Drew Davis, Editor-in-Chief
@ddaviscourant
Hearing that there is a snow day is arguably some of the best news you will hear in your life. However, once the clock hits noon, and your yummy snow day breakfast has begun to wear off, you may not know what to do with all your extra time. In order to brave the storm of boredom, here are some things to do to make your day exciting from start to finish.
1. Make maple/ honey snow pops
Pretty simple, but just in case here is a recipe
2. Have a cook-off like a cooking show cook off with whoever is home
Bonus if you can get out of the house and try “Guy’s’ Grocery Games.”
3. Learn to play a gangster song on the piano
Watch this amazing video for some inspiration.
4. Make your parents cook you a gourmet meal
I mean, they are also stuck inside all day.
5. Instead of a lemonade stand, have a hot chocolate stand
If no one drives by, make your parents buy a cup out of pity.
6. Play little pranks on your parents and see how much you can annoy them before they get mad
7. Reorganize your room according to the rules of feng shui
Step one: look up what feng shui is.
8. Build an igloo
I recommend taking a bread pan and packing the snow into it to make brick; if you can figure out how to do the top, let me know.
9. Look into your astrology
For more on this, read Jillian Augustine’s article
10. Perfect your signature
If you have yours down, please try mine, I need help.
11. Combine foods that you don’t think go well together, and see if they work
I actually think jalepeños and grapes may be the snack of the century.
12. Put random foods in a blender and have your parents give them a nice taste test
13. If you are a girl, try to teach the boys in your family how to tie a ponytail, or if you are a boy, attempt to tie a pony tail
It is an important life skill.
14. Replace one of your family photos with a picture of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and see how long it takes for someone to notice the swap
15. Lie outside in the snow and see how many inches you can accumulate
16. Type any symptoms you have ever felt in your life into WebMD and see what diseases you could have
Just kidding please don’t do this
17. Peel a lemon like an orange and see if you can eat the whole thing
18. Make a music video
My personal favorite.
19. Have a competition with your family to see who can spot an animal first
This may take hours, so far not a bird in sight, will keep you posted.
20. Find a new way to pronounce an old word
Apple?… you mean applay?
21. Make a Wordle as a throwback to middle school days
22. Look on youtube for what you think is going to be the next big dance craze and get one step ahead of everyone else
23. If you have a label machine… label everything in sight
Dogs need labels too.
24. Hide in a closet and prank call someone else in the house
25. Practice your animal noises and pig calls
You never know when you might find yourself at home on the range.
26. Check out what some may call “pointless websites”
27. Go back into your memory and try to remember all of the songs from elementary school
East schoolers don’t forget: “no matter what the outside throws at me oooooo I’m able to react responsibly with (base drop) decency, fairness…”
28. On that note… dust off that old recorder
Nothing says snow day like hot cross buns!
29. Write a super dramatic letter about whatever you would like, tea stain it, and put it in your mailbox addressed to the mailman
30. Add some of these words to your vocabulary, are you bumfuzzled?
31. Gather some accomplices, turn off all the lights at the same time, and try to convince your parents that the power went out
32. Try to come up with 3 other things to make this a list of 35 and enjoy your day!
