Children who insist on sledding down a hill without the sled tend to get lots of tears in their snowpants. Duct tape will fix that.
Missing mittens? Try a sock on each hand, then put a plastic bag over each hand (sandwich bags work for little hands) and another sock over the bag. The layers help with warmth, and the plastic bags keep hands dry. This is a useful task for all those unmatched socks we have around the house.
Plastic grocery bags also help keep feet dry in snowboots that spring a leak. Put on warm socks (two pairs if necessary), then slip your feet into the plastic grocery bag and slip the boots on over that.
Even if you intend to buy new boots and mittens, these work as a temporary fix until you get to the store or until payday, whichever you need most.
We had three November babies, and did not buy mittens for any of them. We used their little baby socks (they didn't have to be waterproof). Although I did knit our Boy an adorable pair with bunny ears, but no thumbs ;-)
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