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Beyond Snow Angels and Sledding
Fun and Unique Games for Winter Play
Fill buckets, plastic containers or ice cube trays with water. Set them outdoors overnight to freeze. Dip each mold in warm water for a few seconds to loosen the ice. Turn the mold upside down to slide the ice out. Let your child build an ice sculpture. To stick two shapes together, spray water on the surfaces you want to join and hold them together for about 10 seconds.
Snow Painting
Add a few drops of food coloring or a spoonful or two of tempera paint to a spray bottle full of water. Let your child paint the snow by spraying it. Or have her brush on undiluted tempera paint poured into small containers. Button, Button
This game requires four or more players. Make snowballs, one less than the number of players you have. For example, if eight children are playing, make seven snowballs. Hide a brightly colored button inside one of the snowballs. Choose one player to be "It." The other players stand in a circle around him and pass the snowballs quickly until he tells them to stop. He then guesses which player has the snowball with the button inside. The players break open their snowballs to see if he has guessed correctly. If he has not, he's again "It" for the next round. If he guessed right, the player holding the button becomes "It." Pages: 1 2
