Keep kids busy during the chilly months with these 5 winter boredom busters. Keep little hands and minds busy with a frosty outdoor scavenger hunt, staging a play with a wintry puppet theater or going on a winter animal safari. Check out all the ideas below including printables for all 5 ideas!
Do you want to build a snowman? Hide pieces from the Snowman Costume Kit around the house and give kids the printable checklist to mark off each item they find. Once they have found all the pieces, head outdoors and put your snowman together! If there isn't any snow, have the kids take turns dressing up as a silly snowman with all the pieces they find and have an indoor snowball fight with Light-Up Plush Snowballs.
This fun activity can keep little hands busy for hours by creating a mini winter scene with fun felt pieces. Hot Glue a Felt Sheet onto a piece of cardboard.
Print and cut out the images from the template and trace onto felt. Cut the felt pieces out and let the fun begin! Kids can add Buttons and cut small scarves out of felt to their snowmen. They'll love to mix and match the trees, mountains and clouds.
This activity is fun, educational and kids will have a blast searching for their wintry animal friends. Print and cut out the animal facts and tie them to the Roly Poly Nordic Noel Stuffed Animals using Baker's Twine. Kids will love learning a ton of fun facts about some of their favorite animals in winter.
Imagination is an amazing thing and what better way for kids to use their imagination than to create their very own puppet show. Create a mini puppet theater by gluing pieces of paper from the Winter Cardstock Variety Pack onto a Elmer's® Mini Corrugated Tri-Fold Display Board. Cut out a rectangle into the middle of the board using Scissors. Print out the words and pennant banner onto White Cardstock and cut out. Hot Glue the words, banner and Foam Snowflake Glitter Shapes onto the display board. Put together the polar bears from the Silly Polar Bear Craft Kit and attach them to Craft Sticks using Hot Glue. Kids will love putting on a show for friends and family with their very own puppet theater!
Bundle up and take a walk around the neighborhood to see what wintry items you can find! Print out the Winter I Spy Printable onto White Cardstock , grab a Snowflake Pencil and head outdoors. Kids will love searching for animal footprints, snowflakes and many other frosty items! Once the kids have checked off everything on their list, head back home for the final item on their checklist...hot chocolate! These White Winter Ceramic Mugs are perfect for that sweet and chocolatey treat topped with lots of whipped cream!
