Snow day activities for kids

March 1, 12:08 PMCharlotte Parenting ExaminerJanet Cooper Haas

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It's the dead of winter, and schools are closed.  Instead of worrying about your to-do list, take this opportunity to create some fun for your kids with these handy-dandy snow day activities:

• Fill a spray bottle with water and food coloring, and decorate your front lawn.
• Give each child a shovel and go to work on the driveway.  Their incentive?  Hot chocolate with marshmallows.
• Make snow candy.
• Conduct homemade science experiments.
• Close the curtains, dim the lights, and enjoy a movie together.  A great opportunity for cuddle time.  Don't forget the popcorn!
• Create a scrapbook with pictures from past snow days.
• Build a fort out of blankets and camp "in," complete with s'mores.  Here's a good recipe for indoor s'mores.
• Read together.
• Be proactive, and make homemade cards for upcoming birthdays.
• Stage a scavenger hunt.
• Break out the board games.
• Give them washable paint and brushes, and allow them to ignite their creativity on your windows.
• Bake something special together.  Then have a tea party, complete with your best cups, saucers, candlelight and cloth napkins. 
• Make paper snowflakes and hang them around the house.  Get some nifty designs here.
• Go through your child's room with them, and organize their toys.  Set aside items to donate.

If you absolutely have to go to work:

• Create a babysitting co-op with neighbors, and take turns watching the kids when schools are closed. 
• Call a neighborhood teen to entertain the kids.
• Take your child to work, and show them how you spend your days.  Make sure to bring a bag filled with arts and crafts, books and quiet games.