Enjoy Free Winter Fun Before It’s Too Late

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Winter is quickly coming to an end, but there is still time to enjoy some cold weather activities with your children. Regardless of whether you live on a snow covered farm or in a large city with no snow to be found, these free and nearly-free ideas will help you enjoy the few remaining days of winter and hopefully inspire a few ideas of your own.

If you have snow on the ground…

  • Let your children help you make snow cream.
  • Collect a few old spray bottles and make snow paint.
  • Save some snow for the summer. Find the largest covered bowl your freezer space will allow and fill it with clean snow. Next summer, when your children are sweating in the heat of the day, bring the bowl of snow out and enjoy watching what your children do with it.

If you do not have snow on the ground…

You can still make the cold weather — coupled with the family cooped up inside — into a memorable event.

  • Start by cutting snowflakes from paper and maybe even hang them from the ceiling.
  • You can have an indoor snowball fight. Grab some large marshmallows (after you have ensured they are not hard and stale) and instigate a snowball fight. This is especially fun on the days when your children need an extra smile. Though they will think you’ve lost your mind, it won’t take long for them to join in your fun.
  • If you have a wood fireplace, have a picnic inside, complete with hot dogs cooked over the fire. Consider stopping by the camping department of your local sporting goods store and look for packets of crystals or cones that are meant to be sprinkled onto the fire to create colored flames.
  • Head to the library and borrow a family video. Light the fireplace and enjoy the movie with hot chocolate and cozy blankets.

How does your family enjoy winter inexpensively?

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AUTHOR | Heather @ Just Doing My Best

Heather is a stay-at-home mom to two incredible children and wife to an electronic and technical guru. She calls Kentucky home and loves to travel whenever schedules and circumstances allow. When she isn't managing the daily duties of a home with active children and a hard-working husband, she is volunteering at her church and food pantry, blogging and writing, and scoping out bargains. She loves to cook, especially spicy and Mexican dishes, and often concocts her own. Heather blogs at Just Doing My Best, which focuses on helping and inspiring moms to do their best in their own homes. She believes there are no perfect moms and all we have is our best.

Posted by Heather @ Just Doing My Best on Mar 2nd, 2009 | Filed Under Frugal Living
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  1. Niki | March 2nd, 2009, at 8:59 am >>

    Those are great ideas, I have to remember to do the indoor camping. We have a large woodstove in our kitchen that we could pitch our play tent beside and cook smores on. Thanks

  2. susieshomemade | March 2nd, 2009, at 10:54 pm >>

    We’ve been exercising these all year.

  3. Mary @Raising 4 Godly Men | March 3rd, 2009, at 12:36 pm >>

    What NEAT ideas to make memories with not spending a fortune. [0=

    Blessings in HIm<
    -Mary

  4. Pam | March 3rd, 2009, at 3:09 pm >>

    I love the idea of the marshmallow fight! My kids would love that!

  5. Heather@JustDoingMyBest | March 3rd, 2009, at 6:45 pm >>

    Niki,
    A wood stove in the kitchen opens up lots of possiblities! I would love to have a huge fireplace in a kitchen one day.
    Thanks for reading!
    Heather

    Susiehomemade,
    Sounds like your children have had a great year. :)
    Thanks for reading! Heather

    Mary and Pam,
    Thanks for the sweet responses and I hope you have fun!
    Thanks for reading!
    Heather

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