Snow Day Activities

In our family, snow days feel like mini-holidays. However, when cabin fever sets in, a few fun activities can help break up the monotony. Below are links to posts I have written about our favorite winter activities: Fort Building My children would do this for hours and hours. Make Snow Cream My pre-teen still requests this. A miscellaneous assortment of free winter activities Snow Paint - This was a favorite! Homemade play dough - This is a no-cook recipe that uses [+]

Tiring of Winter?

If you need a few ideas to help you enjoy what's left of winter, check out my article Enjoy Free Winter Fun Before Its Too Late at Happy to be at Home. [+]

Snow paint

We had a major ice storm but at least we got some snow too. The kids were excited to see the snow but I think they planned to go out and play regardless of what was on the ground. Here are some ice covered trees in our backyard. We made snow paint and the kids just loved it, especially DD who decorated the railing on the deck. She did a great job decorating her snowman [+]

Snow Cream

Our part of the country has been slammed by winter weather and we were getting rather excited about the 4-6 inches of predicted snow. See my sidebar for the reasons why we love winter. So, I was all geared up for some fun in the snow with my kids. I have a new snow activity prepared (stayed tuned for that one) and we were going to make snowcream. Unfortunately, we got only a tad [+]