Sock Snowballs - Snow and Ice Theme

Throughout the month of January, I will be featuring snow and ice themed activities for kids.  Here in Texas, the chances for real life experience with freezing weather conditions are rare.  I want to provide my daughter with fun experiences with the cold stuff even if we miss out on building a real snow man. Here's how we played with snowballs.

I brought down a laundry basket of all of the white socks in our home.  I had rolled each pair into a ball.



Miss E asked what we were doing with the socks.  I said, "These are snowballs."  She shrieked with excitement, and exclaimed, "We get to throw snowballs!"  And the fun began!  




We carried snowballs with tongs.




We kicked snowballs.




We balanced them on a spoon.



We played with the sock snowballs for close to an hour.  She was so active that she stopped for a couple of water breaks.  This activity is great for getting children to develop their gross motor skills and encourage exercise in a fun way.