The holidays have passed and winter is settling in and you might find your kids getting a bit unruly with cabin fever. Kids by nature need to be stimulated and kept busy each day but it’s hard when the weather isn’t great. Here is a list of 20 Fun Winter Activities for Kids to keep your kids busy and make memories during these darker days of the year!
I am a cold-weather person in my soul. I don’t mind the cold and love this time of year when I can hunker down with books and projects and some yummy warm coffee. But the kids are not so happy to sit for long periods of time. They need things to do…they need interaction with me and others…and they need fun and laughter to feed their souls.
Read on for the list of 20 Fun Winter Activities for Kids and then print it out and keep it up as a reminder checklist this season!
20 Fun Winter Activities for Kids
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- Go skating – roller skating or ice skating
- Build a fort with blankets, flashlights and pillows
- Make movie necklaces with candy and pretzels and have a movie marathon
- Play board games
- Visit a maple syrup farm and see how it’s made
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- Make homemade snow globes
- Create paper snowflakes and decorate the windows
- Make winter bird feeders with toilet paper tubes
- Make frozen water balloons and do ice bowling outside
- Make snow cones from snow
- Build a snow fort outside
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- Make snowmen out of unwanted socks
- Make your own sparkly snowflake playdough
- Sew a paper plate snowman
- Create a log cabin with popsicle sticks
- Start an indoor garden
- Make hot chocolate spoons
- Create a marble run
- Read some books about penguins
- Make s’mores indoors
- Create melted crayon art
- Make beaded bookmarks
Printable Winter Calendar of Activities for Kids
Here is a printable winter calendar of January, February and March to write down when you will do all of your winter activities for kids!
Click here to download the calendar!
