On those cold days, boil water, put it in a mug and let your child watch (or throw) it outside. Be sure to throw ist up and away from your body. It is amazing fun!
Put food color and water in a balloon (water balloon) and let sit outside until frozen solid. Makes amazing colored ice. I let Espen put the big ice block in the shower and play until he is finished melting it down.
We have brought snow inside in buckets into the tub. (I did it long before the cool parents got on the Today show doing it!). It is cold and fun. We put food coloring / water in spray bottles and let him color it. We put the trucks and cars in it. Then when he gets cold we run warm water in it to watch it all melt! In our house we don't worry about eating the freshly fallen snow.... we just do it.
Sprinkle Jell-O powder onto freshly fallen snow and let kids eat it, play in it and have fun!
We made fresh ice cream with fresh snow. I let Espen collect it in a bowl then we added milk, sugar & a bit of vanilla stirring while we added it, until it was creamy! There are lots of recipes on line but a giant amount of snow was needed. I winged it until it looked tasty. He loved it!
Snow floats! Who doesn't love Coke and fresh snow! An instant slushy treat!
Blow a GIANT trash bag up with air and tie it off. Pop it around like a balloon. Sit on it. Kick it. Play catch with it. When it gets broken, toss it in the trash!
He has been playing in a giant leaf bag. It makes a good hiding hold, coloring page and snuggle bag.
We build forts. Small ones, big ones. From cardboard, blankets, chair cushions. The building is often quickly followed by the crashing it down but it is always good for a laugh or two!
The warm weather can not get here soon enough.... but in the mean time, we will just manage to find things to have fun with during the winter months!
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