Winter games for kids
29 fun games kids can play in the snow – Active For Life
Snow! It’s basically winter’s sand. You can roll in it. You can build with it. And you don’t want it in your home.
Kids love to play in fresh snow. Do they want to build a snowman? Of course they do! But there are so many other activities your kids can do to have fun and keep moving once winter comes along. From sledding to snowball fights, catching snowflakes and making snow angels, wintertime affords the whole family so many options and so much fun.
Wrap your kids up warmly and get them outdoors to play in the snow. They’ll be active, they’ll get fresh air, and they may never again want to trade snow in for sand.
1. Buried (in snow) treasure hunt
Unleash your child’s inner pirate and send them off to find hidden loot. Hide a number of items in an area of snow (large or small depending on the age of your child) and let your kids know what you’ve buried (12 toy cars, 15 plastic dinosaurs, etc. ). They’ll love digging to find the treasure.
2. Snow baking
Pack hard snow onto a cookie sheet and use different shapes of cookie cutters to create snow cookies. Move the “cookies” onto a second cookie pan and pretend-bake for as long as your child’s imagination feels it should take to make the perfect treat. Decorate the cookies with bits of twigs, berries, or any other items kids discover near their baking area. This fun activity is a crowd-pleaser among many different age groups.
3. Snow maze
Use shovels, snowshoes, or just your plain old feet to dig a maze at home around your yard or local park. Kids will love finding their way through the twists and turns.
4. Winter scavenger hunt
Make a winter scavenger hunt together. You can look for icicles, snowmen, holiday lights on people’s houses, a pet wearing a winter coat, a shovel, animal tracks in snow, a squirrel, a pine cone, a red hat, or a dead leaf. Kids love to find each item and to cross out the object on the list.
Make the list longer for the older crowd and smaller for the little ones.
5. Throw the buttons on the snowman
Build a snowman and take turns throwing rocks to “button up his coat.” Make sure everyone’s standing back so no one gets their own coat buttoned up!
Related read: How to dress for the weather in every season
6. Winter bubble blowing
On a really, really cold day take regular old “bubble juice” and wands outside to see the beauty that icy bubbles make. Kids will oooh and aaah when they see the cool shapes float in the air or land on surfaces in icy globes. See if they can catch the bubbles in their hands before they burst. Use a variety of wands to see an even bigger variety of icy bubbles.
7. Snowball targets
To redirect your kids from throwing snowballs at their siblings or friends, set up a variety of bulls-eyes to redirect their fun. To make targets, draw chalk squares on a wall, or see how high your kids can throw their snowballs at a tree trunk.
Or make targets on the ground with hula hoops, a circle of rocks, or a ring “drawn” using coloured water in a spray bottle.
8. Snow raceway
Bring out your child’s toy cars and use shovels and mittened hands to build an Indy-inspired track. Be sure to include twists, turns, and even ramps for the cars to slide down.
9. Snow golf
Bury a bowl or empty can with the opening facing up under the snow. Use the bottom of a shovel or a lid of a storage tub to even out the snow into a smooth “putting green” that your kids can use to practice their short game. Snow games are the best games!
10. Snow volcano
Combining science and outdoor play could not get any more fun (and, trust me, when I did this with my four-year-old, we were both very excited!) Make a mountain of snow about adult-shin height and bury a small bowl or empty water bottle at the top. Pack snow around the container and make sure the top isn’t blocked by the snow. Fill the container with vinegar and a few drops of food colouring.
Give your child a heaping tablespoon of baking soda, have them dump it in, and stand back while the “lava” flows. As the bubbling starts to slow, add more baking soda to get the volcano erupting again.
11. Snow obstacle course
The combinations and permutations of this activity are endless! Put together an easier course for the younger crowd and a harder one for the older set. Have kids jump over hurdles made of snow, run around, do three jumping jacks, roll five snowballs, throw those snowballs into a bucket at a certain distance away, twist a hula hoop around themselves, and crawl through the snow to the finish line.
Related read: Mastering movement skills on ice and snow
12. Snow fort
Kids love to have their own hangout spot, especially when they’ve built it themselves (or with a little help from their parents). Bring out empty planter boxes or tubs and pack them with snow to make igloo-like bricks for walls. Want even bigger bricks? Use recycling tubs! To make the walls super-sturdy, pour water on them overnight to freeze them.
