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Ideas For Indoor Snow Day Activities

January 22, 2016
SNOW more? Now it is time for ideas of things to do now that you are exhausted from the in and out, change of clothes, cold socks, hot chocolate and messy floors ! 
Kids and parents need some indoor time.  Here are some fun and simple ideas to keep you all busy!

1. Get some old favorite movies out 
2. Grab some blankets, pillows and sleeping bags and make an indoor fort
3. Bake- cookies, cupcakes, muffins- anything warm and yummy!
4. Make a dance party , music is all you need, step it up and add some props!
5. Make a fashion show. any clothes , shoes, hats, fun for boys and girls 
6. Crafts of any sort, coloring, painting, glue.. all of the old time classics are so much fun 
7. Make paper garland, construction paper or regular and loop together and drape over your fort 
8. Play a classic board game
9. Have the kids act out a play- using their imagination will be so much fun 
10. Play cards- classics like Crazy 8's and war are fun for all ages 
11. Grab your old photos or videos and show the kids themselves at younger ages- we love this one 
12. Play school - since they aren't in it- it is always more fun to do at home. 
13. Face time a relative- No device for that? Then just do it the old fashioned way and call
14.  Take a bath in bathing suits, add extra bubbles and some cups for fun
15. Make lunch and have a picnic- use the fort you made as a place to hide out and eat 
16.  Make a photo shoot, take pics, lot of them and use any household props to add some fun 
17. Hot chocolate and popcorn- yum- a perfect combo and snack. 
18.  Make homemade play dough , homemade bubbles and/ or homemade paint 
19. Read together, grab a book and all that are old enough can take turns reading. 
20. Exercise together, make it a contest- jumping jacks, sit ups, all that you can think of and work up a sweat! 
Any other ideas to add?