When it gets cold outside but you aren’t gearing up for a major holiday it can feel like the days are getting really long. Making a bucket list is a fun way to plan some fun things during the winter lull.
This free printable winter bucket list for kids is a simple template you can display or keep in a special place. Have kids help you fill it out with ideas and mark them off as you accomplish them. Looking for more ideas? We’ve also included over 30 ideas you can put on your list!
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What is a Bucket List?
In it’s simplest form, it’s a list of things you want to do before you ‘kick the bucket’. But, for our family and for most kiddos it’s a fun activity to make a list of activities and traditions. It can make simple things exciting and can give a sense of accomplishment when looking back over any given season!
For our winter bucket list we try to incorporate screen free ideas, themed movies nights and things that can be done indoors or on a snow day that aren’t necessarily tied to a specific holiday, those get their own list of celebrations! We don’t include anything fancy- these are really obtainable ideas.
How to Use This Winter Bucket List Template
This template is for personal and educational use only. Feel free to use it as home or in your classroom. It is not intended for commercial use. If you use our template, please link back to this page.
Winter Bucket List Activity Ideas
Looking for some ideas to include on your bucket list? Here are some to help get you started! Add your list to your fridge or a cabinet and let kids mark items off as they complete them!
Indoor Winter Activity Ideas
- Bake cookies (try sugar cookies with royal icing!)
- Build a blanket fort
- Create a scavenger hunt
- Play hide and seek
- Play or create a board game
- Read a book
- Make an English Muffin pizza snowman
- Pick out toys to donate
Outdoor+Snow Winter Fun
- Build a snowman
- Play baseball with a snowball
- Go sledding
- Make snow ice cream
Craft Ideas
- Make animals out of heart shapes
- Paper snowflakes or airplanes
- Try to make an origami box
- Make a paper plate animal like a pig, shark, monkey or fish!
- Make tissue paper flowers
- Create a snowglobe handprint
Science or STEM Ideas
- Make snow slime!
- Try fluffy slime or galaxy slime for a fun variation
- Make a traveling water rainbow
- Fizzy Dinosaur Egg experiment
- Make hot cocoa with a cocoa bomb, or make cocoa bombs!
- Make cloud dough
- Not snowing outside? Make fake snow inside!
Winter Bucket List Template:
This downloadable PDF includes a printable winter bucket list for kids that prints in full color on one page.
Winter Bucket List- Black and White Version
This downloadable PDF includes a printable winter bucket list for kids that prints in black and white.
Love the bucket list tradition? Here are the other seasons to print and enjoy!
- Fall Bucket List
- Summer Bucket List
- Spring Bucket List