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Winter Games & Activities for Kids

By: Party ideas contributed by Sharon Mehl

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Here's some chilly indoor fun for winter celebrating!

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Ice Fishing




Supplies: Blue sheet or cardboard painted blue Dowel sticks String Clothes pins

Hang sheet or cardboard from ceiling. Construct fishing pole by tying one end of the string to the dowel and tying the other end of the string around the clothes pin. You may want to glue gun them in place so they don't slide off.

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How To Play: A parent stands behind the sheet/cardboard with a basket full of little goodies/gifts to attach to the clothes pins. Kids cast their fishing lines over the "ice" and know that they've caught something when they feel a tug on their line.

Frosty

 

Supplies: A roll of toilet paper for each team Sheet of orange, black, red and yellow construction paper for each team Hat for each team Scissors for each team

How To Play: Have several teams of four or five children. When you say, "GO" they should wrap one of the people on their team up in toilet paper (leaving an opening for nose and eyes). Once they've built their "Frosty" they can utilize the hat and construction paper to decorate him with. Put a time limit on decorating. Give a prize for the first completed Frosty, most unique Frosty, ugliest Frosty, cutest Frosty, etc.

Shoe Box Relay Race

 

Supplies: Tootsie Rolls (1 for each child) Shoe box for each team Bell for each team 2 mittens for each team 2 bowls for each team

Place tootsie rolls, in a bowl, at the opposite end of the room. Hang a bell, from the ceiling, over the tootsie roll bowl.

How To Play: Divide the children into two or more relay teams. Explain that when you say, "GO" the first person on each team will put on the mittens, step into the shoe boxes and race to the other end of the room where they will ring the bell with their nose. They are then to pick up a tootsie roll out of the bowl and race back to their team still wearing their mittens and shoe boxes. Pass the mittens and shoe box to the next person in line, sit down, eat your tootsie roll. The first team to finish eating their tootsie rolls wins!

Snowball Over the Mountain

 

Supplies: Sheet White balloons blown up 4 adults to help

How To Play: Children are divided into two teams. A sheet (the mountain) is held above eye level between the two groups by the 4 adults (holding each end). Each side throws snowballs (white balloons) over to the other side.

Unwrap the Gift

Supplies: Box filled with candy Box wrapped many times with different paper Music

How To Play: Children sit in a circle on the floor. While the music is playing the "present" is passed around the circle. When the music stops, one layer of wrapping paper is removed. The music begins again and the process continues until the box is completely unwrapped. The box is then opened and everyone shares the candy.

What's that Song?

(4th grade or older)

 

Supplies: Black board and chalk or Dry Erase board and markers Slips of paper with a different Christmas song written on each one Christmas themed bowl to draw from or stocking Timer

How To Play: Divide the class into teams. The player up draws a slip of paper from the stocking, reads it silently and hands to teacher. The player must then draw clues as to what their song is and by so doing get their team to say the name of the song. If the playing team guesses correctly, before the timer runs out, they get two points.

If the playing team cannot guess correctly, before the timer runs out, the opposing team may take one guess. If the opposing team guesses correctly they get a point and the playing team loses a point. Most points wins.

Winter Pictionary

 

Supplies: Black board and chalk or Dry Erase board and markers Slips of paper with a different winter items/objects on each one [example: mittens, coat, candy cane, snowflake, etc... Christmas themed bowl to draw from or stocking Timer

How To Play: Divide the class into teams. The player up draws a slip of paper from the stocking, reads it silently and hands to teacher. The player must then draw clues as to what was on their paper and by so doing get their team to say what it is. If the playing team guesses correctly, before the timer runs out, they get two points.

If the playing team cannot guess correctly, before the timer runs out, the opposing team may take one guess. If the opposing team guesses correctly they get a point and the playing team loses a point. Most points wins.

For small children don't divide into teams, use a timer or keep track of points. Just play until someone in the class yells out the right answer.

Snowball Relay Race

 

Supplies: Styrofoam ball for each team Pencil for each team

How To Play: Divide into teams. First child on each team will be given a styrofoam ball (snowball) and a pencil. On your mark they are to bend over, place the ball on the floor, and push the ball with the pencil across the room, around an obstacle, and back to next child on team. First team to finish wins.

Snowball Making

 

Supplies: Large sheets of tissue paper, one for every child Bucket for each team

How To Play: Divide the children into two teams. The first person on each team gets a piece of tissue paper and crumples it into a ball using one hand (this keeps them soft). Child then places the snowball in the bucket. The next child repeats the first childís actions and the process continues until the team has all their snowballs m

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