These 10 Fun & Creative Activities Will Surely Keep Your Kids Busy This Winter! Number 7 Is Superfun!
10 activities that will keep the kids busy this winter:
Kids love to go out, it’s so much fun. But when it’s winter, well there isn’t much choice; you can take them outside, it’s simply too cold. However, this doesn’t mean that you let them get bored at home. Come rain, snow, or gusty winds, there are still many ways to entertain your kids. Scroll down for some great ideas on winter friendly activities for your kids!
1. Water Marbles:
Firstly, you have to purchase particular plastic-like balls (available online). Empty them into a large bowl and fill it up with water. After 4-6 hours, you’ll notice the balls turn marble sized and are ready for playtime. Here’s the cool part – in water, you can’t see them, and without water, they’re like gel balls. Cool, huh?
2. Hopscotch With A Twist:
Apart from being fun, the activity helps develop kids’ motor skills, color and shape recognition skills. Here’s what you have to do: cut six different recognisable coloured paper shapes, tape them to the floor, and tell your kids to jump and hop around a particular shape and colour. For example, you can say, “Hop towards the right until you find a yellow triangle.”
3. DIY Roads:
Those racetrack sets your kids are on about? Don’t spend a lot of money on a racetrack set with cars. Just buy a couple of cars! Use some colored tape to make roads on the carpet. The tape comes off easily, so don’t worry! To make it more interesting, you can add road barriers.
4. Camping:
Indoor camping is a classic and it doesn’t cost anything. If you have a tent, you don’t need anything else, if you don’t some sheets from the linen closet should do just fine.
5. Mini-Laser Field:
Use a ball of yarn and create a laser field. Tie the yarn around the staircase, doorknobs, pillars, and poles – you get the idea! Tell your little one to pretend they are laser beams and cross the room without touching them. This fun activity helps boost their motor skills.
6. DIY Bowling:
Take a soft ball, and set up some pins. Old plastic bottles, paper tubes, and toiler paper rolls make perfect pins. Let your little ones bowl away! The winner gets a cupcake
7. Foam Dough:
A unique and fun activity is playing with “foam dough.” You’ll need food coloring, shaving cream, and cornstarch. Mix equal parts shaving cream and cornstarch, and then add the food coloring. Mix it well, and let the kids go nuts. They can make all kinds of things!
8. Milk Art:
To create a masterpiece with milk
You Will Need:
- Full cream milk
- Food coloring
- Dish soap
- A shallow dish
- Cotton tips
How To:
- Add some milk to a dish
- Add food coloring to the milk
- Dip cotton tips into dishwashing liquid, and then dip them into the milk.
- You’ll notice that the colors mix quickly, as the fat in the milk reacts with dish soap!
9. Foot Painting:
Everyone loves bursting bubble wrap bubbles, even adults! However, it can turn into a fun activity for kids. Wrap their feet in bubble wrap, let them dip their feet into paint, and make them stomp on another sheet of bubble wrap to create some art! You can also use plain paper to see the ‘bubble’ effect.
10. Scavenger Hunt:
Let your little ones learn about the bottom of the food chain. Let them be scavengers! All you need to do is hide certain objects of a particular color or shape and ask your little ones to find where they are kept. Keep a basket for each color or shape. It’s a great way to enhance their learning!
Next time the weather isn’t in your favour, just remember these fun activities, and you’ll be good to go!
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