While winter heralds many good experiences, like the holidays, it can also complicate child care. Whether your little one is home due to school breaks for festivities or snow days, the outside climate often leaves them stuck indoors. In such cases, you could find yourself wracking your brain for fun indoor activities. To create lasting memories during these days, try the ideas outlined below.

How to Entertain Kids During Winter

1. Dance Party

Many kids love to dance, which also happens to be great exercise. To start the party, clear some space in the family room and turn on their favorite music. Make it even more fun with costumes, multi-colored light strings, or glow-in-the-dark accessories. 

Learning the dance routines of their beloved pop stars will create a deeper bonding experience. By the end of the party, your child will have expended a lot of energy—which will help them fall asleep easier as well.

2. Living Room Campout

When it's too cold outside to go camping, turn it into an indoor activity. Work with your child to set up a tent, then bring in sleeping bags, blankets, and pillows.

Using construction paper and an LED candle will create an artificial campfire, which you and your kid can sit around while sharing your favorite stories. With your oven, you can also accomplish a popular part of camping—eating s'mores. 

3. Puppet Theater

Child care involves finding ways to spark the imagination, which you do by throwing a puppet theater show. Make the movable models out of old socks, and add buttons, yarn, and scrap fabric to give them eyes, hair, and clothing. Alternatively, you can use lunch bags, crayons, craft paper, and glue.

Encourage your kid's creativity skills by having them create the story. Then, help them act out the scenes with their puppets. You can serve as a backstage crew member, using a flashlight as a spotlight and filming it all for posterity.

For the days when you can't entertain your little one on your own, turn to Tiny World Child Care. Located in Brookline, MA, they offer a nurturing environment for young children, complete with a diverse curriculum that includes music, science, cooking, and Spanish. Their child care experts provide many opportunities for your little ones to grow intellectually, emotionally, and mentally. Call (617) 232-0115 or message them online to schedule a tour.