37 Easy + Cheap Activities For Kids During Winter Break

Looking for easy and cheap things to do with your kids during winter break?!

You got it! Here’s a list of 37 things you can do with your kids during the holidays!

Winter break is so exciting (yay, no car line or packing lunches!). But if you’re looking for some easy and cheap things to do with your kids to keep them busy, I’ve compiled a list for you below!

Indoor activities for kids:

1. Make Christmas ornaments. (These are so easy to paint and if the kids mess up, you wipe them off and start over!)
2. Read Christmas stories or listen to Christmas read aloud books.
3. Go through all their toys, get rid of any toys they don’t want so you can “make room for new ones!”
4. Go on a scavenger hunt inside
5. Set up a fort or blankets on the living room floor and watch Christmas movies
6. Bake cookies or decorate Christmas cookies
7. Decorate gingerbread houses
8. Take Outschool classes (if you haven’t heard about Outschool, its awesome! You can sign up you kids for classes about art, story time, crafts, gaming, and more!)
9. Make handmade Christmas cards for friends and family
10. Write a letter to Santa of what you want for Christmas
11. Have a spa day
12. Let the kids go swimming in the bathtub!
13. Play restaurant while cooking dinner
14. Make bracelets for friends and family
15. Go on a scavenger hunt
16. Set a timer, have a cleaning contest, whoever finishes their area first, wins a prize or a treat! Thank
17. Have a picnic
18. Sing Christmas carols and use toy instruments or use instruments you make from paper towel rolls or kitchen utensils
19. Play board games
20. Make your own escape room
21. Look through old photos
22. Watch old family videos
23. Write letters to each other listing 5 things you love about each other.
24. Make a hot chocolate bar with toppings from the dollar store or stuff you already have!
25. Plan a gift exchange with handmade gifts
26. Donate blankets or warm clothes to people in need.
27. Invite friends to your house to have a cookie decorating or gingerbread house decorating contest.

Outdoor activities for kids:

1. Go on a scavenger hunt outside
2. Drive around looking at Christmas lights and decorations
3. Go to local holiday events
4. Make snow angels or a snowman if you have snow
5. Snow ball fight…
6. Make and hang a bird feeder
7. Have a picnic in your backyard
8. Make s’mores in your backyard
9. Go on a hike
10. Winter camping in your backyard

I’ve done most of these myself and they are all a huge hit!! My daughter remembers these moments more than anything else! Hope you enjoy it!

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