Well, we often get 'cabin fever' as we are renting a tiny little unit here in Noosa at the moment. Our remedy to deal with cabin fever is to throw ALL the cushions in sight on the ground between the couches and have a massive jumping-off-the-couch session...combined with some loud upbeat music - we mix it all together with a few snazzy dance moves! Wella! A perfect remedy for 'cabin fever'!
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Get out and go running through the mud and rain and sand and wind! Home for a nice hot shower and my Gran's pumpkin soup. Or make pikelets.

We try never to let the rain stop us from going outside. I can't think of anything more fun that donning raincoats and gumboots and heading out for a rainwalk. Followed by a lavender bath and hot cocoa too. It might be my favourite thing to do, ever.

op shop sheets, blankets, cushions, chairs, tables - all in fort building and living, book reading, pic-nicing, shadow puppets and cuddling.

Cook up a storm and craft the day away!

Our way of dealing with cabin fever is to get out of the cabin! In the middle of a hot summer day this means a swim at the dam or an icy pole under a shady tree. In the winter in means getting rugged up and walking in the rain, puddles, mud or fog. On those days, coming home to the warm cabin is good too!

Cabin fever = loud music and dancing at our place. Or masking tape hopscotch down the hallway. Or 'sock throw' into the laundry basket. Or we make brownies. Brownies always help. x

Reading great books, watching movies and skyping friends. I dont have kids yet, one on the way :-)

Go outside and play with natural objects

Like today with the rain and wind, we're going to make a den. They love play camping.

Usually a mad dance around the room does the trick (makes it worse?), otherwise we head outside, anywhere that's near a tree or two. It centres us and calms us. But I came across the ultimate in defevering last Sunday. A group of local drumming and percussion artists were holding a workshop at the markets. Luca asked me if he could have a go on the drums before they started. He did and before we knew it, the artists had started and Luca was beating out a rhythm on the djembe drums and keeping up with the best of them. Kian was at it too. It transformed our mood that day. x

When cabin fever hits, we like to pack up our things and head for the local rock pool. The beach has this incredible ability to create endless hours of play for little minds with the soft breeze, fresh air, calming ocean rhythms and multitudes of treasures just waiting to be found. It allows us all to breathe a little easier and return home ready for the cabin once again.

If its not cooking up some 'pike-leps' its chasing the kids around the trampoline -running around in the circle laughing and chasing the kids!
thanks!
L
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Towel and bucket on the floor and a pile of doll's clothes (or dishes) to wash.

True cabin fever? If it's raining and we're inside all weekend, we build cubby houses with sheets over the table. We get out the Lego and build across the room. We make food. We lay out every cupcake wrapper to choose just the perfect ones. We clean out cupboards and try on clothes. All together.

I actually love cabin fever, it brings out the most creative play. I usually make the couch cosy get everyone busy in the kitchen with experiments and something delicious usually comes out sooner or later :)

We create a whole new cabin to play in (play forts and tents) and pile them with pillows and blankets. Read books with flashlights!

We seem to bake alot when cabin fever hits! I think its my solution to all problems!They can't resist whipping out the aprons , making a mess and, all the taste testing ! (me too!) Something else that we do that might sound a bit cuckoo is play "Cats and Dogs"..... the name is kind of self explanatory......and lets just say it amuses us for a loooooong time! Meow!

scented play dough, it's soothing for adults and children alike. Mine love chocolate play dough, great way to focus and use all though small muscles they need for coordination

Mumma makes a warm hearty soup to warm the soul in the morning ready for hungry little people (and Mumma) for lunch.
We may play our new favourite game 'pick up sticks', lots of painting and make cubby houses around the house. Once we have exhausted ourselves making cubby houses we love to take all the cushions of the couch and snuggle up on them near the fire with Popcorn! Ha, Peace x

Tickle them! Turn on some music! Dance! Dance! Shriek!

Cook, craft, dance, read, build and then all pile into the bath (or shower).

