Walkout Wednesday
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 1:51PM
What to do on Walkout Wednesday
Build on the kids’ excitement over Christmas or just take some time to relax and regroup before the hectic holidays pace sets in. Take advantage of the beautiful snow and mild weather to get outdoors or plan to stay at home day. Really in a time pinch over this one day walkout? Consider a day camp or full day fun program.
Around Town
Dovercourt Recreation Centre
Trip to FunHaven.
Register online. www.draregister.com
Ottawa South Community Association
Special one day Day Camp. Games, outdoor activities and fun!
Ottawa South Community Association
Museums
The Museum of Civilization
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Handmade holiday fun making snowflake ornament workshop.
Bytown Museum
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Dress up, be creative, participate in hands on activities or make a Bicorn Hat to wear proudly along the Rideau Canal. Free hot beverage included with children’s admission – 4 years and under are complimentary.
Currency Museum
10:30 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.
Hop on a bus, clean up your old camper van, or hitch a ride! Take a virtual road trip down (or up) the Trans-Canada highway. Travel through time: past economic troubles into bright futures, through energy and mortgage crises, and back into times of stability. The Bank of Canada is with you all the way – driving the macro-economic bus!
1/2 price admission for kids!
Watson’s Mill One Day Camp (manotick)
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Games and activities in the carriage shed.
Walk-out Wednesday Warrior Camp
Ottawa Swordplay is running a day camp program for children aged 8-13. We will be running many swordplay related activities and games at the Sword Hall, 1000 Brookfield Road, Ottawa from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The cost is $60 per child.
Theatre
The number 14
Great Canadian Theatre Company
Special 1:30 p.m. matinee
$20.00
www.gctc.ca
Ski Hills
Some of the local ski hills are open with both natural and man-made snow.
Here is a list of all of the hills in the area.
Libraries
All regular programs and drop ins.
http://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/program
Stay in your Jammies
Science experiments
Stay busy today with your little scientists. Make crystal ice ornaments, super soapy play dough or try an erupting volcano experiment. Here are some other ideas
Games Day
Stay in your jamies all day and just play. There are so many skills involved with the different styles of games you can play – trivia, operation, cards, checkers, candyland.
Deck the Halls
Take advantage of the kids’ extra help to get the decorations up. Make some new ornaments with play clay or create some keepsakes of cute little hands and feet. Instructions and ideas here.
Freeze dance or Twister
Both of these games get the kids moving . Add Christmas music and you have a festive dance party.
Story Time
Today is a great day to snuggle up with a good book. Make it a dig out your Christmas selections to share with the kids. Parenting magazine has a great list of their top 20 Christmas books for kids.
MITK tip Take time today to go through and donate books you no longer read!
Dress up/ Puppet Show
Kids of all ages will be entertained for hours creating a great drama or puppet show. Try acting out a Christmas favourite, make a set, develop characters and design some fun costumes.
Art Class Christmas Cards
Set up a table full of art supplies and let you kids imaginations run wild making Christmas cards. Bring out Christmas cookie cutters to trace, give them red and green paper and sparkles, set out some jingles bells and photos to get them started. Martha Stewart has some nice ideas.
Get Outdoors for Winter Fun
The snow is so fresh and new. Get the kids outside to enjoy it today. Here are some of my favourite
- Make a maze in the snow
- Build snow forts
- Play Tic Tac Toe in the snow
- Paint the snow- this is one of our favorite activities
- Have a snowball fight
- Have a Winter Treasure hunt
- Go sledding, skiing or snowboarding
- Play freeze tag
- Make snow angels
- Make snow castles using buckets and shovels from the Summer months
- Have a picnic in the snow- bundle up and bring hot chocolate, soup, hot sandwiches, and more.
- Go hiking in the snow
Holiday Fun
VISIT SANTA
Rideau Center
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Carlingwood
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Bayshore
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St. Laurent
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Place D’Orelans
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Billings Bridge
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Merival Mall
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Westgate
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Hazeldean
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Write a Letter to Santa
Santa Claus
North Pole
HOH OHO
Canada
Don't forget to put your return address on your letter so he can write you back.
Personalized Video Message from Santa
This is not just for Ottawa residents but I wanted to share it with all of you because it is a really neat idea and my kids really liked it. http://magicsanta.ca/homepage.html
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