Wednesday, December 21, 2016

First Day of Winter 2016

The arrival of winter brings much excitement! Will there be SNOW this year? The giddy delight and anticipation of SNOW brings out the child in many and in others~ the dreaded Cabin Fever!

While there is yet time to prepare for the arrival of cold winter days, use these lingering mild days to gather your supplies to ward off Cabin Fever. Listed below are 100+ Ideas to assist your planning of Fun Creative Adventures throughout the Long Cold Winter ahead.

100+ Ideas and Cures for Cabin Fever

1.Long Winter Nap
2. Read your favorite book
3. Watch football play offs
4. Watch a movie 
5. Play board games
6. Play cards
7. 1000 piece puzzles
8. Spring Cleaning Early
9. Crafts or hobbies
10. Bake Cookies 
11. Plan a party
12. Write letters to send to friends and family
13. Make Valentines Cards to send to shut ins
14. Phone Home
15. Doodle, draw or paint
16. Design a new flowerbed or vegetable garden
17. Order seed catalogs 
18. Steamy cups of cocoa, hot tea or coffee 
19. Clean out closets
20. Make plans for your summer vacation 
21. Knit or Crochet 
22. Sew a new wardrobe 
23. Start a quilt
24. Build a snowman 
25. Bake a cake
26. Redecorate a room in your house
27. Go for a snowy walk
28. Organize your photos
29. Visit your next door neighbor 
30. Eat sleep and be merry
31. Books on tape
32. Online shopping 
33. Watch an entire tv series 
34. Snowy photography 
35. Write a book
36. Mop the kitchen
37. Create a Bucket List
38. Take down all of your Christmas decorations 
39. Explore New Career Options
40. Research local charities to support in 2017
41. Watch Critter Cams
42. Experiment with new recipes 
43. Catch up with old friends online
44. Memorize a poem or Bible verses
45. Play a musical instrument 
46. Exercise 
47. Prepare your tax return 
48. Feed the birds
49. Play charades 
50. Learn a new dance
51. Pull out all of your crayons, markers and colored pencils and Color
52. Snow painting
53. Cold Weather Science Experiments
54. Origami
55. Cut out designer paper snowflakes
56. Play Scrabble
57. Legos are a ‘must’
58. Build a blanket fort
59. Water all of your houseplants
60. Make paper airplanes
61. Learn the art of Calligraphy
62. Picnic in the snow [or favorite room]
63. Sort change and roll coins
64. String beads
65. Read your favorite book out loud [in characters]
66. Create a year in advance family fun~days calendar
67. Get a head start on hand crafted Christmas Gifts
68. Write Winter themed Haiku
69. Learn to ‘say’ the alphabet in American Sign Language
70. Create a collection of your favorite quotes
71. Memorize all of the States and State Capitals
72. Time how quickly a pot of boiling water will freeze solid outdoors
73. Create eclectic weavings from items around the house
74. Play checkers
75. Try a new hairstyle
76. Make a list of your 10 best friends and see how many words can be created from the letters in their names
77. Sing LOUD with your favorite CD
78. Try walking backwards through your house without touching anything or falling down
79. Memorize all the Presidents and Vice Presidents in order of their years in service
80. Learn to write in ‘mirror~writing’ [backwards and in reverse]
81. What is your wildest dream? Write the steps you need to take to obtain your dream
82. Identify animal tracks in the snow
83. Invite all the neighborhood children over for a playdate
84. Host a Soup Party for the neighborhood
85. Create Ice Sculptures
86. Build Fairy Houses to be placed in your garden in the Spring
87. Paint a self portrait
88. Update your address book
89. Decorate boiled eggs for lunch
90. Create a list of everything and everyone you like
91. Have a Tea Party
92. Give yourself a manicure
93. Write, Draw and Eat all day using your non-dominate hand
94. Research your favorite animal
95. Make friendship bracelets for each of your friends
96. Go on a scavenger hunt
97. Make sock puppets and have a puppet show
98. Write a Thank you note to your favorite teacher
99. Create a collage of your favorite winter activities
100.Make a fingerprint zoo
101. Wear your dressiest clothes and Sparkle


What is YOUR favorite way to fight Cabin Fever?

~Carol #freedfromBoxes
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© 2016 Carol Lane Fleming

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