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Show Thursday, January 1, 2009 P.ige 6 Wintry weather fun can be found in the backyard Linda Butler We've I n t ri p-ttint; a lot of snow lately, and the consistently cold temKT-aturcs temKT-aturcs have kept it t'nm melting away. Children enjov playing' in the snow, hut after a feu snowv days you still may hear them niu.in, "I'm bored." I hrv've run through the regular things making snow angels, rolling roll-ing ami throwing snowballs, building snow men. igloos and snow forts. And you're not read lo leave home for a da ot tubing or sledding Perhaps a lew of the ideas below will jump start your creativity for some close-to hi uiie fun 1 oik for animal tr.uks in freshly fallen snow 1 ollow a set of tracks and im.igine.w hat the animal did while in vo'ii vard Animals you track may mi lude deer, i .its. clogs, and raccoons and a vai icty ot birds lUuld colorful snow people. Several drops of food coloring added to a spray bottle ot water makes great "snow paint." After ,i snow person has been assembled, as-sembled, spray a bit ot olor to make colorful clothes Make our family out i if snow I .ike a photo of your family standing beside their snowy counter-pal counter-pal ts. ( lite e you get started, you just might end up with an entire village of colorful siiow people in your yard. ( i t beyond building; snow people -make aliens or animals. Create a snow aquarium w ith all kinds of snow fish, or even a siiowv sea m-i pent. I'erhaps your kids would like to create their own snow oo with a variety of snow animals bears, elephants, lions. en-guins en-guins or hippos Animals such as turtles, snakes or ladv bugs are easiest lo make because they are low to the ground. I 'lay lootpnnt lag, Hay like regular lag, but you can only step in someone else's fool pi inls I'luy snow hockey with an old hall anil some hi oon is Stamp out sidelines and goal lines on either end of your playing field I he leains lace each other and hit the hall forward toward the goal I he sie of the field, number of players and length of play is entirely up to you! ( apture snow flakes, 'lake a frozen sheet of black paper outdoors to cat eh snow flakes I aniine them with a mag-ml mag-ml vitig glass. his is best done outside. Snowflakes melt in a matter of seconds when brought inside. Make ice luminaries. I ill a large plast ic container hall lull w ith water, f ill a smaller container with stones ( for weight ) and place it in the larger container. I'ut the w hole thing outside overnight soil freezes. When the water freezes, you'll get an "ice bowl." The sides of i he ice bow I should be 12 to I inch I hit k. I he next evening, remove the ice bowl from the containers and LINDA BUTLERNorth County Colton Daniel, Kylie Fugal. Glen Sehriever and Davis Edwards row left to right enjoy making and eating snow cones from freshly fallen snow. Winter fun resources holklavs.kaboose.comwinter www.mrsmcgowan.comwinter www.billybear4kids.comholidavswinterfun familvfun.go.comarts-and-craftsseosonst)eciaHeatureoutdoor winter fun place a lighted votive or tea candle in the bottom and enjoy the shimmery glow. Make several to run along your stairs, walkway, or driveway. Make snow ice cream. Gather up a large mixing bowd of fresh clean snow (about a gallon, hxisely packed). Stain Sta-in 1-2 cups milk (whole or evaporated) until it is the consistency of soft ice cream. The amount of milk needed will vary, defending on the density and coldness of the snow. When your ice cream is the right consistency, add '2 cup sugar (or more, to tasfe) and 1 tsp. vanilla. Try other flavors like peppermint, pepper-mint, maple, lemon or root beer. Snow-ice Snow-ice cream is best eaten right away. It may get icy and hard if stored in the freezer. Other variations include stirring stir-ring in chocolate milk, Stir in a can of your favorite soda to make a slushy. Make snow cones. Mix a small (.'-oz.) (.'-oz.) package of gelatin with 12 cup hot waler. Lightly pack a hall or scoop of freshly fallen clean snow and place in a paper or plastic cup. Pour 1-2 tbsp. of warm syrup over the snow ball and enjoy. Makes ti-8 snow cones. Build a bonfire in the snow. Use crumpled newspaper and lots of small, dry sticks to get your fire started. If the snow is deep, kids will enjoy watching watch-ing the fire sink as it burns. Remember to supervise children around a fire, even in the snow, Go on an ice-cube hunt. Kids like finding colored eggs in the yard on Faster . and a colored ice-cube hunt just might be the thing it takes to brighten up a winter's day. Use food coloring to color water, and freeze it in ice-cube trays. Hide the colored cubes throughout through-out your yard. Instead of baskets, give kids plastic sacks to hold their frozen colored treasures. For added fun, freeze coins or small plastic toys in the colored cubes. Kids can let their cubes thiiw for an hour or two at room temperature in a dishpan or bowl for a minimum of mess. I lave a paper race. On a sunny day, place pieces of colored construction paper on the snow. Use small rocks to hold them in place. As the sun shines on them, the papers will absorb heat and melt the snow beneath them. Different colors absorb heat at different rates. Ahead of time, have your kids guess which colors will sink the fastest. Blow "ice bubbles." If you blow bubbles outside when the temperature tempera-ture is below 20 degrees, the bubbles will freeze. Instead of evaporating when they pop, small shards of icy bubbles will fall to earth. Occasionally a bubble will land and remain frozen and unbroken. Use a standard bubble mix and bubble wand. Blow gently. Bubbles blown in low temperatures will generally remain small. When the temperatures are very low, the warmth of your breath in the bubble may cause it to rise-like a hot air balloon-before it cools, freezes, and pops. After a fun morning or afternoon of outdoor winter fun, you and your kids will enjoy some warm refreshment perhaps a mug of hot cider or cocoa, or a bowl of steaming soup. A slow cooker cook-er is great for having your food warm and ready for immediate enjoyment. And last but not least, be sure to take pictures of your family having fun. Arranging Ar-ranging your photos in an album can be an enjoyable activity when it's just too cold and snowy to go outside. And the memories will last forever. in it-wolfs - ;() Yl: - Nate Howell 2009. 2009. 2009. It just looks weird. I guarantee it's going to take me a couple months before I get used to that. I miss good old 2008 already, al-ready, and I wrote this before be-fore it's even gone. However, with it being a new year and all, it's only fitting to make a few resolutions. And with me being a senior and beginning to feel the effects of seniori-tis, seniori-tis, my bars are not set very high. Resolution No. 1: Don't fail any classes just passing is acceptable. Grades no longer matter, as colleges have already al-ready looked at all the ones that apply. Just keep that 3.0 (GPA), man. That's all I need. Less homework and more eating donuts while watching SportsCenter, says I! Resolution No. 2: Get a job. This one is ridiculous. I swear, the only places hiring are restaurant places, and I can barely even stand to make my own food, let alone other people's. I'm reeling in some pretty good dough at about $10 a week, but me-thinks me-thinks slightly more would be preferable, like say, 10 times that much. Oh well, one can't get greedy with such things nowadays. Jobs are hard to find, and many high-school high-school students like myself find themselves unemployed. Resolution No. 3: Don't freak out too much about turning 18. Hey, you set unrealistic goals too, so give me a break. It's going to be weird actually having responsibility for my own actions ac-tions and everything. I mean come on now, what's up with that? I'm protesting. Resolution No. 4: Tell an outrageous lie to a tour guide. After all, if you rearrange rear-range the letters in "resolution" "resolu-tion" it says, "lie on tours." This obviously means I should take a tour and then lie on it or else this year will be a total failure. You all should do the same. Give us a call at 756-7669 Got news? j irxr ff 'W'-wwmm II I 1 w4?j&ir Ttv i I : I i1"--! . . i.i . 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