Caption: A winter wonderland can get old without a new perspective occasionally.

This winter, let's lead by example, show your children that there is a time and place to call upon one's imagination. With that thought in our minds, let's breeze through a few options you can build off of with very little time investment. Start small and use your children's enthusiastic response to your efforts, fuel you for even more next time.
 
Make a fort with them. Anywhere there's a chair or sofa. Cover with a blanket, maybe two, toss in a pillow, and you are on your way. It can be a 13-century castle, including Old English speak, a military base full of Sir and Ma’am talk. Perhaps it beckons to be called a tree fort, full of jungle animal calls. Maybe your child would be more engaged if it were a moon base with NASA control in the kitchen; you calling out communications between sips of your coffee. Consider delivering a floor-friendly breakfast to the fort for a sweet Saturday morning treat.

Wintertime activities can become repetitive long before Spring arrives. Eventually, you may get them to deliver breakfast to you?  Maybe it’s time to have them hone their kitchen skills under your watchful, restrained, and patient eye, of course. Try starting with a favorite dish or item they request from you. A quick online search will provide you with a replicated recipe for their favorite food at the bakery or restaurant.
 
Buried Winter Booty!   It's nothing to seal some hot chocolate, marshmallows, and a cinnamon stick in a plastic bag and tuck it into a small container. Tupperware works fine, or maybe you’ve got a wood pirate-like chest lying around?  Slip outside and toss it into the air. Your booty is buried in the snow!
 

Caption: Treasure maps simple or very involved, start with your own sketch or download a template off the internet.