Hey Friends –
It’s a Snow Day today!
The kids have been hoping, praying, flushing ice cubes down the toilet in anticipation of a day off of school…and early this morning we learned their wish came true!
Rather than dealing with bored, fighting kids who whine about wanting to watch TV and use screens all day—I tried to be a bit more proactive.
The result — Snow Day Shuffle!
And friends, we are having a BLAST!
First, I created a Snow Day Shuffle Board on the computer, while they were outside building a snow fort, of course. You can print one here Snow day Shuffle Card
The board looks similar to a BINGO board. I filled the squares with fun things to do, inside and outside (but not involving TV/screen stuff). Activities like—
- Color a snow day picture
- Read a book
- Make your bed
- Drink hot chocolate
- Get some indoor exercise
- Play Snow Day Bingo
- Make a Snow Day craft
- Play checkers with your brother/sister
I pulled out a Snowman rubber stamp, and printed off a Snow Day Shuffle Board for each kid.
When the kids came inside, I told them all about the Snow Day Shuffle idea. And, of course, the best part (to them!) ~ if they fill their board, they win a prize!
Then I went to town printing downloadables off of the computer.
- I made a Snow Day Bingo (click here),
- Snow Day color sheets (click here),
- Snow Day Crossword puzzles (click here) and more!
- More Snow Day ideas on my Pinterest board
The kids are busy coloring igloos and penguins right now. Our Snow Day Shuffle is working! Yippee!
Update: now that my kids are “tweens” I’ve updated the Snow Day Shuffle board. Here’s a new and improved Snow Day Shuffle board card. You can print yours here: Snow day pdf
What about for you…do you have any tips for Snow Day success? Share your tips with me please!
Gotta run…it’s almost time for our Snow Day BINGO to start. I better get out the colorful M & M’s (our markers for the BINGO board).
Have an AMAZING week filled with many fun, family moments!
Sweet blessings,
P.S. My two little girls just headed upstairs to help each other make their beds. I’m not making this up! Woo Hoo! Can every day be a Snow Day?
Awesome.
We have not had a snow day here yet, but what a fantastic idea! We have to have one eventually (this IS Colorado!!). We've only had one delayed start. I hope you don't mind if I steal your idea for my littles!Shannon at The Warrior Muse gearing up for the upcoming 2012 A to Z Challenge!
Please use the ideas for your little ones! Have so much fun, Shannon! 🙂
My son always looked forward to snow days, when he was in school. Now that he's an adult, I don't think there will be too many of those. You have some wonderful ideas for snow day activities.
Thanks, Susanne! 🙂
You brought back memories for me with this post. My three girls and I loved snow days when they were little. We would drink hot chocolate with marshmallows. We would go out to make snow men…and watch our doggy running and jumping in the snow! We would get our saucers out and slide down the hill.Inside we would make forts and climb inside the forts and tell stories. We would build a fire in the fireplace, and sit by it to warm up, and read books together.We would make cookies and eat them with a glass of milk and a grilled cheese sandwich, and a warm bowl of soup at lunch time.We would color, and play with play dough…and play board games.And before daddy would get home we would all go out and scoop the driveway and sidewalk. Then they would come in and take warm baths, put their PJ's on and get ready for dinner and a movie together before going off to bed!Yup…Happy Memories for me!Thanks Cindy! Glad you guys enjoy those snow days too!My girls are all grown with kids of their own, and now on snow days I stay inside and read books, and drink hot tea. I look out the windows and remember days gone by!Love, Linda
Oh Linda, I love all of your ideas! What fun! Your inspiring me with new ideas! Thanks for sharing!
What a great idea! We live in Buffalo and haven't had many "snow" days this year…go figure! This reminds me though…of the year and a half that I taught high-school English before my oldest was born…I was PRAYING for snow days as much as any of my students. I think we ended up with one for the entire year…oh well!
We are having our first snow day today. Low and behold, after only 2 waking hours the kids sounded like they wanted to kill each other, bickering and yelling. Thank you SO much for this great idea. Maybe we will have a more peaceful afternoon!!