You know, all of the crazy weather Colorado has been having recently has got me thinking about things you can do inside your home, RV or camper to prevent cabin fever when you're not expecting it. These are things you can do with things you should have readily around you at any time. If anybody has some fun suggestions, please feel free to leave them in the comments section!
*Don't be afraid to have a "dance party"! When I was a nanny for a four-year-old and a ten-year-old (both boys) they both LOVED my dance parties. My big rule for them was that they had to help me clean up the "dance floor" (i.e. the kitchen or any other linoleum or hardwood floored area). Then we would just turn the radio on and go bananas! Plus, if your space is messy, you can move the dance floor to different areas every few minutes AND get the whole area cleaned!
*Speaking of "going bananas", this one is a childhood favorite of mine. Take one banana per participant, and cut it into large chunks. Put the chunks into zippable sandwich bags with a few of spoons of peanut butter. Let the little one go nuts squeezing and pounding and stomping the bananas and peanut butter into a paste. Then, snip off one corner of each bag, and them slurp all the healthy goodness out. It is a surprisingly mess-less way to get some of that pent up energy out!
*Are your kids afraid of thunder? Make a kitchen band! Put one pot out with one "drumstick" (big spoon, spatula, etc.) per child. Tell the kids they have to be totally silent until they hear the thunder, then... THE RACE IS ON! Tell them that when they hear thunder, they have to race to their drums and bang away on them until the thunder stops. Then it's back to silence until the thunder comes back!
Hopefully, these ideas inspire others in our customers and make those unexpected Colorado snows a little easier on your families!
-Pehrie
P.S. Today's photo was, once again, generously provided by my loving father. He met that little weasel while fishing with my brother in Estes Park this winter.