Things To Do On A Snowy Day

December 8th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under

As a large snow storm is approaching Omaha, I keep hoping classes are cancelled along with thousands of children and college students. I know some parents dread these days because it is often hard to keep an active child cooped up in the house for long periods of time! Combined with memories of childhood snow days and recent ideas, I came up with a list of things to do on snowy days.

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  • Bake cookies! Now is the time to start making Christmas cookies, because you can always freeze them for later!
  • Make a fort. I remember making elaborate forts out of pushed together chairs and couches then draping them with blankets. This helped my imagination run forever.
  • Make homemade marshmallows. The kids will think this is great!
  • Write a letter to Santa.
  • Create easy homemade Christmas gifts. You can find many ideas at Family Fun.
  • Make apple cider cups! This is a fun way to drink apple cider.
  • Convert old shirts into pillows. This is a great idea for the older ones. I’m sure Grandma would love this!
  • Order a pizzafrom Dominos to create family fun. Yes, it’s true! Dominos has  teamed up with Hasbro interactive to bring you a surprise with all medium pizzas. (Think of your favorite games)
  • Create a family tournament. The sports fans in your house can come up with a bracket for a family tournament whether it be for ping pong, guitar hero, wii, strength competitions (push ups, crunches, etc), or card games.
  • Make a movie. Your children can come up with their own characters, scripts and even make the props!
  • Make paper snowflakes. I remember making hundreds of these as a kid. You can view a video demonstration here.
  • See who can find the biggest single snowflake!
  • Family movie night set a time, make snacks and popcorn and turn your living room into a movie theater!
  • Roast marshmallows! Have a fireplace? Roasting marshmallows was always a favorite of mine. Gathering around the fire always led to family discussions.
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  1. Comment by smilinggreenmom on 8 December 2009:

    So great! Our kids are always begging me to make them a fort :)

  2. Comment by Lauralee Hensley on 8 December 2009:

    Another activity is if you have some nuts around the house to break them up and put them in a disposable pan and put them outside for the birds to eat. You can watch the birds come right down and eat them up. Bluejays will even take whole unshelled peanuts and break them open themselves. I’ve seen them do it. Yet, at this time of the year, just smaller snowbirds are probably around, so they’ll need to be unshelled and maybe broken up a little to make it easier for them to pick up with their little beaks.

  3. Comment by Tammy on 10 December 2009:

    Yep our snowy days in SD this week kept me in the kitchen baking, now with 6 dozen cookies, we’re putting on the winter pounds to insulate us against the rest of the winter lol!

  4. Comment by Alli on 10 December 2009:

    I love making homemade marshmallows! I’m going to keep your post in mind in case we get decent snow here in Chattanooga. Or if we get snow when we are in Ohio for Christmas.

    Hope you are staying warm!

  5. Comment by Brittany on 10 December 2009:

    I wanna do all those things on a cold day!!!

  6. Comment by Robin G on 10 December 2009:

    Great set of ideas

  7. Comment by Cat on 10 December 2009:

    Baking cookies is my favorite snowy day activity too. The warm oven heats up the house…love it.

  8. Comment by trisha on 10 December 2009:

    OOH, make a fort! Thats a fun one i never remember!

  9. Comment by Sharon on 10 December 2009:

    So many fun things to do, if only there was snow here. I guess we could always pretend it is and do some of the indoor ones!

  10. Comment by Annie on 10 December 2009:

    We had a snowed in day today and made cookies! It is a blog post waiting to happen, so much fun! (my 2 yr old painted the cookies with food coloring!)

  11. Comment by Kelly W on 10 December 2009:

    great ideas. now all we need is some snow

  12. Comment by Stefanie on 10 December 2009:

    Oh great ideas! Thanks! :)

  13. Comment by Dany Linda Sao, Fivein5 on 14 December 2009:

    Thanks for all the great ideas! My children love building forts indoors! It actually is a lot of fun doing things indoors (I hate the cold!). Plus, my kids are really good with using their imaginations!

  14. Comment by Alyssa on 29 December 2009:

    I live in Iowa so it is always snowy. Going outside, cooking, making a dance, doing/making a play/movie, playing hide and seek, and sitting by the fire are all great ideas.

  15. Comment by Emily on 29 December 2009:

    I live in Iowa so it is always snowy. Going outside, cooking, making a dance, doing/making a play/movie, playing hide and seek, and sitting by the fire are all great ideas.

    Hi Alyssa- I’m from Des Moines :)

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