12 Ideas to Make Your Winter Magical

Today is the first official day of winter and the shortest day of the year! To celebrate, Outdoorosity has a few ideas for you and your family to make the winter season magical. 

1. Celebrate the solstice with a night hike. You can read more here.
2. Enjoy the winter by bringing the outdoors inside. You can make a simple flower arrangement in less than five minutes.  Read more here.
3. Bundle up your family and go on a winter scavenger hunt looking for all things nesty- bird nests, squirrel nests, and burrows in the trees.
4. Catch a snowflake. You can read more about snowflakes here.
5. Try remixed snow art: Add color to your snowman or snow angel with spray bottles of diluted food coloring.
6. Take a nature walk to gather materials (think rosemary, holly, pinecones or berries) to decorate your home.
7. Make ice bubbles.
8. Make a resolution for 2025 that will have a lasting impact. 
9. Make snow cream.
10. Make a new soup, such as winter squash and apple.
11. Scent your air naturally with a homemade clove-covered tangerine.
12. Try an herbal tea as a healthy warm drink option: mint, chai, and lemon-ginger green tea are our favorites.