When I was 7 I went tipping for wreath bows and made enough money to buy my sister a toy and candy to share on Christmas, then we made hot spiced apple cider and the girls sang while the boys tried not to fall asleep smelling the cider.

When snow falls try reaching out to your local snowmobile club they usually host winter events, and 1/2 the fun is helping set up the event and watching all the people enjoy the outdoors.

Snowmobile drag racing, ice fishing, horse drawn sled rides, this is the season for bingo, finding a yule log and bringing it home.

If you put peanut butter on a pine cone and cover it in seeds and then tie them to tree branches they are a great makeshift bird and squirrel feeders.