Whether or not you're celebrating holidays this time of year, most people are thinking about family right now. And many of us are going to be seeing extended family soon. In that spirit, we thought that it would be fun to post some of our favorite games to play with 2 or more kids that don't require too much adult guidance. Check in over the next 10 days for more fun game ideas!
Game #4:
The Ice Cube Melt is a super simple and silly game and quite apropos for this time of the year too! Plus, no equipment necessary!
How to play:
1. Start by asking: "What items in our
house or outside are cold?" Examples might be a refrigerator, ice cubes, or snow
flakes.
2. Next, ask the kiddos to pretend to be like a
frozen ice cube (they can stand, sit or be in any position they like as long as
they are staying completely still).
3. You (or a family member) get to pretend to
be a giant blow dryer and melt just one part of their body. Do this by saying the body part out loud and
exclaim, “Tada, your nose is melted!” Or
pretend to blow hot air to melt them.
4. Whatever part you melted the child is
allowed to move… but nothing else.
Then melt another part and ask them to move just those two areas. Repeat while giving them a chance to
try moving the new areas, until the whole body is melted. This could take about a minute or as
long as you like. It’s quite silly
to see them just move around on one melted foot and arm while still keeping
everything else still!
5. Next, have them freeze back up again and try
to melt in a different sequence. The
best part is that it can be different every time.
Options:
A. Have the children decide which body part to
melt.
B. Pretend to be frozen with them. You can take turns calling out a
different body part that each of you can now melt.
C. Pretend to be a dragon blowing a fire breath... or other things that blow hot air! ;)
C. Pretend to be a dragon blowing a fire breath... or other things that blow hot air! ;)
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