Fun Winter

 Fun Winter Activities Checklist

The weather outside may be frightful, but we’ve come up with 50 ways you can still have a blast this winter.

Nostalgic

Have a snowball fight

Build a snowman

Go sledding

Catch snowflakes on your tongue

Make a snow angel

Build a snow fort

Collect pine cones

Make paper snowflake cut-outs

Reread a favorite book from childhood

 

Eat and Drink

Bake cookies and share them with friends

Drink hot buttered rum

Make a pot of mulled wine or spiced cider

Make a big batch of chili

Bake a pie

Drink eggnog

Make snow cream

Bake cinnamon rolls

Make a warm, cheesy casserole

Add some peppermint schnapps to your hot chocolate

Pop open a bottle of Champagne

 

The Great Outdoors

Go ice skating

Hit the slopes

Go snowshoeing

Kick back in an outdoor hot tub

 

The Great Indoors

Cozy up in front of a roaring fire and watch the flames

Wear fuzzy slippers at home

Curl up under a blanket with a good book

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Shop after-Christmas sales (online, in your PJs)

Take a long bubble bath

Complete a jigsaw puzzle

 

Just Because

Cup a steaming mug in your hands on a cold day

Watch the snow fall

Wear mittens

Breathe in the smell of pine

Donate food/toys/clothing to a local charity

Mail a handwritten card to an old friend

Wear flannel PJs

Watch a local hockey game

Listen to the wind howl on a chilly night

Wear something red

Volunteer at a soup kitchen

Holiday

Decorate your home with festive lights

Put up a wreath

Decorate a gingerbread house

Take a drive to admire your neighbors’ holiday lights

Turn on the all-holiday-all-the-time radio station

Buy something from a holiday craft fair

Listen to carolers

Throw a Super Bowl party