Five Fun Winter Indoor Activities for Children
Being stuck indoors during the winter does not have to lead to boredom with your children. Your children's pent-up energy can be put to good use with a little creativity and items already found around your house. You can facilitate activities that will keep your children engaged and fight off cabin fever.
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S'mores
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Pretend you're camping and make s'mores with your kids. Place a piece of chocolate on a graham cracker. Add a marshmallow on top of the chocolate and top with another graham cracker. Pop your creation into the microwave for 20 to 30 seconds. Enjoy the sticky goodness with your kids alongside a mug of hot chocolate.
Indoor Winter Wonderland
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While the snow falls outside, create snowflakes with your kids indoors. Have your children fold a piece of white paper in half three or four times and then cut small shapes from the sides. Once they unfold their snowflakes, give them glitter and glue sticks to decorate them. Use string to hang them around the house.
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Picnic
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Nobody said you have to go outside to have a picnic. Make sandwiches and gather snacks. Lay a blanket on your living room floor and have a picnic with your children. Let your kids wear their summer clothes and don wide-brimmed hats and sunglasses. Talk about the hot weather and the shapes you can see in the clouds.
Kitchen Experiments
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Turn your kitchen into a science lab with simple experiments. Create secret messages with lemon juice. Mix lemon juice with water. Dip a cotton swab into the juice and write a message on a piece of white paper. Let it dry and then hold it up to a light bulb and watch as your invisible message turns brown. You can also create a color explosion with milk, food coloring and dish soap. Pour milk into a shallow dish and add drops of different food colorings. Drop in a bit of soap and watch as the colors explode. The Science Fair Adventure website (see Resources) offers other suggestions for science experiments.
Make a Movie
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Spend the day writing a script with your kids. Create your props and outfits, and pull out the video camera. Record your children as they act out their own movie, or allow them to record themselves. When they are finished, sit back with a bowl of popcorn and enjoy the movie together.
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