To make your fort stand out, use food-coloured water in a spray bottle to decorate, or use sticks and leaves to make flags.
13. GIANT snowball
Kids may use up all of the snow in your yard or local playground pushing a snowball to make it bigger, and bigger, and…
14. Hoop rolling
Hula hoops aren’t just for summer! How far can you roll a hoop along, or down, a snowy surface?
15. Snow creature
Instead of a snow “man,” have your kids build a snow dog, a snow bunny, a snow turtle, or a snow caterpillar. Or tie in a Halloween feel (we’re really mixing up seasons!) and build as crazy a monster as your kids can imagine.
16.
Pull out your shovels and pails and have your kids make the castles of their dreams. Pack snow into pails just like you’d do with sand and make perfect (or not) towers. Decorate your castle with any nature elements you can find, such as a leaf for a flag or twigs for a path to the palace.
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Search for nests With leaves off trees, it’s much easier to spot the nests of animals such as squirrels, birds, and raccoons. It’s also possible to spot empty wasps’ nests still hanging around after the summer and fall.
18. Snowball knockdown
Roll a number of snowballs together and stack them into a tower. Give your kids balls or beanbags and have them knock that tower down. How many tries will it take? (And how tall can a parent build a tower of snowballs without it falling down?)
19. Snow balance beam
Use the snow from shoveling your sidewalk or driveway to build up a beam out of snow. See if your child can walk all the way across. Make sure the beam is surrounded by soft snow so if they fall, the landing will be easy. Once they’ve mastered the beam, see if they can walk across holding an item like a snowball on their head without the ball falling off. Can they walk backwards on the beam?
Related read: How to develop snowboarding skills indoors
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Animal track hunt Take a walk or hike and see what animals have been ambling around your yard, local park, schoolyard, or hiking trails. Can you tell if raccoons, squirrels, cats, dogs, deer, skunks, foxes, otters, or birds have been bouncing, galloping, or walking in the snow? Have your kids take a sketchbook along to draw the tracks for further fun.
21. Snow shovel relay race
Put out large buckets or tubs for each kid playing, and have them race around using their hands to pick up and dump snow into their bucket in a certain amount of time (five minutes is plenty). The winner will have the most snow in their bucket. If the snow is sticky, use the snow in the buckets to build snow castles or to make a snow fort.
22. Follow the Leader
Choose one child to be the leader and have the rest line up behind them. The first child walks in the snow with the others walking in their footprints. The leader can take giant steps, zigzag, or make tiny tracks. As often as the leader decides, they must stop in place and make a movement such as a jump, a crazy dance, or a jumping jack.
The others must then copy the movement before moving on. Make sure to step in the footprints!
23. Build an upside-down snowman
Turn a traditional winter activity on its head! The tricky part is having the smaller snowball on the bottom but there’s so much fun to be had balancing the larger snowballs above it.
24. Snow slide
Leave your outdoor slides outside for the winter. Slides become super-slippery if you throw snow on them. Have kids land on a regular snowy ground or build up a pile of snow for your kids to slide into.
25. Snow paint
Fill spray bottles with water and food colouring. There’s no limit to the designs your child can create!
Related read: Try this winter bucket list
26. Make your own snowfall
Have little ones sit on the ground or bigger ones stand, and have them, or you, throw snow in the air. Kids will love trying to catch the snow as it falls to the ground.
27. Roll down snowy hills
While this might cause parents like me to feel dizzy at the thought of it, kids will feel exhilarated and giggling is almost definitely guaranteed.
Have them cross their arms around the body and set themselves a-rollin’!
28. Snow construction site
Bring your children’s building toys, such as dump trucks, diggers, excavators, front loaders, and bulldozers, outside and have them dig, push, and dump. Kids love having material to move around with their construction toys, which is why snow makes the perfect substance for these trucks.
29. Long jump
Make a start line in the snow by using a stick to draw a line, or with a skipping rope, and see how far your child can jump. Snow makes a soft landing spot! Can your child jump a further distance?
Snow is the best reason to get outside in the winter! Bundle up, enjoy the winter wonderland, and once you’ve headed indoors, a small cup of hot chocolate (don’t forget the marshmallows) is the perfect way to cap off a snowy, active day. And if your kids exhaust this list? I’m sure there’s always a car to brush off or a sidewalk they can clear!
