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Family Christmas Adventures in Ohio
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items Based in Northwest, Ohio, my family and I travel quite a bit, especially during the holidays. We love to adventure out and check out new places with the kids. Here is a list of places we have been and a few that we would like to go to eventually.
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Stay At Home Activities
Christmas Light Shows
Tours and Attractions
Stay At Home Activities
Sometimes, staying at home is the best option. Here is a list of some of my favorite family traditions to do around the house.
We make salt ornaments with the kids. These take awhile to make plus make great gifts for family and friends.
Salt Dough Ornament Recipe
The winter months are a perfect time to go through and clean out some closets and donate to your favorite donation center. It feels good to help the needy and also, cleaning is a great way to beat the winter blues.
Clean out those closets and take them to your favorite donation center.
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Stay in and bake Christmas cookies. Most recipes only take a few simple ingredients. We enjoy laying them all out and decorating them with colored icing and sprinkles.
Bake Christmas Cookies
An advent calendar is a great activity to do each day throughout the Month of December. Here is a real neat Lego version calendar to keep the whole family busy.
Start an Advent Calendar
The holidays can be a hard time for deployed members of the armed forces. Brighten up their time away from home a little bit by sending a letter to someone who might not otherwise get one. The Red Cross Holiday for Heroes can help you find the perfec...
Write a Letter to a Soldier
Christmas Light Shows
With 2 young kids, we are constantly on the lookout for new Christmas light shows. Here is a list of some of our favorites to make the holidays a little more special this year.
This is a yearly stop for my family and I. It begins with a parade down main street and proceeds into a lighting ceremony of the town square with Christmas carols and other festivities. Its all FREE to go, so go early if you want a decent seat for th...
Blaze of Lights | Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce
We alternate each year between Toledo and Columbus Zoo passes. When we have the Columbus zoo pass we make sure to go to their WildLight spectacle. They have a good amount of buildings and stores to walk in with animals still out and their light displ...
Wildlights 2023 | Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Another family favorite tradition is to go to Toledo for the light show. We love the polar bear exhibit there.
Lights Before Christmas - Toledo Zoo & Aquarium
Wonderful light display in Cinci.
PNC Festival of Lights - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden®
Christmas light event outside Mudhens Stadium
Hensville Park
Tours and Attractions
We have never been to the house but would definitely like to. They offer tours and even overnight stay options. Oh Fudge!
A Christmas Story House - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)
A wonderful light display nestled in the heart of Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve. We went here a few years back for the first time and loved it. It was busy but worth the time and effort as it was back after Covid lockdowns and mandates were sti...
Clifton Mill
Take a trip to the North Pole with the family on the Polar Express in Dennison, Ohio
Dennison Railroad Depot Museum
This isnt in Ohio but just a short drive into Michigan to visit this amazing CHRISTmas store.
Bronner's CHRISTmas Wonderland
Located in Sylvania Ohio, this is an all indoor Christmas light and decoration tour with family friendly activities, games and snacks.
Children's Wonderland
Ice Skating show with Disney characters
Disney On Ice Tickets 2023 | Expedia