find the recipe here: http://familycrafts.about.com/od/creativesnacks/r/icecrsnow.htm
- -Go roller/ice skating
- -Have a snowball fight
- -Play your favorite board games together
- -Measure the snowfall
- -Go ice skating together
- -Make snow angels and watch the snow fall together
- -Buy a kid-sized shovel and shovel the driveway or sidewalk together
- -Visit your local library and check out books on winter themes
- -Draw and color a mural showing a winter scene
- -Build a snow fort together
- -Take a knitting class at your local craft store and make hats for each other
