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19 Winter Activities & Games for Kids

08 Dec 19 Winter Activities & Games for Kids

Posted at 18:47h in Balloonz and Tunes by

Jump into an unpredictable season with these fun activity ideas from our friends over at MomJunction.com! Build snowmen, play freeze, and go on a treasure hunt with supplies in your own home. Read on for more fun ideas.

 

Snowman Slam

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 paper cups, brown velvet paper, orange velvet paper, glue, cotton

How to:

  1. Cut 12 small circles from the brown paper for making the snowman’s eyes. Cut some smaller circles for the mouth.
  2. Cut tiny triangles for the nose. Turn the cups upside down and stick the eyes, nose, and mouth as shown in the image.
  3. Prepare baseball-sized rounds with the cotton. Make them bulky and strong.
  4. Arrange the snowmen in the form of a pyramid and give the cotton balls to the kids.
  5. See if they can tumble all the snowmen from five feet, eight feet, ten feet, and more!
  6. Play for as long as your kid wants!

 

Snowman Bingo

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, a pencil, a ruler, and 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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:

  1. Give each kid a bingo card.
  2. Randomly call out a word or an object on the bingo cards.
  3. The kid who strikes out all images or words on the card wins!

 

Snowball Relay

When you have a lot of kids to engage on a cold day, the snowball relay is a game you can rely on. You could also play this in school.

You will need: snowballs, space to play, two buckets, at least 10 kids

How to:

  1. Divide the children into two or three teams, depending on the number of kids.
  2. Ask the kids to stand in a line, with a gap of at least five feet among them.
  3. Put one bucket with snowballs at one end of the line and an empty bucket on the other.
  4. 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.
  5. The team that gets most snowballs to the other end without breaking them wins!

 

Freeze

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:

  1. Clear some space in the room for the dancers.
  2. Play the music and ask the kids to dance any way they want.
  3. 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.

 

Snowy Treasure Hunt

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, a stick, thread, and objects to hide, big or small depending on how deep the snow is

How to:

  1. You can play this game inside the house or out in the snow.
  2. 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.
  3. Set a time limit and let the children loose, to find the objects.

The kid who finds most things wins!

 

Snowman Hat-Trick

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!) and a top hat

How to:

  1. Make a snowman as tall as your child.
  2. Add the eyes, nose, hands, and even the scarf.
  3. Stand a few feet away from the figure and try to throw the hat onto the head.
  4. 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!

 

Snow Dodgeball

Snowball fights are fun, as long as they are taken in the right spirit.

You will need: A snowy day!

How to:

  1. Take a small bucket or pail if you want and head outside.
  2. Tell the children not to aim at the face or any other unprotected part of the body.
  3. Stand at least six feet apart, make snowballs, and throw at each other.
  4. 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.

 

What fun do you plan on having this winter with your kids? Tell us in the comments below!