It's the most wonderful time of the year and there is plenty to do indoors and outdoors on this bucket list. Enjoy, and happy holidays!
1. Go sledding!
2. Build a snowman.
3. Watch Christmas movies together.
4. Go caroling.
5. Make salt dough ornaments.
6. Drive around your neighborhood too see the Christmas lights.
7. Go ice skating.
8. Have a snowball fight.
9. Make and decorate a gingerbread house.
10. Listen to Christmas music.
11. Start a New Year's Eve tradition of popping a balloon with an activity inside each hour leading up until midnight.
24. Want to challenge your snow building skills? Go for a fort or an igloo!
11. Start a New Year's Eve tradition of popping a balloon with an activity inside each hour leading up until midnight.
12. Take treats to a nursing home or elderly neighbor.
13. Make a snowflake craft.
14. Read and/or watch The Polar Express.
15. Take your own Polar Express ride. Print tickets, grab some hot cocoa to go, and take a scenic ride.
16. Many railways offer Christmas rides. Check with your local railway and go on a train ride!
18. Fill water balloons and set them in the snow to freeze. Peel off balloon once frozen and you have giant ice marbles!
19. Take a ski trip.
20. Feed the birds with this quick and easy bird feeder.
- Thread Cheerios on a pipe cleaner.
- Twist to make a loop at the top for hanging.
- Twist the bottom together to secure the Cheerios.
21. Watch a Christmas parade.
22. Too cold outside? Have an indoor snowball fight with these easy no-sew snowballs.
23. Make snow angels.
24. Want to challenge your snow building skills? Go for a fort or an igloo!
25. Construct an indoor obstacle course with cushions, pillows, and chairs.
26. Bake and decorate Christmas cookies.
27. Paint the snow! Fill squirt bottles with food coloring and water and make colorful creations in the fresh snow.
28. Cook popcorn on the stove. For an extra treat, add nuts, chocolate chips, or chocolate-covered candies.
29. Make a countdown to Christmas or a countdown to spring paper chain. Remove a link every day.
30. Play classic board games like Sorry, Candyland, or Monopoly.
31. Visit Santa at the mall.
32. Read Christmas and winter-themed books to the kids.
33. Go on a winter picnic. Take hot soup in a thermos, sandwiches, and plenty of blankets.
34. Make “Santa footprints” for Christmas morning!
- Supplies: baking soda or flour and glitter.
- Dip a large shoe and make footprints where Santa was!
35. Make puffy snow paint by mixing equal parts glue and shaving cream. Paint snowmen on black construction paper.
36. Blow bubbles outside on freezing days and watch them turn into ice bubbles!
37. Teach your kids to knit. If you don't know how, it's fun to learn together. Try to make mittens!
38. Make a Christmas Eve gift for the kids to open a little early. Fill with new pajamas, a Christmas book, and packets of hot chocolate.
39. Give to a child in need. Let your little ones pick out the gift, or pack a box together for Operation Christmas Child.
40. Go on a winter scavenger hunt!
- Make up a list for each member to mark off.
- Some ideas for your list: icicles, pine cones, and red berries.