100 Things to Do with the Kids This Winter

1. Spray snow with colored water
2. Catch snowflakes on our tongues
   
3. Go sledding down a really big hill
   
4. Blow soap bubbles outside when it’s cold enough to shatter them
   
5. Make ice ornaments
   
6. Bring cookies to the fire department or city offices
   
7. Make snow ice cream
   
8. Bake no-knead bread
   
9. Make homemade marshmallows for hot cocoa
   
10. Make snow beasts and funny snowmen
11. Have a snowball fight
    
12. Make homemade bagels
    
13. Read a wonderful chapter book together
    
14. Post a video on you-tube
    
15. Do a photo shoot with each child
    
16. Make treats for the birds
    
17. Go to the science museum
    
18. Send letters to the troops
    
19. Go to the mall (this is really rare for us!)
    
20. Make a snow fort
    
21. Do a lapbook with each child
    
22. Have a dinner party for family friends
    
23. Look for animal tracks outside
    
24. Go ice skating
    
25. Bring homemade goodies to the Bakkens
    
26. Make real snow cones
    
27. Play Hyper Dash
    
28. Make our own sprouts
    
29. Go visit Tiffany’s gang in Nebraska
    
30. Make homemade caramel sauce
    
31. Volunteer at the humane society
    
32. Take pictures outside
    
33. Make ice sculptures
    
34. Start seeds
    
35. Sit in front of the fire at Grandma & Grandpa’s
    
36. Have a movie camp-out in the living room with the kids
    
37. Visit Petco
    
38. Play dice games
    
39. Capture snowflakes on black paper or glass
    
40. Make snow angels
    
41. Do a puzzle together
    
42. Watercolor paint
    
43. Make rock candy
    
44. Visit an art gallery
    
45. Bake something with apples in the freezer from last fall
    
46. Stay overnight at a motel and swim
    
47. Do a messy glitter craft
    
48. Read a historic novel
    
49. Make homemade cheese
    
50. Play cards
    
51. Scrapbook
    
52. Go see a movie
    
53. Play charades
    
54. Make maple syrup candy in the snow
    
55. Write a family song
    
56. Go snowshoeing
    
57. Buy hyacinths and other blooming bulbs for indoors
    
58. Redecorate the kids’ rooms
    
59. Make crafts to hang from the ceiling
    
60. Keep a family journal
    
61. Start a rotating nature/oddities display on the hall dresser
    
62. Make caramel popcorn
    
63. Eat pears we canned ourselves last September
    
64. Give each other pedicures
    
65. Have a pillow fight
    
66. Go maple syrup tapping
    
67. Plan our spring garden
    
68. Do a photo challenge
    
69. Attend a conference, class or workshop for kids
    
70. Attend a conference, class or workshop for grown-ups
    
71. Shop clearance sales
    
72. Visit Erica and her gang
    
73. Go out for pie
    
74. Attend a nature program
    
75. Print out paper toys or paper dolls
    
76. Sock skate on the kitchen floor
    
77. Try more new recipes
    
78. Enjoy a pot of Tiffany tea with cream and sugar
    
79. Bake a cake
    
80. Stay our pajamas all day long
    
81. Bring goodies to the neighbors
    
82. Participate in an Unplug Your Kids challenge
    
83. Decorate the windows with paper crafts
    
84. Get fresh spring rolls from the Hmong grocery in Walnut Grove
    
85. Play with snow at the kitchen table
    
86. Have a sleepover
    
87. Try a brand new craft
    
88. Go ice fishing with Grandpa & drive on the lake
    
89. Send cards and letters to loved ones
    
90. Do science experiments
    
91. Have a tea party
    
92. Try growing seeds in balloons again
    
93. Make crayon shaving pictures
    
94. Donate a box of children’s books to another family
    
95. Go for a walk while it’s snowing
    
96. Participate in a Valentine swap and make handmade cards
    
97. Have a family music day
    
98. Study Spain for a week, eat Spanish food and make Spanish art
    
99. Breathe on windows and draw designs on them
    
100. Read as many winter and snow themed books as we can find, starting with "The Snowy Day."

After making my list, I very nearly even like the idea of winter!  😉