Need to keep kids feet warm in winter - help?

Question

I have girls 3 and 6 and they are just learning to ice skate, but each time we come off the ice their feet are freezing and they are in tears before I get their skates off. I was told to put two pair of dry socks on before their skates, and that will work - I was told to let them wear a different pair of socks to skating and remove those socks before I put the other two dry pair on - so no sweat can build up in these socks from their boots.

But that has not worked. I use cotton socks, should I use wool? What else can I do, I just hate having them with cold, soar feet and in tears every time we skate. Unfortunately the rink is very cold where they take their lessons...so that does not help.

Any tips on keeping kids feet warm - in skates - in boots - any time????

Answer 1

Wool socks are far warmer than cotton socks. Cotton also does not keep you warm once it gets wet, so if your feet sweat while skating, your feet are going to get cold a lot faster.



Wool socks with a liner sock that will wick the moisture away from the feet will help a lot. Also, you can get feet warmers that will slip right into a boot or skate. Very handy.

Answer 2

I'm not in a very cold climate, so my advice may not be altogether from experience, but you might try layering a thick pair of wool socks (something from Woolrich or the like) on top of maybe two pairs of thinner cotton socks. If they weren't too big for fitting into a pair of skates, you could also try placing some flat hand-warmer packs near the toes

Answer 3

Take a cue from anyone who grew up in Buffalo...wonder bread bags over the socks, in the boots. Works like a charm.





Dancing tights are also much thicker and warmer than a lot fo people think...or skating tights for that matter. They'll fit fine under whatever you decide to layer in their skates/boots/what have you.

Answer 4

You also gotta keep their head and hands warm.

If you can comfortably fit wool socks in their skates, it's worth a shot.

How long are the skating lessons for?

If there's a "break" halfway into it do you have time to change socks at that time?

Answer 5

wear like 3 pairs of socks, while skating and after.

it usually keeps my feet warm,

and i am always skating.

Answer 6

you can get little hand warmers and just stick em in the skates all u have to do is shake the warmers, u can get them at walmart in the sporting goods section