19 Fun Winter Activities For Kids To Keep Them Engaged
Enjoyable indoor and outdoor activities help kids make the most of their winter vacations.
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Winter is coming. No, that isn’t an allusion to Game of Thrones. Just a friendly reminder that you should have a list of winter activities for kids handy to keep your little one occupied and entertained throughout the holidays.
Winter break is one of the best times to engage in fun games and spend time with the family if you are not heading out on vacation. Here are some interesting winter games for kids that you may play with your little one this season.
Fun Winter Games For Kids
For a kid, winters are about playing in the snow, inside the house, and anywhere else they can! So here is a list of winter games you can play with the kids!
1. Snowman Slam
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Snowman slam is a fun game that the entire family can enjoy.
But this is a no-snow game, which means your kids will be playing this game indoors. And, here’s how you do it!
You will need:
- 6 large white paper cups
- Brown velvet paper
- Orange velvet paper
- Glue
- Cotton (lots of it!)
How to:
- Cut 12 small circles from the brown paper for making the snowman’s eyes. Cut some smaller circles for the mouth.
- Cut tiny triangles for the nose. Turn the cups upside down and stick the eyes, nose, and mouth as shown in the image.
- Prepare baseball-sized rounds with the cotton. Make them bulky and strong.
- Arrange the snowmen in the form of a pyramid and give the cotton balls to the kids.
- See if they can tumble all the snowmen from five feet, eight feet, ten feet, and more!
Play for as long as your kid wants!
2. Snowman bingo
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Snowman bingo is a fun game for kids, but not so much for the parent! Why? Because it is the parent who has to create the snowman-themed bingo cards.
You will need:
- Plain bingo cards or chart paper
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Sketches or pens
Preparation:
You can opt for the simpler snowman-themed word bingo or the complicated image bingo. For image bingo, you will have to draw small pictures of the nose, scarf, eyes, hat, mittens, snowflakes, and anything else you can associate with a snowman. In the other version, you just write the words.
- Cut the chart paper into squares and make a 5×5 bingo grid. The grid size can be big or small depending on the type of bingo you choose to play.
- Draw the images or write in words.
Make as many bingo cards as there are kids to play. You could also print out snowman bingo cards from the internet.
How to:
- Give each kid a bingo card.
- Randomly call out a word or an object on the bingo cards.
- The kid who strikes out all images or words on the card wins!
Related: 20 Awesome Memory Games For Kids To Enhance Thinking Skills
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When you have a lot of kids to engage on a snowy day, the snowball relay is a game you can rely on. You could also play this in schools and communities.
You will need:
- Snowballs
- Space to play
- Two buckets
You will need at least ten kids to play this game.
How to:
- Divide the children into two or three teams, depending on the number of kids.
- Ask the kids to stand in a line, with a gap of at least five feet among them.
- Put one bucket with snowballs at one end of the line and an empty bucket on the other.
- On ‘Go’, the kid standing at the end of the line picks a snowball and passes it to the next one. And that kid gives the snowball, without breaking it, to the next kid and so on.
- The team that gets most snowballs to the other end without breaking them wins!
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Freeze is a musical game where the kids get to dance to their favorite tunes. That is until you, the ‘snow lord’, turn them into statues.
You will need:
- Music
- Space to dance
How to:
- Clear some space in the room for the dancers.
- Play the music and ask the kids to dance any way they want.
- But when the music stops, they have to freeze like statues, in whatever pose they were.
Take pics of the kids as soon as they freeze and show it to them! We guarantee that your cheeks will hurt from laughing.
5. Snowy treasure hunt
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Treasure hunts are passé. But add snow to the equation, and they suddenly become appealing. You may be wondering how in the world is someone supposed to find treasure buried in snow?
Well, you gotta play it to know it!
You will need:
- Small pieces of paper
- Stick
- Thread
- Objects to hide, big or small depending on how deep the snow is
How to:
- You can play this game inside the house or out in the snow.
- Set up a series of clues or objects that the children have to look for. Don’t hide them too well or bury them too deep in the snow.
- Set a time limit and let the children loose, to find the objects.
The kid who finds most things wins!
Related: 20 Indoor And Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Ideas For Kids
6. Snowman hat-trick
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Come winter and snowfall, and everyone wants to make a snowman. And why not? Building a snowman is fun. But this game is better than that.
