Winter dictates its own laws. But she is preparing us a wonderful gift - amazing winter fun for both children and adults!
Snow sculptures
If during the winter you did not fashion at least one tiny snowman, did not build a fortress, an ice hut in the courtyard, did not build a hill, then you can assume that winter was in vain. That’s why all people like to try to make something out of snow in those days when it’s sticky.
Such simple winter fun today has received quite a strong development. Today, many talented sculptors are engaged in modeling from the snow on a completely professional level. There are entire cities carved out of ice, with churches, trees, benches and monuments!
Well, a mere mortal, not heavily weighed down by the talents of sculptors, can be content with sculpting snow women and fortresses. In schools, youth winter camps and kindergartens, it is appropriate to hold competitions for the best building or sculpture made of snow. With great pleasure these winter entertainments are perceived by people of any age. Winners can be presented with a miniature sculpture of a snowman made of cotton or wool.
Sports game - “war game”
So wonderful fortresses were built, snowballs made and stacked. Such winter entertainments for children and adolescents as the game of “war game” come into force.
But, if you think about it well, the trivial version of this fun is a rather dangerous occupation. After all, the "shell" can hit the face. And the winner is almost impossible to determine. But you can arrange a sports competition with slightly changed rules, which will require fortresses, snowballs, and the ability to hit the target.
You just need to check the box inside the fortress. Warriors themselves should not throw snowballs at the enemy, but try to destroy the fortress and bring down the rivals flag. Still it is necessary to make a "continuous strip" through which it is impossible to cross. For each team this will be its own forbidden feature.
Throwing snow shells - we have fun, we are very happy!
Children really like the competition of throwing snowballs at the goal. For such a game, it is recommended to put a plywood shield with concentric circles drawn on it with marking points.
On sports fields where there is a basket for basketball, it is quite possible to arrange the game "basketball-ball". If several groups participate in the competition, you need to mark the shells of each team. For example, Koloboks will insert red details from Lego into their snowballs, Carlsons use blue ones, and Hippos use yellow ones. Then scoring will be much easier.
Here we are rushing downhill - hey, down below, watch out!
You can not describe winter activities without mentioning the roller coaster ride. This is a favorite pastime of children in the cold season. The older generation remembers that earlier it was possible to ride from the mountain either on one’s own pope, or by laying down a piece of cardboard, plywood, or even a briefcase, well, or on a sled, on one’s feet. Therefore, often these children's winter entertainments ended rather poorly: clothes suffered, shoes were torn, noses were broken, and even arms and legs were broken.
Today, the industry offers consumers special devices for skiing from the mountains: "ice" of various sizes, shapes and colors, "cheesecakes" and miniature plastic skis. The safest are inflatable circles with a bottom, which allow you to reduce the force of the impact during the ski jump, keep even the smallest and awkward “passenger” inside, preventing it from falling out during the descent.
And the slides themselves for the most part do not arise spontaneously, but are made specially, according to the approved drawings, from wood, metal or plastic. In such constructions everything is thought out to the smallest detail: bumpers along the length of the descent and on the stairs for climbing upwards, covered arbors on the site, pipe-shaped labyrinth transitions from one structure to another and other devices.
There are two horses that carry me on ice!
The most exciting winter games and activities are related to ice skating. This is hockey, speed competitions, and figure skating. At the rinks you can organize a whole theatrical performance!
And if the presenters will use costumes of growth characters, together with children will play collective games, then the event will turn into a real fabulous adventure!
Sledding is a pleasure in winter - no one will drive a child home!
Winter sports activities can be arranged with a sled. In addition to the usual skiing from a hill covered with trampled snow, there are other options for their use.
For example, the competition "Whose horse is faster?" or "sled race." A rider and a horse take part in it. If adults and children participate in the competition, then there may be several riders. And if only children are competing, then there may be several “horses”.
Scenario winter entertainment "Zarnitsa"
This large-scale event is usually held in family vacation spots. Of the participants who wished to play Zarnitsa, teams were formed, of which there could be as many as needed. Each of them comes up with a name and chooses a distinctive symbol from the ones proposed by the organizer: a hat, scarf or jacket of a certain color.
In advance, for each group of players you need to consider a route with an endpoint. This is exactly the place where the flag of this team is hidden. After the latter takes him, she must return to the starting place and hoist the trophy on the flagpole. Whoever does this first receives a winner’s prize.
At the start, the captains get a route sheet with a plan. Then the team takes off. It should be noted in the itinerary the areas that need to be skied or sledded. It is also necessary to encrypt the places in which sports equipment is hidden.
And in sports there is room for a comic show
An event can turn out to be very interesting if all the routes cross the same point at different times - for example, the hut of Baba Yaga or the Cave of robbers. Specially trained artists interestingly diversify the competition, requiring members of the teams to perform some numbers of amateur performances or some kind of action: to light a fire in the snow, put up a tent, chop wood. For this, the team receives some kind of “key” item or a hint where you can find, say, skis for the further path.
The final stage of the event may be a collective meal, not in the dining room, but in a wooden old house. Dinner itself can be prepared in the camp kitchen on the street or at the stake, in front of the children and even with their direct participation.
It should be noted that such winter activities for children together with adults usually have a lot of the most positive reviews. In families participating in the event, the problem of fathers and children disappears. Spending time together brings family members together.