20 Simple winter activities for those of us without snow

Have a barbecue with mulled wine and lots of cocoa for the kids

Roast marshmallows over a fire

Make ice candles, they look really pretty, are very simple to make and cost nothing

Join a polar bear group (Outdoor swim in the winter)

Go for a walk in the dark

Declutter and decorate your room

Don't shave for the whole of the winter and see what sort of crop you end up with by the time spring comes

Have a chocolate fountain and invite your friends round

Make a list of all the things you'd like to achive in your life

Buy some cool magazines and cut the pictures that inspire you out and make a huge mood board to stick on your wall

Buy the funniest /weirdest slippers you can find

Find the perfect hot chocolate recipe

Tell ghost stories around a crackling fire

Do Sunday brunch and stay in your pyjamas all day

Decorate your room with fairy lights

Catch a train into the city, if you normally don’t.

Watch sunrises.

Make frost-footprint patterns on the grass.

Wear flowery gumboots everywhere.

Make a paper mache dinosaur

20 Simple and mostly free winter activities for those of us with snow

Build an igloo

Go toboganning

Go sledging

Build an ice rink

Go ice camping

Make snow angels

Make a snow fort

Build a snow man - use food colouring in a spray bottle to add special effects

Go snow mobiling / skidoo

Go snowboarding/skiing

Try heliskiing

Learn to curl

Have a snow picnic

Make an ice sculpture

Make snow statues

Build a snowman and give them girl and boy 'bits'

Catch snowflakes with your tongue

Try and take a photo of the perfect snowflake

Try cross country skiing

Go snowshoeing