December19th - Make holiday cookies
20th - Take a festive outdoor family photo 21st - Winter lantern solstice walk - make simple craft lanterns and go for a walk in the dark with your lanterns lighting the way 22nd - Creat a holiday ornament out of outdoor nature materials 23rd - Neighbourhood Christmas light walk - for fun your family can rate the lights on each house to see which on your family loves best 24th - Kindness Day - Do an act of kindness for someone - shovel a neighbours sidewalk, create a handmade gift, spread holiday cheer, the opportunities to choose from are plentiful 25th - Celebrate Christmas Day with an outdoor skate, sled or ski 26th - Enjoy maple syrup snow candy - here is an example of how to make this sweet treat 27th - Hot cocoa hike - make hot cocoa and put in a thermos and take your family for a hike! 28th - Create a nature table centrepiece - head outside to gather items from the forest and bring them home to craft into a centrepiece for your dinner table 29th - Winter tea party - pick your family's favourite tea and treat, pack them up to take to a favourite outdoor spot for a tea party 30th - Search for animal tracks 31st - Paint and hide a festive rock - find a rock, paint it in a festive way and hide it somewhere in the neighbourhood - make someone smile when they happen upon it |
January 1st - Cook s’mores or an outdoor meal
2nd - Snow painting art 3rd - Make colourful frozen water balloons 4th - Create a hiking journey stick 5th - Pick up litter on a local trail - put on some gloves, grab a garbage bag and clean up a local path or trail 6th - Build a snowman (or draw or craft one if the snow outside makes it challenging) 7th - Make instant snow from boiling water (if it's cold enough) 8th - Make stars out of twigs and twine 9th - Find an outdoor sit spot for storytelling - have a storybook in your backpack or in your mind, grab your kids and head out and find a quiet spot to sit and tell your story |