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Winter is upon us. The kids get cabin fever quickly when their outside free time is limited. You're looking for some fun things to do before you all start climbing the walls. You don't need a wallet full of cash to enjoy the cold, snowy days. There are all kinds of frugal ways to enjoy the winter season together both indoors and outdoors. Here are a few frugal boredom busters to have as your 911 plan for the winter blahs.
Outdoor Fun
1. Homemade Snowman Kit
It's just not winter fun without building a snowman. Assemble a snowman kit to have handy. Your kit can contain the following:
A hat, scarf, mittens, plastic carrot nose, charcoal briquettes, (place in plastic baggie) buttons, and can add two dowels or branches for arms.
2. Obstacle Courses or Winter Olympics
Jump over the mounds of snow or have relay races.
3. Snow Paint
Mix food coloring and water and add to spray water bottles and spray the snow to make colorful works of art outside.
4. Homemade Bird Feeder and Bird Identification
Need large pine cones, peanut butter, and birdseed. Add peanut butter to pine cones and roll in birdseed. Keep a journal of birds in your yard. Can borrow a field guide from your local library.
5. Snow Ice Cream
Mixing together a quart of milk, an egg, 1 cup sugar, teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract in a pan. Cook on stove top until mixtures thicken and cool to room temperature. Pour this mixture over fresh clean snow.
Or
- 3 cups loose clean snow
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Mix all the ingredients.
6. Snow Golf
Use a tin can buried in the snow for the holes or just carve out holes in the snow.
7. Winter Photography
Take pictures of nature. Icicles, birds, trees, etc.
8. Identify Tracks in the Snow
Check out a book from your local library on animal tracks.
By Sara Noel is a freelance writer and the Editor/Publisher of http://www.FrugalVillage.com and http://www.HomesteadGarden.com
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