We made this very simple game up on a Cold& Rainy Sunday. We have called it "What's behind the Sheet".
We all hop into bed while one person stands at the end of the bed & throws the sheet up in the air in front of themselves to disguise their quick change.
The object of the game is to change positions and throw on some dress ups like glasses, scarves or a hat all before the sheet falls, to reveal the funniest, silliest and most creative pose and character.
So hilarious to see what each one of us comes up with!

We love to make hot coca with extra marshmallows and have tea parties in our jammies. Perhaps read a few good books and take long baths, too!

~A bit of wind,snow or rain doesn't keep us in for long,we pull out the woolens and wells and get out there to either make snow angles,jump in puddles or just catch raindrops on our tongues! Then we come in and have a contest to see who can make the most mini marshmallows stick to their heap of whipped cream that is on top of their cocoa. I normally win as the kids can't but help themselves from eating the marshmallows instead of sticking them to the cream:0) They then fight over who gets to sit under the blanket as I continue to knit it,one of these days it will be finished and it will fit all four munchkins without a pair of needles still attached!!

We just like to hang out at home and watch the world from the windows and make up stories. When we get bored of that, we turn to the books and then act out scenes from them. Then it ends with something hands on - craft, cooking and the like.

I am still waiting on my babe (2 weeks or so left!) but I do have to distract the hubby sometimes. We usually have reading dates & make up the silliest stories we can think of. Once we even played hide & seek around the house, because that is how adults are supposed to behave, right?!?!

My husband and I are still waiting on our first little one, but when we get Cabin Fever we like to take our dogs out for a ski jour in the woods behind our home. When we return we light a big fire in our wood stove and cozy up with knitting and reading. The new collection is so lovely!

Such cute things! When cabin fever hits, we like to bundle up and get outdoors. Even in the dead of winter, something delicate and amazing can happen in the wilderness. With layers of wool and feathers and whatever else will keep us warm, we can find our happy place again.

When cabin fever hits, we like to search for berries and my men enjoy fishing. It always finish's up by a nice camp fire with marshmellows. :)

When cabin fever hits, we hit the nature trails with the dog and the bebe, drink lots of hot tea or hot cocoa by the lake, go on a picnic.

Yikes we have had cabin fever today and yesterday as it has poured down in the uk. We do as.many crazy crafts as we can play soft table tennis ball games, puppet shows talent competitions and play hide and seek. We also dance in.the rain.
Good luck all =©}

we make a fire in the chimney and stay around knitting, playing with puzzles and reading. Today there was a cabin fever here and we painted issa's chair both together, during his little sister's nap. He was so happy to do it as a working little man. We made crepes and eat a lot in front of the fire. A little 15 minutes of sunshine allowed us to go to the garden and we picked up 3 flowers asa a little outside treasure.

As a photographer, I've accumulated dozens of albums of photographs of our family. Our children pull them out and we tell stories and compare them- what does the four year old remember about that day? The two year old? What does mama remember? Cuddling up on the big bed together in soft clothes and reliving fond family moments is our favorite thing to do when we're stuck indoors.

We walk walk walk - whether this means popping Teddy in the pram or strapping on the Ergo - we get out and about. Stop at the park for a decent swing and if the cabin fever is due to rain, splash in some mud puddles! Nothing like the cool, fresh air of the outdoors to get the blood pumping and babes happy again. Much love xox

Some sort of pinterest found craft idea with the boys that is related to the season, lots of reading, or maybe even head to the library for story time. When the boys are in charge of their own entertainment, they will build train tracks, make puzzles, or listen to books on tape.

Turn up the music LOUD and dance.... usually in the kitchen?

