1. Make snow paint. Simply add food coloring to water or add water to some washable paint and put in a spray bottle, then go out and paint your yard!
2. Blow bubbles! Bubbles in the winter? Why not? Kids will love seeing what happens when they blow bubbles in below zero temperatures. For a great homemade bubble recipe, click here.
3. Set up an obstacle course in the yard with jumps, tunnels and other challenges.
4. Forget mud pies, make snow pies! Borrow some pans from the kitchen. Use them to create cakes for a cold-weather feast. Or make a snow castle using pails and shovels from your summer beach toys.
5. Pitching practice. Paint a bull's-eye target on a piece of cardboard or wood and give each colored ring a point value. Attach it to a tree or put it up against a wall and kids can try to hit the target with snowballs. Keep score for a prize like extra marshmallows on a post game hot chocolate!
6. Have a coloured ice cube scavenger hunt. Add food colouring and water to your ice cube trays and then hide them around the yard for kids to find. You can assign each child a colour. To avoid wet glove you can give out big spoons or tongs to use to pick up the ice cubes.
7. Snow faces. Use snow to make faces on large trees. Pack the snow onto the tree to make eyes, a nose and mouth. Make a funny face, a happy face, a sad face, a surprised face, etc. I totally remember doing this as a kid!
And of course making a snowman, a snowfort, going sliding and going for a walk through the snow are always great too.
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