Enjoyable Things to do With Your Kids in Winter

Birds washing themselves in the bird washer, hot chocolate steaming from oversized mugs, the crackling sound of the logs in the fireplace, and cosy quilts thrown on the sofa in front of the TV, are all signs that winter is on our heels.

There is nothing we could do but wait it out and hope for a few light, bright, sun-lit days. So why not determine to enjoy it the best way we know how. Throw on the knitted sweater and soft, fluffy scarves and get stuck in with both woolly-socked clad feet.

 Walks


Wrap up warmly and go for walks in the woods or visit public, free gardens, and feed the ducks. The hardest part is motivating the little ones to get dressed, but once this is done, winter walks are quite enjoyable. Take a bag to store gloves and scarves when their little bodies start warming up and they don’t need them anymore. Let them run around, climb trees, look under stones, take photographs and enjoy nature at a time of year when we don’t usually notice the wonderful things happening around us.

Create


Create something wonderful when they get back home. After they’ve warmed up again, it’s time to draw pictures of the things they’ve discovered or make murals of leaves they collected.


Hibernate


Make a den somewhere in the house. If you have room in the bedroom or in the dining room, make a temporary den out of sheets and a two chairs, or a more sturdy one out of cardboard. You could just spread a large sheet over your entire dining table and make an instant den under there. Get the kids involved in the building (and painting if required). Spread your cosiest blankets and gather some stuffed toys to put inside. The kids or/and you can use this space to cosy-up together on cold evenings to talk about fun, warmer times.

Throw a sleep-over party


Get them involved in planning a stuffed-toys or hot-chocolate party (according to age). Make beds on the floor and have a cosy get-together with loved ones. Play games and include a chocolate fountain for earlier in the evening. Drink warm drinks, fill up their hot-water bottles and hunker down for a nice, cosy night.


Duvet day


Choose a day in the holidays, a bank holiday, or a week-end and dedicate it ‘duvet day.’ Rent films, eat sweets, and lie around the fire (or the central heating) watching films and eating take-out food. Tuck yourselves in with hot-water bottles and loads of cosy quilts and blankets. There is no duvet day like one had in the dead of winter.

Love winter, even if you don't!