I love the inspiration for the collection. We live fairly remotely here in New Zealand in eighty metre's square, and we're homeschooling so....as you can imagine, when cabin fever strikes we have to listen. I have a cupboard full of games, experiments, craft gear and resources that is helpful in times like these. Sometimes all I need to do is lay a selection of activities on our work table and play some music and watch what unfolds. If it gets really messy and someone gets mad, we draw our write what we are angry about or stuff we are struggling with in life and go outside together and BURN it! Our worries disappear up into the sky. The kids love this one. I suspect one even creates situations to be able to light that match again...but whatever the reason, we always come back inside feeling lighter and more connected.

We live in Portland, Oregon so we usually don't let weather dampen our plans! We take pride in biking in the rain! But on those especially blustery cold days we make a roaring fire and my wee ones cast on alongside me and we click our knitting needles together and chat away, which leads to snacks roasted over the fire, which leads to laying belly down to see the "fire pictures"......

We live in Portland, Oregon so we usually don't let weather dampen our plans! We take pride in biking in the rain! But on those especially blustery cold days we make a roaring fire and my wee ones cast on alongside me and we click our knitting needles together and chat away, which leads to snacks roasted over the fire, which leads to laying belly down to see the "fire pictures"......

When these walls begin feel like a prison, and the wee ones become restless, we build forts. We gather up all the flat sheets off of the beds to create walls. We gather up all the soft blankets to fill the belly of the fort. We find our favorite classic stories, and I read to them in our little den. We talk about the stories. We talk about the life inside mama's belly; and wonder who is this little person inside me? We talk about the seasons, and look forward to the next. The irony of being more couped up in a fort when cabin fever sets in is not lost in me, but it works I tell you. It works.

Long days inside are often a reality here - the icy Antarctic winds lash the the south of Tasmania for at least a few months a year. When all else fails and the walls are closing in around us, we get out the dress ups, crank horrid disney tunes from the Tinkerbell movie (which they have never even seen - but can't get enough of) and dance around like "prince-erella"

I wish she made adult clothes...I want all of those pieces for myself!

The weather has been positively dreary here...well dreary by Brisbane standards.
We have been baking before Toddler C's nap...carrot muffins today...so that when he wakes up we can enjoy hot, homemade goodies.
Since the kitchen has been warmed by the oven, we eat the treats at the kitchen table, served up on pretty plates and always accompanied by a babycino for him and a coffee for me.
I have been teaching him about dreams and so I like to chat to him about what he dreamed about when he was asleep.
It is lovely. And the whole process of baking, napping and then enjoying takes up the majority of the day!

when cabin fever sets in, we like to get out. it might take some convincing; and there are often groans and protests, but my favourite thing is to head to our local beach. It's ever-changing, and so are the possibilities for my two girls. Climbing rocks, building cubbies, collecting beach treasures, being whipped by the wind and the sea, lashed by the rain or covered in foam, they're all memorable moments. We always come back with a glow in our cheeks and and light in our eyes!

Oh yes - when the snow hits here we get cabin fever. The kids and I usually get creative in the kitchen, cooking homemade bread into animal shapes with raisin eyes. There is always some art project, dough art ornaments, paper snowflakes, or making an acorn family. Often during this time, when it's just too bitterly cold or dangerous to leave the house - we try to learn something new. Last year my daughter Aries, who was 5 at the time, sewed her first project ever.

Well, if it's just too bad outside to don coats and boots for an outdoor adventure, it's usually crafting, cubby housing, baking, painting. Living in Ireland for 3 years certainly prepared me for dealing with cabin fever!

I take my girl into my craft room and let her go through the 'treasures', piles and piles of fabric, buttons, and ribbons and lace. And she contently makes 'engines' out of everything, which consists of rolling the bundles of fabric into cylinders, wrapping them with ribbons and chugging them around the room.

I often take miss three out to the veggie patch to weed or dig. It's amazing how it makes you feel like you've gone somewhere when actually your just outside your front door. Poppy planted seeds and built a teepee for seedlings yesterday for almost an hour before coming in to do her montesori lesson in washing up and folding clothes. Little did she know shed already been learning as she dug with her shower, bound twigs with twine and planted seeds with her fingers. We came back inside with smiles on our faces and no more cabin fever.

