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Looking ahead to winter…..
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It’s Indian Summer around here (71 degrees, yay!), but I’m thinking ahead to the days after the holiday season when we’re stuck inside somewhat. We do love to get out in the snow and hike a little in colder weather, but we tend to be homebodies. So…..
I’m trying to put together a list of fun ideas and activities beyond playing Wii and watching movies or old TV series. Then I can be prepared for those days when we’re kind of stuck inside. I thought I’d open up a conversation for sharing ideas on this, if you’re game!
Blessings,
Sue
The winter time is our crafting time – when we do scrapbooking, sewing, crochet and learn new things. We also like to walk in the cold weather with our dog. Apart from that we plan our garden for the next year, start plants for the spring and either keep them on a windowledge or in the cold frame outside. We also like to make our Christmas gifts and start planning our cookies and treats to make for the holidays. We love winter and love being snuggled up inside, though we love to go to the barn as well in the cold weather and hang out with the people and horses, and help where we can. Nature study is fantastic in the winter – and we always feed birds and visit the local park to see the wildlife that is out and about. For those of you with loads on snow, then there is sledding and playing and hot chocolate after – I can’t wait. Hugs, Linda
I’m with Linda, I can’t wait. I like nature study in the cold weather, no poisonous snakes and ticks to worry with. 🙂
Knitting, sewing, cooking, baking, and reading are so pleasurable in cold months, along with hot drinks and soft blankets by a warm fire.
Awww, thanks for reminding me… 🙂
A lot of people think I am weird, but I love to come from out in the cold, draw the drapes, close up snug and tight, and be with my family, doing our hobbies – eating and drinking home made goodies and just being close. Somehow enjoying the winter like this makes the spring awakening even better – and yes fewer bugs, that is always a good thing.
We too enjoy all of the above posts. I also like to get those puzzles that seem near to impossible and set the pieces out on the dining room table. Over the week it gives the kiddos something to work on. We also love board games. Usually after dinner we pull out a game or two with some homemade cookies and hot cocoa. Last year for Christmas my mom bought the kids one of those blow up houses. We have tall ceilings in our sunroom and I set it up for them in there to burn off some energy. During the week, when I need to get out of the house, we head to the Children’s Museum. We are blessed to live to one of the biggest in the US so we really get use from our membership in the cold months. Have a blessed day!
We live in a rainforest, so we have many, many dark and/or rainy days (over 300 days a year). We are outside in it A LOT. We have to be or we would never get outside. We just get good gear and get out there. We also do a lot of winter camping and hiking.
But I also have a great little book I just picked up called “Cabin Fever Relievers”. There are seven chapters detailing ideas from kitchen “messes” to garage action games to dramas and storytelling. One that I think we’ll try soon is “Dinner at the White House” (we might change the title) where we get all dressed up and display our newly honed manners after practicing them for a few days ahead of time, so there’s not much correction needed. Might be a good night to order in!
There are also a few activities in sensitivity training for kids… such as doing a type of sensory deprivation for them to understand what it’s lke to be blind, deaf, or even just have a broken leg. Get crutches, blindfolds, and let them figure out solutions to their dilemmas, offering lots of time for being thankful for their good health or blessedness, For my girls, it woudl also be great for learning that they COULD do without something if they ever have to. They wouldn’t just curl up and die if they couldn’t hear or see or talk….
We also do most of our Dad-led projects during the winter. He gets all the supplies organized in the garage and they work with him for hours on the littlest things. They’ve already started making their sleds for the winter…. It ought to be interesting when they head up the hill on the first test-drive… yikes! DH is a big fan of letting them learn by consequences.
Thanks for this post! Hope to see some more great ideas!
Blessings- Jenni
We collect a box all year long, about the size of a shoe box, with nature items to draw for nature study when we have exhausted our winter nature study ideas. We collect acorns, sea shells, wasp nests, bird feathers, egg shells, bird nests, etc. It is nice to think spring is around the corner since I am NOT a winter lover and we live in the North US.
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