Fun idea's to do when it's too chilly outside!

Brrrr..baby it's cold outside!

You're home, you look around at think what to do?  Well you could put the TV on, you could pop in little one's favorite movie that you've seen for the umpteenth time....give them the iPad to play with...
Well if you do the app thing you have to check out Fisher Prices free apps for the iPad and iPhone.
We did this yesterday and just download some fabulous books from Laugh and Learn and my son has a kick playing with it. Best part....it's F-R-E-E! When you go to iTune just type in Fisher Price or click {here}. I had no idea such apps existed. Win!

But we're also good about turning everything off and having some fun, one on one time.

Some of the things we enjoy doing together is baking and cooking.  My little chef loves to stand the stool and stir the pot(no pun intended)  You know a great book for those kids that love to help and love to be in the kitchen is Cook School by Amy Grant.  It has more than 50 fun and easy recipes to suit your child's age and ability.
See what we made {here}

We love to be creative, it's a nice stimulation so we love arts and crafts.

But what's a super cool book to get is Paper Toy Monsters.
I love books and I love getting idea's from books for fun things to do. 
All you need is this fantastic book and glue!
The monsters pop out, you fold and glue.  Plus you get 10 blank templates so you can design your own paper toy monsters.
With this fun book you can make 50 paper toy.  I bet you have a little boy that would like this.

Why not embrace winter?

Get outside! So tobogganing! Make snow angels! Make Snowmen! Be a kid again yourself!

What you could also do is have your friends kids over to have a snow ball fight, build igloo's and give those moms a break and when the next cold freeze comes, switch it up so you send the kids to their place and you can have a nice quiet afternoon at home...or the spa!

Or.......make puppets and have a puppet show!  If you wanna switch it up a bit when the moms come back to pick the kids up put on a Puppet Show for them.  Have the kids make fun paper puppets or materials that can be found around your home like socks and gloves.
I got loads of idea's from this awesome book, 10-Minute Puppets.

And if you get some time yourself like swapping as suggested above or when it's nap time, check out Craft Mama!
49 fun, easy no sew craft ideas that aren't expensive and that is easy.
Or just put your feet up, blog, facebook, catch up on emails, sleep whatever!

Need more ideas? Check our Fisher Prices' Play and Learn Family Activities!

Winter only comes once a year,  I hope you liked some of my idea's. What's yours? Post below on the comment section of this post :)

Disclosure: I am a Fisher-Price Mom and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.