I'm sure we could all use a little help and encouragement on those SNOW DAYS when we are blindsided by children who are NOT at school but rather at home mom-ing or dad-ing us every five minutes with the usual, "I'm bored. I have nothing to do!" Hopefully I can share some interesting and maybe even educational amusements for the kiddies!
Things to Do With Kids on a Snow Day
by KDB
Hoping to share some good, entertaining and mostly inexpensive ideas to amuse your children on those crazy buses-no-running-kids-at-home-snow-days.
Snowflakes
...make paper snowflake decorations.
 Snowflakes Pixabay |
Arts & Crafts Ideas
Make paper snowflake decorations.
Mix food colour and water in squeezable bottles for snow "paint".
Melted crayon art.
Ice Sculptures
Snowflake Mobile
Snow Family Finger Puppets
Online Activities for Kids
PBS Kids
Educational games, videos and activities for kids.
Funschool
Activities for kids.
EcoKids
Environmental activities for kids.
Incredible Art
Art activities and projects for kids.
Creative Kids at Home
Crafts and activities for kids.
Science Kids
Activities, experiments and cool facts.
Colouring Pages
Colouring pages, printables and activities.
Yahoo Kids Games
Online games for kids.
Neopets
Fun game for kids.
Disney Games
Online games for kids.
Nickelodeon
Online games.
Snow Angel
 Snow Angel |
Things to DO Outside
If the reason they are home is because of a snow dump and the buses couldn't run because the roads haven't been plowed yet but the sun is out and it is not too cold there's no reason why they can't take advantage of the day off to play outside in the snow!
So....
make snow angels
build a snowman
build a snow fort
dig pathways in the snow
slide down the hill a few times (if you have one)
help mom or dad shovel the driveway
paint the snow (squeezable bottle with food colour and water mix)
Colour
 Colouring Pixabay |
Things to DO Inside
Play a board game.
Build a fort.
Make a bowl of popcorn and a drink and watch a movie.
Do some arts and crafts.
Help mom or dad cook lunch.
Play a two player video game with mom/dad (Guitar Hero).
Read a book.
Make your lunch a picnic.
Bake some cookies.
Make melted crayon art.
Plan and execute a fancy dinner with "the good" dishes.
Colouring books.
Learn to crochet.
Make paper snowflake decorations.
Snowman
 Snowman Pixabay |
Winter Themed Movies
Ice Age
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Eight Below
Happy Feet
Snow Dogs
The Mighty Ducks
D2: The Mighty Ducks
Snow Day
 Hot Chocolate Pixabay |
Minty Hot Chocolate
Prep time 2 min - Total time 3 min
Ingredients for 1 serving
hot chocolate mix • mini candy cane • mini marshmallows
Heat water in kettle OR heat in microwaveable safe cup.
Add hot chocolate mix and a few mini marshmallows.
Hang mini candy cane over edge of mug with cane to the inside and let melt a bit OR use it to stir hot chocolate a bit.
ENJOY!
Recipe:
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Something for Lunch
Make their favourite lunch.
Maybe PB&J (because schools are peanut free these days).
Three Easy Recipes for a Snow Day
Make mini pizzas.
Make homemade egg muffin sandwiches.
Have an indoor picnic.
Picnic World
Kids Favourite Lunches
Snow Storm
 Snowbank KD Bissonette |
Updated: 11/12/2012, KDB
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Comments
I loved this list!
Definitely using it when we are snowed in. Hey, we also use a couple of other sites for our kids to safely play online games. here they are:
http://www.jumpstart.com/parents/games
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ga...
Winter themed movies - that's another good one on your list. I had never thought of that.
Again - thanks!