Sledding: An old classic that never fails to amaze new generations. You have many choices; remember that often the most simple is often the best choice. For toddlers, you don’t have to have a hill; a little bump is enough for them to have fun. Children also love to pull each other or some stuffed animals on flat ground. For smaller children it is best to use a simple plastic toboggan that they can go down feet first.
Sand toys: Don’t put the sand toys that you used in the
summer away for the winter. A bucket and shovel is as great of a toy in the winter as it is on the beach in the summer. You can use the snow the same way you use sand.
Snow angels: Of course this requires freshly fallen snow, but the best part is that you can make them anywhere. One day my daughter and I made snow angels on every snow bank from our house to the park. It was really fun to count how many were still there on the walk home.
Snowman: There are so many ways to make snowman so use your imagination and see where it takes you. Make sure your ready when the snow falls. Do as Tammy Malone in Toronto does, she has a snowman kit ready. In a tin cookie can put a hat, mittens, scarf, large buttons and some black decorative rocks from the dollar store (found in the floral or craft isle). Keep a bag of carrots in the fridge and voila, an instant snowman kit that is reusable.
