School breaks and snow days can be long. Here are my pics for 20+ Winter Activities To Keep Kids Busy (and yes, we’ve done them all – tried, true, and tested!). It’s a mix of outdoor and indoor activities for all ages – to give you a choice of the perfect boredom buster! What are you going to do today?…
20+ Winter Activities To Keep Kids Busy
- Go sledding
- Make snow angels
- Build a snowman
- Construct a snow fort
- Drop food colouring into snow
- Hide Geocache treasures in the snow – make a map for friends to find them
- Play a board game
- Read a book
- Write a book
- Build a tower using a deck of cards
- Have a tea party
- Make a craft using cardboard toilet paper rolls
- Decorate a cardboard box (make it a house, race car, space ship)
- Do a treasure hunt inside the house
- Host a play date
- Play Simon Says
- Dance in the living room
- Build a blanket fort using kitchen chairs and a quilt
- Role play with dress up clothes
- Put together a puzzle
- Play freeze dance
These are also great activities to do when you are hosting a play date. Screen free, no batteries or usb cables required! And all of my 20+ Winter Activities To Keep Kids Busy are FREE (which is always the right price for keeping kids busy n’est pas?). Interested in something a little more hands-on craft for kids type of activities? May I suggest these…
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- Toilet Paper Roll Craft
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- Handprint Heart Craft
The toilet paper roll craft is great for younger kids. Older kids will like the handprint heart craft. And secret confession: the coffee filter craft was created after my son accidentally spilled his sippy cup on his older sister’s art project.
some great ideas here, thanks for sharing them with us. My children always loved building a snow fort 🙂
Thanks for the ideas!! We have 2 little girls so crafts are a hit on storm days 🙂
great ideas
awesome! i love this list. my daughter and I don’t get out much because i have a 4 month old as well so I obviously need to watch her and its just been way to cold lately. love the dress up idea 🙂
I’ve been there! I know how closed off it can feel when you are trapped inside and have a baby to watch (with a busy toddler). Hope you play dress up often 😉
There are some reallly good ideas here,the grandkids are working Constructing a snow fort now
Snow forts are awesome!
These are some good ideas, especially the ones encouraging the kids to get outside.
I’m a hermit myself (when it comes to cold weather days) but getting outside is good for play.
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These are really great ideas. It’s really hard to think of things to do during the Winter. Bring on SPRING!!!
I am all in for Spring! Right now please and thank you.
All great ideas to keep the kids (and the adults) busy over the winter months!
These are some superfun ideas 😀 im definitely going to have tocheck out your book 🙂
Thanks for the great ideas,we woke this morning to a winter wonderland it was beautiful.
Great ideas. I always liked to keep crafts on hand, or have a cookie making day for those really cold days when we lived in the far north.
LOL..The lengths parents go to to keep their kids busy especially in winter!! I do most of these activities with my daughter, our favorite winter activity though would be any crafty!!
there are some good ideas here. Sometimes my brain needs a kick start. Thanks
Build a tower using a deck of cards is one of my grandson favorites