You will need:
- Snow (duh!)
- A top hat
How to:
- Make a snowman as tall as your child.
- Add the eyes, nose, hands, and even the scarf.
- Stand a few feet away from the figure and try to throw the hat onto the head.
- Take turns to see how many times each kid get’s to hat the snowman! Keep a score.
One who gets it most times wins!
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Snowball fights are fun, as long as they are taken in the right spirit.
You will need:
A snowy day!
How to:
- Take a small bucket or pail if you want and head outside.
- Tell the children not to aim at the face or any other unprotected part of the body.
- Stand at least six feet apart, make snowballs, and throw at each other.
- When the other person throws it, try to dodge.
Note: For all outdoor activities that involve playing in the snow, ensure that the child wears appropriate winter clothing including jackets, gloves, and shoes to prevent frost bite.
Point to consider
For older children, you may set a target on the ground with various point values based on where their snowballs drop to make it a little more tricky.
Related: 15+ Winter Poems For Kids To Celebrate The Snowy Season
Outdoor Winter Activities For Kids
Snow or no snow.
You can’t stay holed up inside the house all through the winter. Sometimes, you can take the kids out for fun winter activities for kids. Wondering how?
Read on!
8. Make snow angels
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Snow angels are not sculptures, but impressions that you make on the snow-filled ground. Make sure that your child has put on enough warm clothing. Do not try this without proper clothing.
You will need:
- A snow-filled area, preferably a park or your backyard
How to:
- Dress your kids in warm clothes.
- Ask them to lie down in the snow, facing the sky.
- Now wave the legs and the arms on the ground to make wings.
- Once done, ask the child to get up and move away from his creation without stepping on it.
This is best done when it is not snowing.
9. Build snow forts
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Too much snow in the yard? Well, use it to build an igloo or a fort!
You will need:
- A lightweight bucket or rectangular planter box
- Space
How to:
- Clear out some space and mark a boundary.
- Fill the planter box (or bucket) to the brim with snow. Level the top of the planter.
- Invert the planter neatly and apply pressure on it.
- Hold it for a few seconds and slowly lift the planter, leaving the snow slab on the ground.
- Place the slabs side by side to cover the boundaries.
- Then stack them up as seen in the image, to build walls.
You can build a small fort or a big one, depending on how much snow there is and how excited your child is about the activity.
Quick tip
Help the children decorate the fort with colored water in a spray bottle or build flags out of twigs and leaves to make it stand out.
10. Snow painting
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One of the most beautiful things about snowy winters is the whiteness of the snow! As peaceful as it can be, lack of color can be depressing too. So, how about adding some color to your immediate surroundings?
You will need:
- Eco-friendly, washable paints
- Paint brushes
- Molds
How to:
- Pick a patch of a snow-filled area that you want to paint.
Take some snow on a plastic sheet or large tray to prevent the paint from spilling. - Use the molds to make shapes out of the snow.
- Mix the colors and ask the children to paint the molds in any color they want.
You could also pick specific snow-filled patches here and there, around the house to make the area look nicer.
11. Build a cairn
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A cairn is a tower made of flat stones. This is an activity for no-snow regions. It is also an excellent way to spend time during winter picnics.
You will need:
Flat stones of different sizes – big and small
How to:
- Find some firm, even ground, and place the largest stone on it.
- Place the next biggest stone on it and complete the stack by placing the stones in descending order.
- Place the stones on top of one another in such a way that you can make the tallest possible tower.
- You could use equal-sized stones to make a tower.
Just make sure that the stones do not have any sharp edges, to prevent cuts and bruises.
12. Get sporty!
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Who says your child cannot play when there is snow all around? Here is a list of outdoor sports your child can indulge in during winters.
- Skating: If there is a skating rink near your house, go ice skating. If your child doesn’t know how to, this is the right time to teach him or her!
- Hockey: You could take your kid to watch or play a game of ice hockey. If there is a children’s ice hockey rink near you, you could even get the kid trained in the sport!
- Skiing: Not everyone lives near a ski resort. But if you do, do not waste any time thinking about taking your kid skiing. Instead just go and have fun.
- Saucer swirls are the best alternative to skiing for the younger lot. If your child is aged less than five, try saucer swirls in a snow park.
