There’s so much excitement to be had in winter, even on the coldest days of the season. Fill your cold and snowy winter with activities from our winter bucket list. We did the hard work for you and curated over 100 Winter Bucket List Activities for Central NJ Families. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

100+ Winter Bucket List Activities for Central NJ Families

• Enjoy a Winter Wonderland Game Night for Families
• Bake homemade bread
• Blow bubbles and watch them freeze
• Go for a swim in an indoor heated pool
• Donate old towels and/or blankets to an animal shelter
• Build a snow man
• Have a snowball fight
• Go snow tubing
• Host a football party
• Play a board game
• Go to a hockey game
• Make snow angels
• Have a family movie night
• Visit a museum
• Make stone soup
• Make snow ice cream
• Shovel a neighbor’s driveway
• Go skiing
• Go snowboarding
• Camp out in the family room
• Drink warm apple cider
• Enjoy a reading day
• Donate winter wear to a homeless shelter
• Make personalized mugs
• Enjoy hot cocoa in your new mugs
• Bake cookies
• Go ice skating
• Make peppermint bark
• Do a winter scavenger hunt
• Take pictures in the snow
• Have a pajama day
• Go sledding
• Curl up by the fire
• Collect pine cones
• Make a bird feeder
• Build a snow fort
• Build a snowman family
• Take a snowshoe hike
• Have hot chocolate night with a toppings bar
• Stay inside, crank up the heat, and have an indoor beach party
• Bake cookies and deliver them to friends
• Read winter-themed books outside
• Visit an indoor play gym
• Cut out snowflakes and hang them on the windows.
• Play a game of snow tag
• Go for a snowmobile ride
• Make snow art by filling a spray bottle with colored water and color the snow
• Make homemade snow globes out of mason jars
• Have a snow ball target contest
• Go to an indoor water park
• Have a soup potluck with 2 or 3 other families
• Host a family game night competition
• Make an indoor fort and have a family sleepover
• Visit an aquarium
• Play with flashlights in the dark inside or outside.
• Hunt for animal tracks in the snow
• Paint hopscotch onto the snow
• Go for a family cross country ski
• Pack hot chocolate in a thermos for any outdoor adventure
• Take a winter family hike
• Catch snowflakes on your tongue and mittens
• Have an indoor (or outdoor) dance party
• Go geocaching
• Make popsicles that freeze outside
• Make homemade hot chocolate in the crockpot
• Make smores
• Volunteer together
• Measure snowfall
• Make scented playdough
• Visit a new library
• Make homemade soap
• Take a bath with lots of bubbles
• Drink egg nog
• Make a care package for the military
• Make trail mix
• Go indoor rock climbing
• Build an igloo
• Go bowling
• Collect all your change and donate it to a local cause
• Learn the maple sugaring process
• Make homemade pancakes with maple syrup
• Plant an indoor garden
• Make homemade marshmallows
• Roast marshmallows
• Go to a matinee
• Make a wreath
• Make wrapping paper
• Take a horse drawn carriage ride
• Donate toys to the less fortunate
• Do random acts of kindness
• Take a vacation or staycation
• Visit a planetarium
• Make overnight oatmeal in the crockpot
• Make brownies
• Dress up fancy for an event
• Hit an indoor waterpark
• Make it a painting day
• Make crafts from cardboard
• Go tobogganing
• Host a playdate
• Play with snow indoors in a water table
• Make borax snowflakes
• Go snowboarding
• Start a new family tradition
• Play a game of Winter Wonderland Bingo!