Post-Christmas blues, looking for ideas

[freeindeed]

My family and I need some fun ideas for activities we can do over the next several weeks to combat that after Christmas letdown. We can do both indoor and outdoor activities. Thanks!

[Jean in Newcastle]

Ice skating

Movie

Go to a museum

[duckens]

Play board games.  Pull old ones off the shelf to play.

 

Do big jigsaw puzzles as a group.

 

Cook together, even if it is just to make a few freezer meals.  (Taco meat freezes well; spaghetti sauce freezes well).  Make all of those Christmas cookies you never got to.

 

Do some "enrichment" activities for history or science.  We're mummifying one of dd's dolls this week, putting together a cut-out of mummy coffins, and doing Egyptian paper dolls.

 

Learn something new:

-Chess

-A language:  There are free video lessons on youtube.  You don't need to learn a whole language.  Just some greetings or body parts or how to say, "I'm sorry."

-Knitting, crocheting, etc.  Then sit and do it while watching Lord of the Rings.

-Buy clearance Christmas fabric and use it to teach everyone to sew gift bags for next year's Christmas.  (It's like sewing a pillowcase).  I use this for wrapping; it's green, fast, and beautiful.  I tie them shut with ribbons.