- Snowboarding best suits teenagers and pre-teens. Similar to skiing, snowboarding does not have skis to support. So we recommend that the child try skiing first and then get to snowboarding when he or she has learned how to balance when moving on the snow.
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- Sled rides are for the entire family If there are slopes near your home, you can create a makeshift sled using old wooden tables or planks and have fun.Care must be taken to ensure the child’s safety when trying these sporting activities. See to it that the child has the necessary safety gear in place before they play. Also, keep in mind the child’s age and capabilities before picking a sport.
Indoor Winter Activities For Children
When it is too cold, or when there is a snowstorm preventing you from stepping out, you can trust these indoor activities to keep you company.
13. Holiday Movie Nights
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When it is too cold, what better way to keep your child warm and happy than having a cozy family movie night? Just collect a bunch of your child’s favorite DVDs, make a hot cup of cocoa, and snuggle up on the couch to watch the movie.
Here are our top 12 picks!
- Frozen
- The Polar Express
- Ice Age
- Happy Feet
- Home Alone
- The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe
- How The Grinch Stole Christmas
- It’s A Wonderful Life
- Miracle
- Rise of the Guardians
- Jack Frost
- March Of The Penguins
14. Have an indoor picnic
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Is your child fretting over canceled vacation plans? If the weather is not letting you go out, have an indoor picnic or vacation for fun.
- Clear out some space in the attic or one of the rooms that you do not often use. Or clear out some space in your living room.
- Prepare picnic food.
- Spread the picnic blanket and put the food in a basket (you gotta go all the way!).
- Pick a few games (indoor, of course) that you’d play when you go out for a picnic.
Enjoy!
Point to consider
Include wholesome snacks such as simple stews or vegetable soups, cucumber and carrot sticks with hummus, and hot cocoa for beverages.
These are ideal for both adults and children.
15. Make holiday greeting cards
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If your child is a busy little bee and likes to keep himself or herself occupied with little projects, think about making holiday greeting cards. Don’t worry if you don’t have material for fancy greeting cards. You can make the prettiest cards with just craft paper and coloring pens. Use green and red colors generously for Christmas themed cards. Or just use a bit of black, orange, and red for snowman themed cards.
Whatever you do, get creative and encourage originality.
16. Decorate the house
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If it is almost time for Christmas and you have the decorations ready, why not start decorating the house. If you don’t have decorations, you could begin cleaning the house and preparing it for when you can get the decorations from the store. An interesting idea would be to get the children to create X-mas tree decorations at home, using cotton, ping-pong balls, color pens, glitters, and other materials.
17. Make marshmallow slime
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How do you make slime without mud? Well, just use marshmallows. Read on to know how you and your kids can make marshmallow slime!
You will need:
- 250g marshmallows
- 300g cornflour
- 1 ½ cup water
How to:
- Put the marshmallows in a microwave-safe dish and microwave for ten seconds.
- Stir them and cook again for ten seconds and continue the process until the marshmallows melt completely.
- Mix the cornflour and water in a mixing bowl.
- Add the melted marshmallows and mix thoroughly.
The slime, which is solid one minute and liquid-ey the next, is ready!
Experimenting With Snow And Ice
No list of winter activities is ever complete without interesting ice and snow experiments. So how did you think ours was?
18. Indoor ice art
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When we say ice art, we mean ice sculptures, but the kind that kids make.
Confused? Keep reading, and you will understand!
You will need
- A lot of water
- Molds of different sizes
- Eco-friendly or food colors
- Liquid droppers
How to:
This is a pretty simple experiment that can be conducted indoors or outdoors. Here is how.
- Take water in different bowls and add food coloring to it. Use as many colors as possible, one in each bowl.
- Pour the colored waters in as many bowls as you can find – molds, Jell-O cups, conical vases, yogurt containers, tin cans, and so on.
- Freeze them overnight in the refrigerator. Or you can also put the molds outdoors, in case of subzero temperatures.
- Take out the colorful ice blocks the next morning and arrange them artistically, or in any way you want.
You could also try mixing different colored semi-frozen sculptures in a bowl and freeze them to get a multi-colored ice art.
Note: You can also try making Popsicles with water, milk, fruit juices, and so on to teach children that liquids freeze at subzero temperatures.
19. Melting ice
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Ice melts at room temperature. You know that. But does your child know that? Use this experiment to teach the child how quickly or slowly ice melts in different conditions.
