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Best ways to spend a snow day

Jason Fraley | jfraley@wtop.com

January 22, 2016, 11:48 AM

A bicyclist rides past the White House during evening snowfall in Washington,Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. As Washington prepares for this weekend's snowstorm, now forecast to reach blizzard conditions, a small clipper system pushed through the region Wednesday night causing massive delays and issues on the roads.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Introduction Snowstorms can mean lots of time on your hands. But rather than stress, why not view it as a fun opportunity for leisure? Here is a list of ideas of things to do on a snow day. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE - A young fan is seen at the book launch event for "The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel" at Barnes & Noble, on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for Disney Publishing Worldwide/AP Images)
Reading Snow days are the perfect time to cozy up with a good book to catch up on some reading. There’s nothing like holding a cup of hot chocolate in one hand and flipping book pages with the other, all while watching snowflakes fall outside the window. (Invision for Disney Publishing Worldwide/Matt Sayles)
Invision for Disney Publishing Worldwide/Matt Sayles
In a Thursday, Oct., 27, 2011 photo, freshly baked cookies out of Bette Snyder's oven are seen cooling at her home in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Snyder has been baking cookies and sending them to the Occupy Wall Street protesters. (AP Photo/J.D. Pooley)
Cook or Bake If you still have power, hit the kitchen and do some cooking or baking. Even better, do it with your kids. (AP Photo/J.D. Pooley)
AP Photo/J.D. Pooley
**ADVANCE FOR MONDAY MAY 31** Rachelle Vaughn, left, looks at pictures of her husband, Army Sgt. Richard Vaughn, while looking at a scrapbook with her 18-month-old son Richard, right, at their home Tuesday, May 25, 2010 in San Diego. Vaughn, whos husband was killed in Iraq in 2008, said she has felt support from the military after her loss.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Scrapbook We take so many photos in our daily lives, but we’re always so busy that we never take the time to look through them. A snow day is the perfect time to print out those digital photos and make the scrapbook you’ve been dreaming of. (AP/Gregory Bull)
AP/Gregory Bull
In this Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015 photo, Shinjiro Ono strokes his Shiba Inu Maru at Ueno Park in Tokyo. This bundle of fun and fur is a 7-year-old Shiba Inu who has been top dog on Instagram for several years. Marutaro has 2.2 million followers on Instagram. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Play with Pets Fido misses you while you’re at work. So take advantage of the time you have with your pets. (AP/Shizuo Kambayashi)
AP/Shizuo Kambayashi
McKenna Pope,13, left, plays with her brother Gavyn Boscio, 4, in their home in Garfield, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Pope started a petition demanding the toy company Hasbro make its Easy-Bake Oven more boy friendly. She was inspired to do so when Gavyn put the oven on his Christmas wish list and she and their mother, Erica Boscio, found the toy only available with girls on the packaging and in pink or purple colors. The petition garnered more than 30,000 signatures in a little more than a week. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Play with Kids Likewise, this is the perfect time to spend quality time with your kids. Rough house. Build a fort. Stage a play in the living room. One day, some of their best childhood memories might be of the “Blizzard of 2016” (if that’s what we indeed get). (AP/Julio Cortez)
AP/Julio Cortez
Israeli soldiers play the board game risk as they pass time in their army base, near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Friday June 20, 2008. Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect early Thursday, marred only by widespread skepticism about its ability to hold. The cease-fire, which Egypt labored for months to conclude, aims to bring an end to a year of fighting that has killed seven Israelis and more than 400 Palestinians, many of them civilians, since the Islamic militant group Hamas wrested control of Gaza a year ago.(AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
Board Games Put away the cell phones, tablets and video games! It’s time for some good old-fashioned family fun. A snow day is the perfect time to teach your kids to play “Poker,” “Hearts” or “Crazy Eights.” It’s also prime time for board games, the longer the better. We recommend marathon session of “Risk,” “Monopoly,” “Scrabble” or “Life.” (Associated Press/Dan Balilty)
Associated Press/Dan Balilty
Patricia Hughes, 14, throws a snowball during a neighborhood snowball fight, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, in Oxford, Miss. Early morning snow provided plenty of fun for the children as school officials had earlier called for closure of the public schools. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Snowball Fights After waiting out the worst of the storm from inside your home, you’ll want to get outside and let off some steam. What better way than packing some snow into a ball and chucking it at your loved ones? Nothing says, “I love you,” like a snowball to the face. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)
