15 Things To Do During The Blizzard
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15 Things To Do During The Blizzard

When it's too cold out to keep up the snowball fight and continuous Netflix-watching has melted your retinas, here are some things you can do in the dorm!

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15 Things To Do During The Blizzard

If you go to college on the east coast, like me, then you’ve probably heard a little something about the blizzard that hit on Saturday, January 23rd. Although sledding, snowball fights and making snow angels are amazing, here’s a list of fun things you can do inside once you’re tired out –– maybe it’ll be a good break from Netflix and napping!

1. Do arts and crafts

OK, we might not be in first grade, but that doesn't mean arts and crafts aren't fun anymore. Try making something to decorate your dorm room (like paper snowflakes in honor of the blizzard!) or print out "grown up coloring books" and color them in.

2. Dance

It's a good way of exercising and bonding, and since it's in the comfort of your own dorm room, it really doesn't matter how stupid you look, which is always a plus. If you don't like dancing on your own, try YouTubing Just Dance videos and battling your friends!

3. Play a modified version of hide and seek in the dorms

Set some ground rules and be reasonable so you don't get expelled, of course.

4. Play Truth or dare

Tried and true. If you get sick of normal Truth or Dare, try Paranoia or Never Have I Ever.

5. Try cooking

Attempt to use what you already have in your dorm room, and put your microwave to good use! Here are some mug cake recipes, although you might not have the ingredients with you already.

6. Pilates/yoga

My roommate made me do this yesterday and it still feels like I've been shot in the back of the legs. This is a great way to make yourself cry/exercise in substitution for running outside in the blizzard.

7. Meditating

Try this video to start out or just sit in a comfortable position, and try to clear your mind.

8. Make up your own extremely stupid game

My friends and I once came up with "blind hide and seek tag," where we crawled along the ground at each other (in a fairly open space) and tried to tag each other. Make up an equally stupid game, but don't be too stupid (just a little stupid).

9. Clean your room in preparation for the new semester

C'mon, you've got to do it eventually. Blast some music and clean with your roommate, and maybe it won't be so bad.

10. Rearrange your room

This one might take a fair amount of commitment, but if you've really run out of other things to do, this could be fun!

11. Wander down the dorm hallways and try to make a new friend

The beauty of college is that you can meet tons of people, yet if you embarrass yourself in front of them, you never have to see them again. You have nothing to lose!

12. Sing karaoke with your friends on YouTube

Hit those high notes. You sound like Adele, I promise.

13. Make a blanket fort

Get your engineering friends to calculate the physics of the perfect blanket fort! Lol just kidding, but this is a must.

14. Pick up a random and somewhat useless skill

This can't be something reasonable, like how to write a resume. This has to be something random, like memorizing a Shakespeare monologue, figuring out to make Jacob's Ladder on a Cat's Cradle String or making shadow puppets.

15. Plan your dream vacation to somewhere sunny (but only if you’re tired of the snow!)

Haha, just kidding. You know you love the snow, and you'll make it through this blizzard just fine!

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