You will need:
- Water
- Medium-sized bowl
- Liquid water colors
- Droppers
- Ice cubes
- News paper
- aluminum foil
- Soil
- Tray or cups
How to:
- Here, we will try two different experiments.
Melting ice colors
- Freeze water in the medium-size bowl.
- Take the ice out of the bowl and into a leak-proof tray.
- Sprinkle a little salt over it and voila! The ice starts melting faster when you add salt to it.
- Mix the colors in different cups and use the dropper to color the melting ice.
- Add as many colors as you want to the melting ice to create beautiful ice art.
How quickly does ice melt now?
- Take three ice cubes of the same size.
- Put one ice cube as it is in the tray.
- Wrap one ice cube in a piece of newspaper and put it next to the first ice cube.
- Wrap the last ice cube in an aluminum foil and place it next to the second one.
- Observe the ice cubes as they melt, and keep track of how long each takes to melt.
The ice cube without any insulation starts melting at room temperature. However, the ice cube wrapped in the aluminum foil melts faster as aluminum quickly transfer heat to the ice cube. The ice cube wrapped in newspaper melts slower than the others because paper insulates the ice.
You can also try the same experiment by wrapping the ice cube with a plastic sheet and a cotton towel and see the results.
You may plan outdoor and indoor winter activities for kids to make their winter holidays memorable.
Indoor winter activities keep your child occupied during heavy snowfall days when playing outside is impossible. Outdoor activities such as snowball relay, snowy treasure hunts, snowman hat-trick, and snow dodgeball are best to enjoy the snow with family and friends. Playing in snow helps the child to learn to walk in the snow and avoid the boredom of staying indoors. Ensure that your kid is dressed properly and wearing gloves while playing outdoors in freezing winter weather.
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- Snow Balls
- Game in Snowballs
- Tsar Mount
- Skating from the mountain
- Winter-Horsemen "Moroz"
- Snow Angel
- Winter game "Frozen"
- soap bubbles for frost
- House made of ice "bricks"
- Salochki "At the bear in the forest"
- Pathfinder
Winter games and outdoor activities are a Russian national tradition.
The abundance of snow and hard frost has never been an obstacle to spending time outdoors. The cold at the same time forced people to come up with active games and entertainment. Many games of our ancestors have survived to this day. Some - unchanged, some - adapted to modern realities. Winter games are very popular with adults and children. Today we will talk about some of them. What can you do outside in winter?
Snow balls
Children have always enjoyed rolling snow balls. They can be used to make snowmen, fortresses or any other structures. You can arrange:
- Competition for the biggest snow globe;
- Relay - who will roll the ball to the finish line faster?
Snowball fight
Snowball throwing is another old Russian winter game. You can throw snowballs, trying to hit a specific target:
- Inside the drawn circle;
- Add to cart;
Snowballs should not be heavy and dense so as not to injure the participants in the game.
Also avoid hitting people.
Snowballs can also be made from crumpled paper. This is especially true in our time, when winters are not snowy.
King of the Hill
This is a winter game loved by many generations, which was often played by boys. The goal of the game participants is to climb a high snowdrift or a specially constructed snow hill, at least a meter high. Rivals are allowed to pull each other down, in every possible way preventing them from reaching the top. The one who first climbs up and stays there the longest is declared the "King of the Hill".
It is best to have an adult watch the game to prevent injury to the players.
Downhill skiing
A traditional winter game that is still popular today. If earlier they rode mainly on home-made wooden sleds and an ice rink, now you can slide down the mountain on snow scooters and other special devices. You can play gate. They are made from sticks and twigs. The one who rolls down the mountain and passes without hitting the gate wins.
The main thing is to explain to the children that they roll down the mountain only when the previous participant leaves the “landing place”, and it is better to ride the slides in places specially adapted for this, which are often equipped in city parks.
Winter round dance game “Frost”
Round dance games have always been popular with the Russian people. In winter, you can also play round dance, only this game will be more mobile in winter. In the cold season, the usual round dance includes "salki".
- Children hold hands and form a circle.
- “Frost” stands in the center of the circle, which was previously chosen by a counting rhyme.
- Players dance and sing in chorus:
Goes Zimushka-Zima,
She has a white braid.
Three aunts are with her -
White undershirts:
Snowstorm, Blizzard and Snowstorm.