AP/Rogelio V. Solis
Not bad, kid, but nothing like the air Mike McMearty got as a kid in Battery Kemble Park. (AP Photo/Daniel Luedert)
Sledding There’s nothing more fun on a snow day than breaking out your sled for a lightning fast ride down a steep hill. Runner sleds, saucers or toboggans provide a nice variety of fun. If you’re feeling really creative, carve out a nice track with embankments, dump water down the track and wait for it to freeze. You’ll be bobsledding in no time. (Associated Press/Daniel Luedert)
Associated Press/Daniel Luedert
Clay Shepherd, 68, shovels his driveway, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Durham, N.C. A snow and ice storm blasted parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the South on Tuesday, creating treacherous road conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)
Shoveling Snow It might not be as fun as a snowball fight, but it’s a necessary evil. Don’t wait until the snow stops falling before breaking out your shovel. You should shovel your driveway throughout the storm, so you don’t break your back after it stops. (AP/Jonathan Drew)
AP/Jonathan Drew
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A bicyclist rides past the White House during evening snowfall in Washington,Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. As Washington prepares for this weekend's snowstorm, now forecast to reach blizzard conditions, a small clipper system pushed through the region Wednesday night causing massive delays and issues on the roads.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE - A young fan is seen at the book launch event for "The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel" at Barnes & Noble, on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision for Disney Publishing Worldwide/AP Images)
In a Thursday, Oct., 27, 2011 photo, freshly baked cookies out of Bette Snyder's oven are seen cooling at her home in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Snyder has been baking cookies and sending them to the Occupy Wall Street protesters. (AP Photo/J.D. Pooley)
**ADVANCE FOR MONDAY MAY 31** Rachelle Vaughn, left, looks at pictures of her husband, Army Sgt. Richard Vaughn, while looking at a scrapbook with her 18-month-old son Richard, right, at their home Tuesday, May 25, 2010 in San Diego. Vaughn, whos husband was killed in Iraq in 2008, said she has felt support from the military after her loss.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
In this Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015 photo, Shinjiro Ono strokes his Shiba Inu Maru at Ueno Park in Tokyo. This bundle of fun and fur is a 7-year-old Shiba Inu who has been top dog on Instagram for several years. Marutaro has 2.2 million followers on Instagram. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
McKenna Pope,13, left, plays with her brother Gavyn Boscio, 4, in their home in Garfield, N.J. on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Pope started a petition demanding the toy company Hasbro make its Easy-Bake Oven more boy friendly. She was inspired to do so when Gavyn put the oven on his Christmas wish list and she and their mother, Erica Boscio, found the toy only available with girls on the packaging and in pink or purple colors. The petition garnered more than 30,000 signatures in a little more than a week. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Israeli soldiers play the board game risk as they pass time in their army base, near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Friday June 20, 2008. Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect early Thursday, marred only by widespread skepticism about its ability to hold. The cease-fire, which Egypt labored for months to conclude, aims to bring an end to a year of fighting that has killed seven Israelis and more than 400 Palestinians, many of them civilians, since the Islamic militant group Hamas wrested control of Gaza a year ago.(AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
Patricia Hughes, 14, throws a snowball during a neighborhood snowball fight, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, in Oxford, Miss. Early morning snow provided plenty of fun for the children as school officials had earlier called for closure of the public schools. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Not bad, kid, but nothing like the air Mike McMearty got as a kid in Battery Kemble Park. (AP Photo/Daniel Luedert)
Clay Shepherd, 68, shovels his driveway, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Durham, N.C. A snow and ice storm blasted parts of the Mid-Atlantic and the South on Tuesday, creating treacherous road conditions and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. (AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)
Jason Fraley

Hailed by The Washington Post for “his savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at WTOP as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.

jfraley@wtop.com

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