Sensory Activities For Kids Using Snow

Too cold to play outside in the snow?  Bring the snow inside and play!  Momstown Oakville's recent sensory activity brought snow indoors for kids to explore by way of using cups, spoons, and food colouring so they could build snow castles and explore the texture and temperature of snow.

We also had  frozen paint popsicles (get the recipe here) which were a huge hit with the kids.  Add in a fun, snow themed craft where each child had the chance to decorate a snowman cut out using tissue paper, googly eyes, cotton balls and jewels.

Sensory plan can be a great winter boredom buster.  Check out these other great sensory play ideas we've tried:

DIY Silly Putty
Sensory Rice Bins
Rainbow Magic Snowballs

Sound like fun?  momstown members love having sensory fun at our events and don't have to worry about the mess!  Click here to become a momstown Oakville member and find out how to join our next sensory event.

momstown Oakville's Beat The Winter Blues Party

Winter is here.  Coats and hats, mitts and boots are now the norm.  And we've got at least four more months of this.  There are many great things about winter but its easy to miss the warmer weather, the sunshine and the activities you just can't do in the colder weather.  So what's a mom to do?  Come to the momstown Oakville 'Beat The Winter Blues' party!  On Sunday we broke out the sunglasses and spent a fun afternoon being active and crafty.

Everyone got some cool shades to help ward off those winter blues!

A big thanks to Monkeynastix and Bricks for Kidz for bringing some very fun activities to keep all the party guests busy.  Be sure to check out their websites for their Oakville winter program registration information (click here for Monkeynastix's schedule, click here for Bricks for Kidz schedule). Moms were commenting on how much the kids loved Monkeynastix's activities and how cool the building sets were from Bricks for Kidz.  

We also did some arts & crafts with sand.  Kids used white glue to make a design and then were able to take a handful of sand and sprinkle it over the glue.  Dump off the excess and you have a cool textured piece of art!

Sand crafts

Looking for more weekend momstown Oakville events?  We've got a few coming up in December so be sure to get your membership so you don't miss out!  Thanks to everyone who joined us and helped wipe away the thoughts of winter, if only for a few hours!

Winter Outdoor Activity Ideas for Kids

During the summer month, momstown Oakville moms and kids can be found enjoying our programs in parks and outdoor spaces all over Oakville.  Now that the weather has turned colder and we have mostly moved indoors, it takes a bit more creativity to keep active outside and get in some fresh air.  Here are some fun outdoor winter activities for kids that will make outdoor time as much fun as it can be when the temperature dips into below zero territory!


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.

We'll be adding some of these fun activities to our winter calendar and we'd love to have you join us.  Click here to sign up for your 4 week trial.  Our members get all of our programs included in their membership as well as this special bonus!