FUN TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

If you live where it is cold, try some fun outdoor snow activities.

-        Go sledding, tobogganing, or tubing.

-        Go ice skating.

-        Make snow forts.

-        Make snowmen and angels in the snow.

-        Have sledding or running races in the snow.

-        If there is a lot of snow, make a big mound and smooth it out the best you can. Slide down it.

-        Walk through the forest.

-        Play broom hockey with a broom and tennis ball on some ice, skates are not required.

-        Have a contest to see who can slide the farthest on their belly on the ice.

-        Follow animal tracks in the snow.

-        Have a snow tug of war.

-        Use jumbo garbage bags to sled without a sled.

-        Shovel people’s drive and sidewalk for free.

-        Wipe the snow off of cars in a shopping center parking lot.

-        Make a snow obstacle course.

-        Go cross country skiing.

Inside there is a lot to do too!!!!

    -         Play cards.

    -         Play games.

    -         Watch movies.

    -         Put on a fire in the fireplace, make s’mores and read or tell stories.

    -          Make meals for yourselves or for others.

    -          Bake for yourselves or for others.

    -         Write letters or send cards to service men and women.

    -         Write letters or send cards to friends, relatives, neighbors, people who live alone, an elderly couple…..

    -         Do work around the house together.

    -          Do crafts and give them away as gifts.

    -          Make popcorn and/or caramel corn.

    -         Have a picnic in the house.

    -         Make homemade ice cream.

    -         Have a scavenger hunt in the house using the letters of the alphabet.

    -         Make homemade Play-Doh and make sculptures with it.

    -         Look through photo albums and watch home videos.

    -          Take out your wedding video and watch it with your children.

    -         Work on crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles.

    -         Sing together with a CD or an instrument.

    -         Make puppets and put on a puppet show.

    -         Make homemade pizza.

    -         Play charades.

    -         Pray together.