Ideas for the Winter months

Today, Presley and I are once again, staying home. We have had many playdates, MOPs started back yesterday, LBS will be starting next week..so we have been staying busy..But, unlike the warmer months, where we practically live at the park, these snowy days..what's a stay at home mom to do??
Well, today was a PLAYDOUGH kind of day :) I had bought Presley this Dora placemat at Wal-Mart for a $1 to do crafts on..and hope to find some inexpensive cookie cutters to use the next time we play with playdough.
~ I also, was playing around with my "lightscoop" on my camera..still have lots to learn, but, it does warm up the pictures..Didn't edit any of these much..Some, aren't edited at all.

She was SUPER excited!

( I LOVED crafts and art as a kid, think she will be the same :)

The joys of playdough!

 And, of course we had to sing to our playdough.

And, even though Mommy told said, "DO NOT put in mouth!" we of course, had to at least taste it! :)

She wasn't a fan, asked for her milk shortly after.

 And it was a success!

Happy girl= Happy Mommy

Our MOPs group spent most of the time yesterday going over LOTs of indoor/ winter month crafts for us to do with our children.
Some of my favorites:
1.Add water and food coloring to spray bottle..Go paint the snow! :)
2. Freeze small toys in the freezer, then put them in the bath tub with them..and watch them melt, then they get to play with the toy..( like little dollar store plastic toys)
3.Make your own playdough. I found this recipe..pretty cool that its edible. Peanut Butter Playdough
4.Cut out snowflakes, snowmen and let them decorate with stickers, cotton balls, or cut out shapes.
5.Cover a door with blank wrapping paper, and let them color. ( more for the older ones:)
6. Sign up for this website to get lots of fun age appropriate crafts/ games: Productive Parenting
7. Go to Pillsbury or Betty Crocker's websites and find ideas to decorating cupcakes.
8. Adopt an elderly widow at your church, to help with her yard, make them dinner, run errands, or just visit..Your kids coloring them pictures would make their day!
9. Go on group playdates to local indoor play places. example for Ohio: Bananas, Run, Jump, and Place, Library storytimes, Children's Museum, Aquarium, Blue Manatee Books, Totter's Otterville, Recreations Outlet, Great Wolf Lodge has a program for preschoolers.

Any winter ideas you just love?? websites?