100 Screen Free Activities for Winter

    It's that time of year where the air is getting nippy, the days are cold, wet and raw and we're stuck inside.  We're finishing up school most days by noon and all the kids want to watch movies and play video games.  It's fine for a little while but after a week or so they seem bored, antsy and in need of activity ideas.  Here's a list of screen free activities to keep the kids occupied this winter:

1. Play a board game
   
2. Build with Legos
3. Make a scratch art picture 
4. Make embroidery floss bracelets 
5. Put together some puzzles
6. Build with Keva blocks
   
7. Use masking tape to make hopscotch grid and play hopscotch 
8. Draw a town with roads on a dollar store shower curtain to play with toy trucks
9. Draw with dry erase markers on the window
10. Play a card game or learn a new card game 
11. Color in coloring books with markers
    
12. Put on some music and dance!
13. Use K'nex pieces to build a new invention
14. Build with Qubits
15. Play with shaving cream
    
16. Make Flubber or Slime (recipes here)
17. Put together a toothpick/ marshmallow sculpture 
18. Draw your own comic strip
19. Use an elastic band to adhere wax paper to your feet and "ice skate" on the hardwood floors
20. Put together a model vehicle 
21. Play with Play dough
    
22. Go sledding
23. Play ping pong
24. Play Foosball 
25. Read a book 
26. Build a snow fort
    
27. Make a bird feeder
28. Try a new or make a favorite recipe
29. Make your own movie
30. Play a musical instrument or make your own to play
31. Build a blanket fort
    
32. Look at our 100 items under a Microscope post and use the Microscope
33. Play air hockey
34. Exercise-- lift weights, do some yoga, or use the treadmill
35. Play with remote control cars; make a ramp or an obstacle course for them
36. Have a Nerf Gun Tournament complete with target and scoring
37. Make a painting 
    
38. Use Extreme Dot to Dot books
39. Use the wood burning tool and some wood to make a picture
40. Play musical chairs 
41. Build with Magnetic blocks
    
42. Make a marble maze with Q-Ba blocks 
43. Set up a long trail around the house using Domino blocks and then knock them over
44. Try out a new hot cocoa recipe 
45. Make Popsicle stick chain reactions
    
46. Build a cup tower
47. Play charades
48. Play hide and seek 
49. Go bowling 
50. Make a marble roller coaster using pool noodles, tape, and cardboard tubes
51. Play with snap circuits
    
52. Learn a new dice game
53. Build houses out of cards
54. Make paper chains
55. Use one of our boxed science kits
    
56. Make a snowcano-- using snow, baking soda and vinegar
57. Play with geoboards and elastics
58. Play Twister
59. Make spin art using the salad spinner, paper and paint
60. Play with pattern blocks 
    
61. Finger paint
62. Learn how to finger knit, sew, or crochet
63. Make up a secret code and send letters to your friend using that code
64. Play with animal sets, soap and water
65. Make a snowstorm in a jar
66. Make bubbles freeze (blowing bubbles outside when the weather is below freezing)
    
67. Make some snowflakes for the window
68. Make a duct tape craft
69. Weave a CD
70. Play some Minute to Win it games
71. Make your own bookmark
72. Build a snowman
    
73. Try soap carving
74. Make your own bouncy balls
75. Find an indoor pool and go swimming 
76. Make paper bag puppets
77. Make your own Zentangle
78. Make Snow Dough for playing inside (recipe here)
    
79. Build a balloon powered Lego car
80. Grow some crystals
81. Make a paper airplane and elastic band launcher
82. Make a Swedish lantern
83. Visit a trampoline park 
84. Go on a winter hike
    
85. Go to the aquarium 
86. Do some woodworking
87. Volunteer for a local charity 
88. Design a better sled (like we did here)
    
89. Put on some music, grab some friends and Limbo
90. Origami!
91. Have a picnic in the living room
92. Make loom band bracelets
93. Force/ plant some flowering bulbs 
94. Use sand art kit
    
95. Go ice fishing
96. Visit a museum
97. Learn a magic or card trick
98. Grab your camera and capture all the winter wonders
99. Play with Wedgits
    
100. Have a snowball fight

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