Those aunts have a servant:
Furious Uncle Frost,
Whomever he grabs, he froze.
After that, the children scatter, and "Frost" tries to catch up with someone and "bash", that is, "freeze". The next one is led by the one whom "Frost" knocks down first.
You can make the game more difficult by adding new rules. For example, a frozen person is helped by throwing a snowball next to him, which will “unfreeze” him.
Snow Angel
To create a Snow Angel, lie down in a clean, fresh snowdrift and move your arms up and down the snow. You can simultaneously bring your legs together, and then spread them apart. After that, you need to carefully stand up and admire the resulting figure, which resembles the outlines of angel wings. You can try to create other snow images. Which? Let your imagination lead.
Winter game "I'll Freeze"
This is a very simple winter game that does not require special training. The players stand in a circle and stretch their arms forward. The driver stands in the center of the circle and tries to touch someone's hand.
Children should quickly hide their hands behind their backs so that they are not "frozen". The game requires quick reaction.
Soap bubbles in the cold
You can blow soap bubbles not only in the warm season. Try this winter. Children will be happy to admire the snowflakes that form on a film of water. This is a real miracle!
House made of ice "bricks"
Children love to build houses from scrap materials. In winter, you can build a house from ice "bricks". Of course, this requires special preparation, but the result is worth it. C
- First you need to make "bricks". To do this, water is poured into a rectangular container.
- After freezing, the brick is removed and left in the cold.
- When enough "bricks" are made, you can start building a house.
- "Bricks" are also made from dense snow.
The child can be told that the Eskimos build their "igloo" dwellings in a similar way.
Colored houses can be built by first adding colored paints to the water before freezing.
Salochki "At the bear in the forest"
The one who was chosen as the "bear" goes to the "den". The rest of the players run with the words:
At the bear in the forest
I take mushrooms and berries.
And the bear does not sleep
And growls at us.
The bear must run out and catch as many children as possible.
Pathfinder
In winter it is interesting to play Pathfinder. Children will be happy to look for footprints in the snow left by different birds and animals. We must try to guess who left the trail. You can try to find a hidden friend in his footsteps.
Winter offers us many games and entertainment. The main thing is that they are active, mobile, and then the benefits of such a winter pastime will be undeniable!
Do not forget about safety rules.
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☃ Winter games - fun and games without a computer for kids!
You do not know what to do with your child during a winter walk? Do you want the children to actively move and not freeze, and are they already tired of skiing? Then try to play our winter games - a good mood is guaranteed for both adults and children!
This section describes games that can only be played in winter outdoors, on a snowy ground，on a snowy or wooden mountain, on skis, on ice without skates, and on skates.
The Winter Games can be held under certain weather conditions: at a frost of at least 15° in calm and low wind weather. Games are designed for schoolchildren and youth. Games on the snow playground are recommended to be held for no more than one hour.
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This winter bait game is a mixture of the usual catch-up and snowballs . It is not enough to catch up with the opponent in it, you also need to hit him!
Read more about the game of the Snow Snow
Assess : 3.8 (Votes 96), Comments :
There is such a winter Children Entertainment for those who are not afraid to be issued in snow - to depict snow angels. More about the game Snow Angel0185 peoples . So you think snowballs are a primitive game? Yes, no matter how! Because it is loved by children of all ages.
More about the game Snowballs
Rating : 3.2 (121 votes), comments : 3
Is it snowing heavily outside? Don't waste precious time - rather to the yard ! Invite your child to take part in the game-competition "The biggest com"
More about the game The biggest com
Rating : 3.
5 (votes 15), comments : 1
A traditional Russian game in the old days on Maslenitsa festivities, on broad Thursday or Maslenitsa Saturday, and most often on Forgiveness Sunday. One team is defending, the other is attacking! The presence of a referee adults is highly desirable.
More about the game Capturing the Snow Fortress
Rating : 4.1 (50 votes), comments : 8
New Year's game for a large company with drivers and fun running around .
Read more about the game Winter Salki-Goloki 🌲🌲🌲
Assessment : 4.1 (votes 34), Comments : 3
Winter cold and you do not know how to take children on Street ? Are you afraid of frost? Do not be afraid! Get out into the fresh air soon and play a fun winter game, the children will definitely not freeze , and everyone will be in a good mood.
