This Christmas break, don’t despair if you have a house full of bored kids. These fun winter-break activities will keep
your children occupied and happy both indoors and out – even throughout the frosty season!
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Here is our family favorite:
Make a Winter Mural
No matter where you live, you’ll get your child thinking about nature’s gifts
with this indoor-outdoor activity. For year-long fun, try it each time the
seasons change.
Materials Needed:
· Paperplate
· Natural objects from outdoors
· Paper bag
· Elmer’s glue
· Markers or crayons
Directions: On a nice winter day, take your child for a treasure hunt walk outdoors. Look at the landscape and talk about how you can tell it’s winter. Then, fill your paper bag with treasures like some of the interesting plants, berries, nuts, and weeds that you find on your walk. When you get home, spread out what you’ve found on a table. Arrange the treasures on the paper plate and carefully glue all of down. You can add to the picture with your own drawings and cut outs.
