The Ultimate Winter To-Do List: 50 Activities for Friends and Family
- Sarah Hunt
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min read
By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern
Photo: PIxabay
Even though winter in most parts of Arizona doesn’t include a white Christmas, you can still enjoy all the best parts of the cooler weather with this ultimate activity list.
Winter List:
Make gingerbread houses
Decorate stockings with craft supplies
Make and decorate Christmas sugar cookies, use Christmas themed cookie cutters
Try these different recipes for Christmas cookies
Go caroling
Read a Christmas carol and other Christmas books
Decorate your house for Christmas
Buy a real tree!
Decorate your tree
Listen to Christmas music
Drive around to see Christmas lights
Make hot chocolate from the Pioneer Woman’s recipe for Delicious Hot Chocolate. Make a hot chocolate bar.
Make a Christmas goodies charcuterie board
Make homemade ornaments
Volunteer at a food pantry or soup kitchen
Donate canned food
Buy something off of an angel giving tree and donate it
Attend a Christmas parade in your area
Decorate butcher paper for wrapping paper, use striped string and other craft supplies
Go see live reindeer in flagstaff
Go play in the snow in northern Arizona. Go sledding, build a snowman, make snow angels, and maybe stay in a cabin while you’re there!
Write letters to Santa
Write letters to friends and family.
Call or video chat with friends and family, especially ones you haven’t talked to in a while.
Go Christmas shopping.
Do a white elephant party
Go watch a play if there is one in your area, like the nutcracker or a Christmas carol
Go ice skating at an indoor rink
Watch Christmas movies
Make no sew blankets and donate to homeless shelters
Make paper snowflakes
Light some winter/Christmas scented candles
Deliver baked goods to friends
Take Christmas photos
Send out Christmas cards
Have an ugly sweater party
Make some Christmas crafts
Make an advent calendar and put your favorite chocolates in it!
Wear Christmas pajamas
Leave treats for Santa and Rudolph
Make a wreath with real or fake Christmas tree boughs
Play hockey
Sit by the fire
Wrap gifts
Do a secret Santa with friends and/or family
Find creative ways on Pinterest to pose your elf on the shelf
Make a popcorn and cranberry garland
Hang mistletoe and stockings
Bake bread. Try different recipes from Pinterest for fruit cake that everyone will love!
Take pictures with Santa
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