Seems like everyone I know has been out sledding and drinking cocoa, building snowmen, snowball fights, and making angels.
My kids are building an igloo with the neighbor. Yeah!!!! That means there will be no snow in the yard by the time they are done their 12 foot wide masterpiece.
We will be making Snow Ice Cream a bit later.
I have made a pot of Chicken and Dumplings for lunch. This will help warm them from the inside out.
Here are some other activities you can do as well:
Snow Graffiti - spray bottles with water and food coloring
Ice and Easy - hide colored ice cubes in the snow for a scavenger hunt
Snow Golf - pack down snow every few feet, hide tin cans to make the "Holes"
Target Practice - hang a target and make LOTS of snowballs
or try any of these tried and true activities:
* Have a snowball fight. Divide your family into teams, then start throwing. Save this one for last so you can go inside, dry off, and have some hot chocolate.
* Walk this way. Have your kids follow your lead as you move like different animals: Waddle like a penguin, stomp like a bear, and wiggle like a fish.
* Create a maze. Put on your hiking boots and stamp out a path for your kids to follow.
* Plan a scavenger hunt. Hide an apple in a mound of snow so that a little bit peeks out. Give the kids silly directions to follow as they search for it.
* Play freeze tag. Can you think of a more appropriate game for a chilly day? Once someone's tagged by the person who's "It," he has to stay frozen until another player tags him again.
* Make faces. Use handfuls of packed snow to create funny characters on a tree trunk.
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