Winter Fun Ideas
The winter season is apon us and depending on where you live, the weather can be down right cold, snowy, windy and even icy. Summer may seem far away but there is plenty of winter fun activities to enjoy with family and friends no matter where you are living.
Bundle up and hunker down for some wintery fun
Inside activity ideas
- Make a family scrapbook
- Make a blanket fort
- Bake homemade bread
- Have a pajama day
- Have a family movie night
- Discover your family tree
- Make pancakes from scratch
- Have a dance party
- Play board games
- Put on a play
- Make paper snowflakes
- Invite friends over for a slumber party
- Read your favorite book
- Go swimming in an indoor pool
- Watch the snowfall
- Play chess or checkers
- Put together a jigsaw puzzle
- Write letters to friends and mail
- Go to a hockey game or watch one on TV
- Make your own playdough or salt dough
- Bake cookies (don't forget the milk)
- Make homemade soup
- Drink hot apple cider or hot cocoa with marshmallows
- Sit in front of a burning fireplace
- Roast Marshmallows or bake S'mores in the oven
- Get crafty and create something
- Wear some fuzzy warm slippers
- Make a yummy toasted cheese sandwich with some tomato soup
- Organize your room or help your parents with a house project
Outside activity ideas
- Feed the birds make a pinecone birdfeeder with peanut butter and bird seed
- Go sledding
- Bundle up and look at the stars at night
- Have a snowball fight
- Draw pictures in the snow with food coloring
- Go snow skiing
- Build a snowman or have a snowman making contest
- Go on a winter scavenger hunt
- Build a snow fort
- Catch snowflakes on your tongue
- Go ice skating
- Make a snow angel
- Go snowshoeing or cross country skiing
- Build a winter bonfire and bake s'mores
- Go ice fishing
- Take pictures of winter landscape
- Help a neighbor shovel the snow
Summer may be right around the corner but the winter season is certainly a fun time of year to celebrate all on its own. There are interesting things to do during the winter season and there are funtastic activities and coloring pages for you to discover from Hellokids that will keep you entertained. Check out the heart felt fun in our Valentine's Day section, the lucky entertainment in our St. Patrick's Day section or hop into spring to discover a basket full of Easter ideas. Happy Winter!
