101 Winter Family Activities are something every parent needs in their parenting arsenal! Winter Family Activities! I’m telling you right now – the winter can be a little depressing this time of year. It’s cold. It’s dark. It’s just not great for getting out and about with little or big kids! I’ve always just really wished the winter months away! But here’s the best part? I’ve discovered a ton of things for you and your kids to do in the winter months. You don’t want to stay inside – you do want to go out and about! Here’s what you can do!
101 Winter Family Activities
It’s important to always have a running list on hand! I don’t know if your kids are the same way, but as soon as it starts to get cold outside my kids get stir crazy! They don’t want to just sit and do nothing (which is a good thing!). They want to be out and about, so I love to try and keep them busy. With the winter really just starting here, it’s important for me to make sure I have tons of ideas to toss out at the kids when we have a “day off!”
Just in case I’m not alone, I wanted to share 101 Winter Family Activities with you today!
Get ready because the winter is really just starting!! Enjoy and let me know what I missed! I would love for you to share whatever I don’t have with me!! I’m all about this kind of stuff and I love to add to my list!
Winter Activities
| Sledding |
| Skiing
Creating a Hot Cocoa bar in the Kitchen |
| Ice Skating |
| Arts & Crafts Night |
| Movie Nights on the Couch |
| Snowball Fights |
| Game Night Home |
| Build Snow Forts |
| Cross Country Skiing |
| Make a Snowman |
| Make Pillow Forts |
| Breakfast in Bed on the Weekends |
| Indoor Swimming |
| Create a Reading Nook |
| Make Cookies for your Family/Neighbors |
| Make your own Inspiration Board |
| Shovel Driveway and HELP Neighbors, too |
| Visit the Zoo in the Winter (many times it’s free!) |
| Snowboarding Lessons as a Family |
| Tube Sledding |
| Indoor Waterparks |
| Toboggan Sledding |
| Read Stories Together or Listen to Books Online |
| Ice Fishing
Send a Handwritten letter to someone you love |
| Pajama Day |
| Video Game Marathon |
| Watch Old Family Movies |
| Send cards to a local nursing home |
| Scrapbooking |
| Indoor Obstacle Course |
| Walk your Neighborhood |
| Go to a Hockey Game (local team) |
| Visit a Local Light-Night Extravaganza |
| Train Rides |
| Head to the Movie Theatre |
| Dance Party at Home |
| Family Yoga |
| Go to a Basketball Game (local team) |
| Theatre Productions |
| Fancy Dinner out with the Family |
| Play “House” or “Restaurant” at home |
| Indoor Laser Tag |
| Hibachi NIght |
| Go Shopping at the Mall |
| Bowling Night |
| Put Together Puzzles |
| Make a Music Video |
| Roller Skating |
| Dave & Buster’s Time |
| Take a Knitting Class |
| Try out some of the Wood Shop Classes at Home Depot (free) |
| Have an Indoor NERF Battle |
| Indoor Trampoline Park |
| Sleepover (everyone) in the Living Room |
| No Technology Weekend (can you do it?) |
| Create Snow Forts |
| Snow Angels |
| Make Wishes on the Winter Stars |
| Make Paper Snowflakes |
| Make your Own Wrapping Paper for next year |
| Travel to NYC to see the SIGHTS (if you’re close) |
| Visit the Beach while it’s COLD! |
| Donate Clothes/Diapers/Socks to Local Shelters |
| Make Snow Cones |
| Design T-Shirts as a Fun Activity |
| Host a Winter Party for your Child’s Class |
| Send Holiday Cards to the Military |
| Make Homemade Presents for Grandparents |
| Update a 2017 Calendar |
| Frame Old Photos |
| Make a GINGERBREAD House |
| Visit the Library |
| Tour a Museum |
| Make Cookies for your local Fire Station/Police Station |
| Bring Donations to your Local Hospitals (see what they might need) |
| Make Homemade Soup |
| Be Part of a Coat Drive |
| Create an Outdoor Picnic |
| Set up a Winter Shop at home (pop stuff online to sell, too!) |
| Mannequin Challenge Video |
| Pottery Class |
| Make a Bird Feeder
Help Put Away the Holiday Decorations |
| Winter Scavenger Hunt throughout the Neighborhood |
| Make Your Own Fudge |
| Visit Chuckie Cheese |
| LEGO Building |
| Leave Food out for local Deer |
| Watch Hacks You Can Do for your Family with the Kids |
| Indoor Mini-Golf |
| Tie-Dye Items |
| Watch Hair Tutorials and Learn some new Hairdos |
| Haircut Day with the Family |
| Host a Football Homegating Party |
| Start a Journal |
| Day of Science Experiments at Home |
| Set-up a Family Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/YouTube Account |
| Family Cooking Lessons |
| Start a Family Blog |
Make sure you check out my personal YouTube channel to see what else we do in the winter! We post videos every single week and would love for you to get some inspo from them!!
OK!! And now for the Fall months?? Here is 101 Fall Activities to Do with your Family.
One thing you can add to your activities with kids is Mini Pie Making Kit from Table Talk Pies. It’s so much fun for kids to do with you.
This is an awesome list! I can’t believe you packed so much into one post. Great ideas. Bookmarking!
Love this list and will most likely do more than half of them this year. I love the inspiration here. Thanks!!
We live in Upstate NY where the winters are long and cold. Lots of great ideas on this list! We always liked winter swimming. Of course my kids are now on swim team, I guess they were inspired 🙂
You know we’re huge proponents of “Game Night Home”. There are so many great products out there – it’s not all Monopoly and Scrabble!
What a great list! We love having game night! We try to do it once a week.
This list is great! I’m going to print it off to have on hand when my grandkids come to visit.
Brilliant list! Even for Southern California!! I see a whole lot of family fun this winter.
What an awesome list! You didn’t miss anything and although we have really calm winters in Phoenix, we can use pretty much all of these! Love it!
Love this list and the wide variety of suggestions. I am going to plan family yoga for the 5 of us soon.