National Unplugging Day is from sundown March 4 through sundown on March 5 this year.

Put your phone and tablet away. Turn off the TV.

Try some of these ideas instead:

1. Read a book! You can find many choices at Hill Library.
2. Take a walk outside. Look for animal tracks in the snow.
3. Better yet, have a nature scavenger hunt in your neighborhood. (see below)
4. Create art with your family: paint, draw, or make music together.
5. Rearrange your bedroom. Or living room!
6. Cook or bake using a cookbook (not the internet) for recipes. (Once again, we have plenty at the Hill Library.)
7. Play a board game or cards.
8. Start a gratitude jar by writing things you are grateful for on slips of paper to keep in the jar and read occasionally.
9. Write a letter to a relative or friend.
10. Give yourself – or each other- a manicure or pedicure.
11. Exercise! Do calisthenics, go to a local class (we have yoga on March 5 at 9 am at Hill Library), jump rope, run, or dance.
12. Take a nap.
13. Make paper airplanes.
14. Look through family photo albums or school yearbooks.
15. Hold a family variety show featuring each member’s talents.
16. Take a long, luxurious bath.
17. Do a puzzle: jigsaw, crossword, or sudoku.
18. Make a birdfeeder with a pine cone and peanut butter, or string popcorn for the birds.
19. Play I Spy around your house.
20. Read another book. Sure – why not?

Samples of winter scavenger hunts: