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If you are like me and my kids, we love being outside, even if just for a short time. This cold weather that we’ve been having definitely makes that challenging and sometimes impossible. If your kids (and you!) have a little cabin fever, here are a few activities to add a bright spot to everyone’s day. Since we’ve had some snow, and are likely to have more, the activities are “snow” themed to make the most of our natural resources…hopefully you can find something you and your kids would be interested in!
Snowman Estimating: Cut out three white circles, small, medium, and large (construction paper, regular copy paper, or whatever you have will do). Glue the circles together, one stacked on top of the other to make a snowman. Have your child estimate how many marshmallows or cotton balls will fill up the snowman. You could have them estimate the whole snowman or just each section. As an added bonus, let your child actually glue their estimation materials down and decorate their snowman!
*Tip: When cutting out your snowman, the smaller it is, the simpler and easier the estimation will be. Consequently, the larger the snowman is, the more challenging the estimation will be. This activity can also be done just by drawing a snowman on paper too instead of cutting one out.
As a fun family activity, make torn paper snowmen. Each family member can tear and create their own or work on one snowman as a family. Don’t forget the accessories!
Indoor snow: If you are feeling particularly adventurous, check out the website/blog Modern Parents Messy Kids (http://www.modernparentsmessykids.com/2013/01/making-snowmen-inside.html) for making indoor snow. This activity SOUNDS super easy with just two ingredients but I’ve not made this yet. I vow now to make it though so I can let you all know how it turns out! I can guarantee though that our snowman will look nothing like the one she has pictured on her blog (see below). And I’m okay with that. ☺
If you aren’t digging making indoor snow, then bring the snow indoors! Use a bucket, plastic storage container, or even your bath tub…and fill it up with some snow! You could even give your child a spray bottle filled with colored water to “paint” the snow. Imagine the fun and laughter when they (or you) “paint” their name, letters of the alphabet, numbers, the possibilities are endless!
Lastly, if you feel like your house is closing in on all of you and everyone has some serious cabin fever, meet up with some friends at Cedar Ridge coffee house or the Great Mall. Bonus? Your children can burn off some energy for free!
With some new activities to try, I bet you just can’t wait for it to snow again…right?! ☺ I’ve got more snow themed activities up my sleeve so come back to check out my post next month too!
Julie C.
