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Whether it’s the first or last snow of the season, children are always excited about having fun in the snow. Take advantage of existing snow or plan for future flurries with Mowglis’ recommendations for things for kids to do outside when it’s cold. Make a snow animal and stay active in the winter months with help from the outdoor fun experts at our summer camp for boys.

Ideas for Making Snow Animal Sculptures

You can make snow creatures in many shapes and sizes, simply or elaborately detailed. Work together on this outdoor activity to create a single snowman, or plan a winter display featuring your favorite snow creatures:

Easy snow caterpillar

Form several similarly shaped snowballs, crafting a winding caterpillar shape. Add pebbles for eyes and sticks for antennae.

Simple snow turtle or tortoise

Press snow into an oval-shaped mound for the turtle shell. Use two snowballs to craft the turtle’s neck and head, then shape four more for feet. Add dark pebbles or stones for the eyes. Lots of snow? Create a ride-on Galapagos tortoise!

Adjustable size snow cat

Create a barn cat or a mountain lion, depending on the available snow. Start with a large, elongated, egg-shaped snowball for the body. Then, stack two long columns of narrow snowballs in front for the legs. Roll a round head as you would for a snowman. Carefully secure atop the head and mold two smaller snowballs into cat ears. Create another column of snowballs to mold the tail. Add pebbles for eyes and twigs for whiskers.

Classic snowman

Roll a large, medium, and small snowball, using the biggest for the base and the smallest for the head. The only limit to snowball size is how much you can lift! Add stones for the eyes and mouth and a carrot for the nose. Don’t forget the hat and scarf.

Snow monster

Is he a melting puddle of goo? A many-tentacled, Kraken-like creature? A sky-high snow cyclops? Let your imagination run wild, crafting a one-of-a-kind snow monster.

Tips for Working with Snow

You can use a small spray bottle of water to make powdery snow easier to mold. You can also add food coloring to brighten your designs – but like crafting the perfect s’mores at overnight summer camp, it will take some experimentation to get it right. Once complete, spray your snow creature with a layer of water, freezing snow in place to extend your animal’s lifespan.

Morph Your Snow Creature into a Bird Feeder

Replace or substitute stones, twigs, and other features for edibles like acorns, raw peanuts, sunflower seeds, dried corncobs, pinecones covered in peanut butter, and birdseed mix. Substitute smaller twigs for larger branching arms birds can rest on. Then, sit back and observe nature while sipping a hot chocolate as area birds enjoy a snow creature buffet.

Don’t Let Winter Weather Get You Down

Enjoy some of our favorite things for kids to do outside when it’s cold, making snow animals while getting ready for warmer weather activities. Summer camp is just around the corner – don’t miss out! Contact Camp Mowglis at 603-744-8095 to reserve your spot for next season today.

Current Weather

Last updated: June 16, 2025 4:59 am

  • Temperature: 55°F
  • Feels Like: 55°F
  • Humidity: 94%
  • Condition: Partly cloudy
  • Wind: 1 mph at 115° (EAST_SOUTHEAST); Gusts up to 2 mph
  • Precipitation Chance: 0% (Rain)
  • Air Pressure: 1022.3 mb
  • Visibility: 7 miles
  • Cloud Cover: 35%

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The Mow-Trow Gear Exchange: Smart & Sustainable Gear Sharing:

If your son has outgrown Mowglis uniform items (aka Mow-Trow) that are still in good shape, please add them to this spreadsheet. If you’re looking for Mow-Trow or other gear (hiking boots, backpacks, etc.), you can check out this spreadsheet, and if you find what you’re looking for, contact the parent who posted it up and either arrange for shipping (or to pick it up if you live in the same area).

 

The best way to pay for shipping will be for the family with the items to box them up and bring them to a UPS Store and have the parent receiving the items call the store with their credit card number. That is how we send lost and found items at the end of the summer, and it works quite well. Please note when items have been claimed once they have been. Any unclaimed items can be brought to camp on arrival day or shipped to camp.

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Protect Your Investment: Program Protector Tuition Insurance:

Program Protector, tuition insurance, is now available for purchase during the online registration process.

 

If purchased, may protect up to the full cost of your son’s session and include various other benefits should the need arise.

 

To buy this coverage, please go HERE.

 

Determine if Program Protection Tuition Insurance is right for you by going HERE.

Please be in touch if you have any questions about this program. 

 

PLEASE submit all camper forms by May 15th. There aren’t too many forms; all are important, and most can be completed right online.

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Keeping Campers Safe: Our Tick Management Approach:

How do you manage the threat of ticks?

While we have fewer ticks in NH than in more southern New England states, we still take ticks extremely seriously.

 

Here are some big-picture ways we protect our campers from ticks:

 

  • Our defense starts with staff education – all campers and counselors are taught what, where, and when to look for, and we have the campers do tick checks at least daily and every time they’ve been out in the bushes.
  • If a tick is found embedded on a camper while at camp, he will go to the nurse for removal and bite-site mapping, and then the tick is saved, and the camper will be monitored daily for any signs of infection.
  • If there is a parental desire or signs of infection, the tick is sent to a lab for testing.
  • We have bottles of bug spray throughout camp and on all trips.
  • We cut back brush to minimize the chance of ticks hopping onto folks as they walk around camp.

Mowglis Boys Summer Campers are Family

Our families know that Mowglis overnight summer camp for boys aged 7-15 is an extraordinary place. This is due in no small part to the wonderful families who have chosen our outdoor leadership camp for their sons. In joining the Mowglis family, you help us pass the torch, carrying on the tradition of summer camp to future generations and other families across the country.

 

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for becoming part of the Camp Mowglis family. Please help us spread the joy of camping. If you know of someone you’d like to invite to join our camping family, please complete our camp referral form so we can reach out.

 

Thank you – and see you soon!

Nick Robbins, Director

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