Go to the beach. Whatever the weather.

I don't get cabin fever often, but when I do I look at my baby boy, we sing and dance together, I grab a book or he runs to grab one (he loves books as much as me!) and we tell the same story in very different ways! We laugh and cuddle...problems are very far away!

When cabin fever hits the best solution is to get outside and let the fresh air hit our faces as we run and play. But sometimes going outside is just not possible. On those days when cabin fever comes I like to get paints out. There is something about the promise of a blank white page, the smell of paint and a brush in your hand to soothe the soul. I often sit down with the children and paint too.

We do one of two things. If we choose to sucuumb to the fever we make popcorn, cuddle on the couch under our quilt and watch a movie together - usually a Harry Potter one because you just don't tire of them. If we resist and try to shake it off, we put on our boots, coats and hats, go out in the elements, rain or wind - whatever it is - and let the fresh air wash away our madness. It works every time x

So far just snuggling and nursing as she was young during our winter, but I'm looking forward to starting many more traditions as she grows and we hibernate on the coolest days.

Not an entry - but a question, are these to pix from the commercial shoot you did a while ago? ;)

On those cabin fever days my children love to build inside forts or palaces. They enjoy taking all their sheets off their beds and draping them over couch and side tables and adding cushions underneath. We make decorations to make our homes look fantastic - a piece of paper drawn with a cross for windows, patty pan flowers, glittery stars to hang on pieces of string (easy peasy stuff which adds to the magic). When it is finished we read stories inside, eat pop corn, laugh and just enjoy our building skills.

Out come the classics and we all read together. So in a way we escape the cabin altogether and venture somewhere else for as long as we like. :)

It usually means a windy walk on the beach!

I love her designs. It's so refreshing to see childrens clothes that aren't tacky or based on adult styles.

When the cabin fever appears in our house, We build cubbies from cushions, sheets, chairs and tables... whatever is about. We scramble in and take turns in choosing stories to read. Warm drinks are sipped and crumbs scatter on the floor as we enjoy our treats inside the cubby.

Haaaaaa! "cabin fever"! most of the time we have a long walk in our montains with dogs. Most of the time, kids build small wooden house in the forest and i knitt and drink my tea in my thermos bottle.

Haaaaaa! "cabin fever"! most of the time we have a long walk in our montains with dogs. Most of the time, kids build small wooden house in the forest and i knitt and drink my tea in my thermos bottle.

Vintage sheets, kitchen chairs, many cushions, a torch, warm baked goods and some of our favourite books provide a magical indoor space for us to escape with our imagination.

cabin fever? make like a pirate, rob the pantry, walk the kitchen table and throw endless pillow canons around the house!

aaarrhh me heartys!

xo em

When cabin fever hits,
to the outdoors we commit.
The rain doesn't bother us,
just cover up, what's the fuss?
For raindrops are such funny things.
They have no feet or wings.
They sail through the air,
with the greatest of ease,
and dance on the street,
wherever they please.
So kids will slip on their raincoats,
put on their galoshes;
to wade through puddles,
making lots of splishes and sploshes.

Cabin Fever = theatre. Everyone joins in and performs. A little silly and a lot of fun.

Cake baking and fort building :)

Collecting the eggs always helps (for a little bit). Such fun climbing and clambering and crawling into the nooks and crannies our ladies have decided are safe enough to lay. Next, a walk in the forest. If there are puddle, even better!

We like to play mind games, it helps our kids use their cognitive skills and it's always fun finding out what everyone else has been thinking.

i put clementine in a carrier and go for a walk in the winter sun when the cabin fever sets in x

We pull on our wellies and escape to the bush beyond our backfence. We collect kindling wood & keep a look out for deer. We climb tress & skip in the nearby field. With flushed red cheeks & full, replenished hearts we head back inside and start a roaring fire. xx

I'm so happy :-))))) yuhyuhyuhuhuh :-))