Staying Active When It's Cold Outside

It’s cold outside!  During the winter months it can be harder to enjoy time outside when it’s cold. Make the most of your family time and enjoy doing new activities together both inside and outside.

Indoor Activities

• Obstacle Course -- Kids love a nice challenge.  Set up an obstacle course throughout your house by doing a different activity in each room. Activities may include:  crawling under tables, climbing over furniture, jumping on pillows, tossing sock snowball into laundry baskets, and creating an indoor balance beam with masking tape.
• Dance Party -- Kids love to dance!  Turn up the music and enjoy a dance party together.  Let kids take turns picking their favorite song. 
• Balloon Toss -- This game is similar to volleyball, but you use a balloon instead.  Just blow up balloons and throw them into the air. The trick is making sure they don’t hit the ground.
• Physical Activity Cube -- Create your own physical activity cube and add your favorite activities on each side. Let each family member take a turn at rolling the cube and then everyone does the activity together.  The activity cube can have other themed activities like moving like an animal or fun yoga poses.

Outside Activities
Your family may want to go outside, so bundle up and enjoy some activities together!  Try some of these fun activities this winter:

• Outdoor Scavenger Hunt --  Make a list of 10 things that you may see during a walk.  Try a new path or a new course and have the kids check items off the list that they see or find.
• Play Freeze Tag -- A classic game that gets everyone moving. Let everyone in the family take a turn being the tagger.
• Let it Snow -- When it’s snowing outside, the family could help shovel snow together, make snow angels, or toss snowballs at each other.
• Visit the Playground -- Playgrounds are a favorite place to visit during the summer, but they are less busy during the winter months.  Kids will love playing on snow-covered slides.

It doesn’t matter whether your family ventures outside or decides to stay inside, there are many ways that you can be active together and make memories that last a lifetime.