Games to Play in the Snow With Kids

Ice Cube Scavenger Hunt

• Make colored ice cubes by mixing food coloring with water and pouring it into ice cube trays to freeze overnight. Have the kids stay in the house while you go outside and hide the ice cubes all over the play area. Give each kid a small paper sack. When you say, "Go," the kids must run outside and start looking for the colored ice cubes in the snow. Tell them to put any ice cubes they find in their paper sack. The child who finds the most colored ice cubes wins the game.

Snow Castles

• Give the kids several beach pails, sand toys, pots and pans to use in the snow. Tell the children to make their best castle using the items provided. If there are enough children, divide the children into teams of two or three so they can work together. At the end of 30 minutes, judge the castles by the funniest, best, silliest and scariest.

Frosty's Hat Toss

• Find a black top hat or use an old baseball cap and help the children build a snowman. Mark a starting line about 10 feet from the snowman and have the kids take turns trying to throw the hat on the snowman's head. Tell the kids to throw the hat as they would a flying disc. The first child who lands the hat on the snowman's head wins the game.

Flag Hunt

• Divide the kids into two teams and designate two play areas, such as the front yard and backyard, or mark off two separate areas in the snow. Give each team a yardstick with a white cloth tied to the stick. The teams have 10 minutes to hide the "flag" in the snow. If the designated areas are side-by-side, have each team stay inside while the other team hides the flag. When the teams are ready, they switch sides and start looking for the white flag. The first team to find the white flag wins the game.