Reading is not cancelled
Music is not cancelled
Singing is not cancelled
Laughing is not cancelled
Family is not cancelled
Outdoors is not cancelled
Here are some ideas for outside adventures:
- Have a snowball fight.
- Go sledding.
- Go skating at an outdoor rink or on a pond.
- Build a snowman.
- Spray paint snow with food colouring and water — simply mix it up in a spray bottle. Maybe try spray painting the snowman too!
- Make a snow maze.
- Make snow angels.
- Build a snow fort.
- Make animal snow sculptures and use twigs, berries, leaves or other nature bits to decorate.
- Blow bubbles and watch them freeze.
- Play a giant game of tic-tac-toe in the snow. Draw the board and use twigs and acorns as Xs and Os.
- Make rainbow sculptures with balloons.
- Take cake pans and muffin tins outside and use them as snow molds.
- Make different tracks in the snow. For example, point your feet out and stagger them to create tractor tire marks.
- Play football or soccer in the snow.
- Catch snowflakes on your tongue.
- Play a game of bowling using snowballs.
- Measure fresh snowfall.
- Have a winter picnic.
- Make faces on tree trunks with snow.
- Make and hang a bird feeder in the backyard.
- Have a sled-pulling contest.
- Have a snowball throwing contest.
- Play at a playground after a fresh snowfall.
- Have a contest to see who can roll the biggest snowball.
- Bury your legs in the snow.
- Warm up around a winter campfire.
- Go on a hike.
- Have a scavenger hunt in the snow.
- Shovel a neighbour's driveway or sidewalk.
- Go snowshoeing.
- Make ice moulds and suncatchers.
- Go out searching for animal tracks after a fresh snowfall.
- Make a pyramid out of snowballs.
- Make ice cube sculptures.
- Play a game of snow golf — bury tin cans in the snow to be your holes.
- Measure your body with snowballs.
- Build a snow catapult with a piece of wood for launching snowballs.
- Write your name in the snow, like you would on a beach.
cbc.ca/parents/play/view/50-outdoor-things-to-do-with-your-kids-in-winter
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