{"id":331,"date":"2010-01-03T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/03\/100-things-to-do-with-the-kids-this-winter\/"},"modified":"2010-01-03T00:48:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T00:48:00","slug":"100-things-to-do-with-the-kids-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/03\/100-things-to-do-with-the-kids-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Things to Do with the Kids This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised, here’s my list of 100 things I’d like to do with the kids before winter is over…<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

    After making my list, I very nearly even like the idea of winter!  \ud83d\ude09  <\/p>\n

    No snow where you live?  Here’s<\/a> some snow-themed activities to do anywhere, inside.<\/span>
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    As promised, here’s my list of 100 things I’d like to do with the kids before winter is over… Spray snow with colored water Catch snowflakes on our tongues Go sledding down a really big hill Blow soap bubbles outside when it’s cold enough to shatter them Make ice ornaments Bring cookies to the fire…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[103,253,262],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}