Last year we had a full week home with snow days. Late on day two, we made a list. I hope it helps on your next snow day!
- Stay in your pajamas with your kids all day
- Take bubbles baths
- Bake cookies from scratch
- Color
- Paint
- Any craft kits that have been sitting on the shelf – our favorite is potholder looms
- Rent movies on demand
- Charades
- Board games – make a list of all that’s available
- Puzzles
- Pillow forts
- Blanket fort under the dining room table
- Hide-n-go-seek in the house
- Sardines
- Scavenger hunt
- Build a Lego or Ello town
- Puppet shows
- Set up the racetrack or train set
- Card games – teach them Go Fish, War, King’s Corner’s and Spoons if you haven’t already
- Any gross motor play you have – a ball pit, a sit-n-spin, balance board, mini trampoline, or jumps ropes
- Any pretend play – get out the doll house or the airport set, again make a list of all that’s available
- Dress up clothes – In our house, it’s usually a fashion show, but it may be a fire station in yours.
- Read aloud – good to start a new chapter book
- Water play at the kitchen sink
- Make home made playdoh
- Play with regular playdoh
- Teach your children every campfire or patriotic song you can remember
- Play with cornstarch and water – so fun if you get the mix right and cleans up easy as soon as it dries
- Let the kids make lunch
- Play restaurant with waiters at lunch
- Picnic in the living room for snack
- Here is a post with lots more active indoor play ideas
- BUNDLE UP AND GO OUTSIDE – make snowmen, throw snowballs, use an ice box and make bricks for an igloo, make snow ice cream, go sledding, go for a nature walk or slide on (absolutely safe depth) ice patches.
Please comment and share your snow day ideas!
Parenting by Dr. Rene 