Frugal Winter Fun You don't need a wallet full of cash to enjoy the cold, snowy days.
There are all kinds of frugal ways to enjoy the winter season together both indoors and outdoors.
Here are a few frugal boredom busters to keep your kids happy this winter, and to keep your pocketbook even happier. *Homemade Snowman Kit It's just not winter fun without building a snowman.
Assemble a snowman kit to have handy.
Your kit can contain the following: A hat, scarf, mittens, plastic carrot nose, charcoal briquettes, (place in plastic baggie) buttons, and can add two dowels or branches for arms. *Obstacle Courses or Winter Olympics Jump over the mounds of snow or have relay races. *Snow Paint Mix food coloring and water and add to spray water bottles and spray the snow to make colorful works of art outside. *Homemade Bird Feeder and Bird Identification Need large pine cones, peanut butter, and birdseed.
Add peanut butter to pine cones and roll in birdseed.
Keep a journal of birds in your yard.
Can borrow a field guide from your local library. *Snow Ice Cream Mixing together a quart of milk, an egg, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract in a pan.
Cook on stove top until mixtures thicken and cool to room temperature.
Pour this mixture over fresh snow. *Snow Golf Use a tin can buried in the snow for the holes or just carve out holes in the snow. *Winter Photography Take pictures of nature.
Icicles, birds, trees, etc. *Identify Tracks in the Snow Check out a book from your local library on animal tracks.
Once you get started, you and your kids will find lots of ways to have fun without spending money this winter - maybe you'll even build your own igloo! .