Winter Break Activities for Kids

 

I know most school age children have returned to school this week but my middle 2 boys still have 3 more weeks of break. Their year-round school schedule combines winter break and winter track out which means they are out of school for a very long time. I’ve always enjoyed year-round school and track out but the winter break is always the hardest. It’s the longest break and often the weather isn’t the greatest which makes finding affordable kid-friendly activities more difficult. Whenever possible I try to get the kids outside and that’s easy when the weather is warm but January weather in NC is unpredictable. One week it will be in the 70s and the next it’s in the teens. Fortunately, this week we’ve had fairly mild weather so we’ve been able to get out and explore our city.

I’ve compiled a bucket list of things for us to do in our town on our winter break. The list has a little bit of indoor, outdoor, free and not free activities. Hopefully it will spark some ideas of things you can do at home during your winter break.

Winter Buckets List for Raleigh, NC

Around Town

1. Marbles Kids Museum (we have a membership)
2. Museum of Life and Sceince in Durham, NC (we have a membership)
3. NC Museum of Natural Science (free)
4. Movie at the Alamo ($)
5. IMAX Documentary ($)
6. Pullen Park (free + $)
7. Library (free)
8. Visit a new park (free)
9. Bowling ($)
10. Trampoline Park ($)
11. Museum of Art (free)
12. Farmer’s Market (free + $)

At Home

1. Paint
2. Bake
3. Movie and popcorn
4. Video Games
5. Board Games
6. Create a Comic Books
7. LEGO Building Challenge
8. Do a Puzzle
9. Play-Doh
10. Science Experiment
11. Read
12. Workbooks

Hopefully this will keep us occupied and provide a lot of fun for the next few weeks of track out.