Cold Weather Survival Activity Box

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Unfortunately winter is soon upon us.  Many Family Made Simple parents have asked for some indoor activity ideas since it will be too cold to let the kiddos out to play.

I like the idea of creating a “cold weather survival activity box”.  Its contents are really determined by your child(ren)’s interests.  My preschooler LOVES arts & crafts. So, last year, we went to the local dollar store and picked out a bunch of inexpensive goodies.

My daughter's winter survival box included:

  •          Crayons, colored pencils, chalk, watercolor paints
  •          Construction paper
  •          Stamps and ink pads
  •          BINGO Ink Stampers
  •          Lots of inexpensive Stickers
  •         Foam press-ons and googly eyes
  •          Glue Stick
  •          Play Dough and plastic cookie cutters
  •         A bag of cotton balls (to glue on paper)
  •         A Ziploc baggie of uncooked wide macaroni (to either string as a necklace or glue on paper)
  •        Sticky note pads (to make homemade stickers or have fun posting around the house 

We then went home and decorated the outside of her little survival box with stickers. 



I mostly just let her use her imagination and do what she wanted with the crayons, stickers etc, but you can always find neat craft ideas online. A few sites I like are:

Free Kids Crafts
Parents.com Arts & Crafts
Education.Com Arts & Crafts
Disney Family Fun

This is just one idea for wintertime survival (for both you and your little one). Keep on the look-out for more indoor activity ideas to come! Happy Crafting :)

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