Over the next three days (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) I will be posting tips for Winter activities. This first installment is 18 things you can do with your children (or any children) during the holiday and cold weather season.
1. Make Hot Chocolate! To make it a little more fun and interesting, you can spruce it up with the following items. (A candy cane (for stirring and taste), whipped cream with sprinkles, add caramel, make mores in a cup (marshmallow and chocolate in cup, and graham crackers on the side). 2. Go sledding. 3. Make paper snowflakes. 4. Go bowling 5. Make sun catchers 6. Make ice cream using snow! 7. Go roller or ice skating 8. Have a snowball fight 9. Play board games 10. Make snow angels 11. Buy a child-sized shovel and shovel the snow together 12. Get books from the library 13. Draw and color a mural depicting a winter scene 14. Build a snow fort 15. Fill an old spray bottle with colored water using food coloring and “paint” a snowman or write in the snow 16. Make a fort in the living room or their bedroom using old sheets, and other items from your home 17. Teach them about caring for others by collecting old toys, and/or coats, and donating them to a local shelter (make sure to wash them first) 18. Decorate your home for Thanksgiving/ Christmas (Decorate the Tree together)
In “order” to make sure your family is set for the Holidays make sure you visit the Check City location nearest you to obtain a Western Union money order free of charge!
Check back tomorrow for things to do on a date!
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