So if you are in my boat, and you live somewhere like, say . . . Colorado? And you don't ski much and you are a broke college student and you want to have fun with your boyfriend(s) and girlfriend(s) and normal friend(s), I got your back!! I have compiled a list of 22 fun things to do on those cold dreary days! Yeah, some of them might be what you did when you were 12 and that might be "below you" now or something. Just consider that maybe it'd be a good idea to stop worrying so much about being an adult cause it's over rated anyways. So without further ado....
Here is the Best Winter Activity List Ever!!!
- One word: Forts. Yup. Just do it! Get a bunch of blankets and couch cushions and teddy bears and chairs and figure it out! Make it a competition if you please, who can make the best fort?! Then shoot paper airplanes at each other! Or create army's and throw soft things at each other to destroy the others fort! Or just cuddle.
- Left Hand Art! Draw/paint pictures with only your left hand (or right if you left handed (if your an ambidextrous do it with your feet or something)) Just have fun making the worst art ever! It will really help you appreciate children's art.
- Cheesy Poem Day! Whether you do it for an hour or the whole day, only communicate in poems! It's fun and funny! So have fun with it! Unless you want to be all romantic with it, you can do that too.
- Video Game Day! Play allll those old video games from when you were a kid! Don't worry about winning, but still be competitive! And I guarantee this will be awesome
- Write A Song Together! Even if you aren't musically gifted, just do it! Or find someone who is who can help you out. It's just a lot of fun to write some silly songs or super deep ones expressing your most inner feelings.
- Bored (oops!) Board Games! So fun. Once I played a barney matching game and candy land for over an hour, and it was so fun! Never underestimate board games! Especially if you get real competitive with the ones that require very little to no skill!
- Nerf Fight! Or fake gun fight that doesn't shoot anything. No one wins but the more you get into it the more fun it is! (This is a great one to play with young kids).
- Christmas Lights Gazing! We can't all afford zoo lights (maybe, maybe I'll go this year!) but at the expense of fuel money, just drive around a very affluent neighborhood and enjoy their hard work!
- Snow Forts! Tunnels, hills, caves and walls! If it snows a lot, use it!!! Also snow ball fight, snow men and snow angels! And snow sculptures for the artistic types. And snow paint.
- JUMPSTREET!!! Or your non-colorado equivalent. Its not very cheap, but its always fun!
- Be A Kid At The Mall! Go down to a mall, see santa, write santa a letter, go to the disney store and color, play on the play-places, play with legos, build a bear at build a bear, try all the perfume, try on a wedding dress you don't intend to buy, play tag, the possibilities are endless.
- IKEA.
- SpongeBob Marathon! Then quote it for the next five weeks.
- Play With Barbies! Just like the old days. Get out all your houses and clothes and just do it! This is especially an opportune time if your going to visit the parents where all your childhood toys are. If you lack creativity, get going by imitating celebrities with your barbies! And how you imagine they would interact with each other (e,g; Miley Cyrus, T-Swift, and J-Law! All trying to date Harry Styles!)
- Bake Cookies! Then give them to people! Or eat them all.. Either works.
- Conduct A Psychological Study! Create and write a hypothesis, then people watch and take notes! Evaluate your information and make a quick write up about it! Marvel at your results and think of reasons to explain why people behave this way (Note: this may not be for everyone, some people really like psychology okay?)
- Work On Your Body . . . Then Show It Off! Go to the gym! Then have a pageant/fashion show/go to the indoor pool. Because honestly, what's the point of working out if no ones going to see it? And we gotta have motivation to stay healthy in the winter somehow.
- Learn To Dance! Umm . . . youtube! Learn the thriller, or the wobble, or the duggie, or country line/swing, or a Britney Spears dance!
- Pull Pranks! Early April Fools, no one will see it coming! Put laxatives in cookies! Ask for a drive in order to be "dine in"! Hide behind toilet paper section at the store and jump out, ask the nearest person what year it is, then say the time machine worked! Look on pinterest for more ideas.
- Make Your Own Commercials! You can really have fun with this. Grab a camera and some random products (shampoo is a fun one) and go for it!
- ScrapBook! Cause when else are you gonna do it? Might as well be in the winter.
- Don't Forget Real Parties! With all the fun you'll be having, it might be easy for christmas and new years parties to slip by, so try your best to remember them! Enter them on your phone and write them in red on your calender!
Remember the most important item to have during all these activities is to have a fun person with you. Whether it's your boyfriend, girlfriend, normal friend or family member, chances are you'll have a ton of fun. You can make anything fun when you're with a fun person =)
I wish you the best this winter! Don't freeze, don't stress out, and just have fun with what you've got!
Elysia =)
