Winter is just around the corner but that doesn’t mean the outside activity needs to end. There are still a lot of fun things that you can do outside with your family even though it’s not the same things you’ve enjoyed throughout the summer. The main difference between enjoying the outside in the winter and other times of the year is that you’ll need to dress appropriately and keep an eye on the temperature.

Just because the outside air is colder, it doesn’t mean that you have to spend all of your free time in the house. Just keep up with the temperature and when it drops too low, you don’t want to spend a long time outside. You’ll need to take breaks often to go inside and warm up to prevent overexposure to the cold.

Here are a few things that you and your family can enjoy doing together outside this winter:

• Fly kites when the weather is appropriate and the wind is strong.
• Build snowmen and make snow angles.
• Go sledding.
• Gather together friends and family and go ice skating together.
• Decorate the yard for each holiday.
• Play basketball.

These are just a few suggestions but if you use your imagination you can make up many fun games to play with your kids to help make this winter more fun and interesting. Getting outside in the fresh air can be good for you and this way, you’ll still be getting some much needed exercise instead of sitting inside watching television or playing video games all season.

It’s important to keep the temperature in the home reasonable and not too hot. If it’s thirty degrees outside and ninety inside this huge change in temperature will be hard on your system and harder to adjust to. As long as you dress warm, keep a check on the temperature you can have a great winter filled with fun and excitement.