It doesn’t get too frigid here during the winter but we do good a few good cold snaps that will result in a few days of indoor play sure to set kids of all ages into a cabin fever induced frenzy.
Need some ideas to keep them busy while keeping yourself sane? We’ve got a few.
Fun with marshmallows:
Marshmallows are a yummy treat but they can be fun when crafting too! Try this cute little igloo:
What you’ll need:
Mini Marshmallows
Icing
Plastic/styrofoam cup
What you’ll Do:
Cut the styrofoam cup down to the size you want your igloo
Flip upside down and use icing to glue it to the plate
Cut and extra strip from your left over styrofoam to use as your entrance, glue down with icing
Once your igloo is “iced” to the surface, use your frosting to glue the marshmallows around your cup, starting at the bottom.
Marshmallow Snowman
If you want a snowman to go with your igloo, use large marshmallows and icing to stack your snowman. We raided the left over Halloween candy to decorate our snowman, mini M&M’s make great buttons, mini chocolate chips for eyes and a twizzler or fruit roll up can be used for scarves.
Ice Block Sun Catcher
We don’t get a ton of below freezing days but this makes a great activity to do and store in your freezer for when the cold snap hits.
What you’ll need:
Ice Trays
Food Coloring
Pie Pan
Plastic Cup
What you’ll do:
Fill your ice trays with water and use your food coloring to make different color cubes
freeze
Fill your pie pan 1/2 way with water and sit your plastic cup full of water down in the pie pan to create a hole for freezing around then place in freezer.
Once your cubes are frozen take those out and place on top of the frozen half of the ice in your pie pan, fill with more water, place back in the freezer and freeze solid
Once everything is frozen you can take out and push the small amount of ice that is frozen over your cup hole (running warm water over the back of the pan will helps loosen your block of ice) then use a ribbon to hang from a tree or branch outside.
Alternate ways to make this would be to use slices of lemon, oranges or limes with some glitter in the place of your colored ice cubes.
We had a great time showing these ideas to our friends at Daytime Alabama
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