Things to do during the break

So, Christmas break is here (and yes, to me it IS Christmas break; not "Winter holidays"). I believe we have 16 days of merry-making before school starts again; SIXTEEN days. I could easily turn on the TV; BugHunter would plop himself down and rarely move for twelve (or more!) hours a day. If he had a vote, that's what we'd do; thankfully, this is not a democracy (this is his reaction to my mandate of no more than 1 hour per day of screen time):


I'm trying to come up with things to do that are fun and keep either brain or body moving. Yesterday, my plans for a long hike were foiled by rain that just kept coming, and there came a point where watching the creek rise was just plain frustrating. And Cheewee, our elf, had already finished coloring the nativity picture that BugHunter had started at school:


I grabbed a bag of raw peanuts, some playdoh, some fabric scraps, and a hot glue gun and asked the boy to make a nativity out of them. It took quite a while and turned out to be really cute; what do you think?



Today, we're painting rocks and playing "Go Fish". Any other suggestions? We still have 15 days to go!