HT Games
Acorn Hunt
Tell the children you are going to help Scrat the squirrel find some acorns. Hide several acorns throughout the classroom or party area. If you do not have access to acorns, use small brown balls. Give each child a small bag and let him try to find as many acorns as he can. If you want to award prizes, award a small plush "Ice Age" toy to the child who finds the most acorns.
Play Dough
Purchase several tubs of play dough and let the children create their own character from the movie. If you want the children to keep their handmade creations, use self-hardening clay instead of play dough. Let the clay harden overnight and let each child have the creation she made.
If this is for a party, let the children make homemade play dough by mixing 1/4 cup of salt, 2 tsp. of cream of tarter, 1 cup of warm water and 1 tsp. of oil. Let the children knead the dough until it is pliable. For added decoration, add a few drops of food coloring to the dough to give it color. Cook the dough over low to medium heat in a saucepan and stir it constantly. After a few minutes, the dough will form a ball in the center of the pan; remove it from the heat. When the dough cools, give each child some dough to create their favorite "Ice Age" character. Store the dough in the refrigerator in an airtight bag or container to reuse.
Get the Dinosaur
Buy several small plastic dinosaurs and put one in each cube of an ice tray. Fill the tray with water and freeze overnight. To play this activity, give each child an ice cube that has a dinosaur in it. Tell the children the first person to melt his ice cube and get the dinosaur out wins a prize. They can rub the ice, sit on the ice or try to melt the ice with their mouth. If the children are very young, use caution so no one swallows and/or chokes on the ice cubes.