Outdoor Winter Activities For Kids

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You can often hear people say that it can be challenging in winter to encourage children to go out and enjoy the outdoors in cold weather. Growing up in Siberia, where snow covers the earth for 7-8 months of the year, I learned to appreciate outdoor play immensely.

If it was too cold (-30C) we would usually stay indoors. However, the majority of our leisure time was spent skiing, sliding down the hills, making snowmen, tackling friends into soft snowdrifts, and playing snowball fights. For those of you who are enjoying winter break with your children, here is a list of activities and ideas to do outdoors that are fun and educational.

The children-led play is one of the best choices parents can make allowing their kids to choose, create and follow their outdoor adventures in nature – discovering and satisfying their curiosity:

Drawing on snow with sticks

Creating patterns on snow with sticks and rocks

Make snow shower by standing under branches with caps of snow and shaking the tree and branches

Play with sticks and stones in the snow – Happy Hooligans

Go on a winter-themed nature walk – Rain Or Shine Mama

Learning to appreciate nature and make observations during this special and magical time of the year is a great way to enlarge child’s world and engage their senses in fun activities: