Love Can Melt a Frozen Heart

Each player is given an ice cube with a heart in the center.  The object of the game is to see who can get the heart out of their ice cube first.  Making the frozen hearts is something that should be done a few days in advance, as it does require a few steps. I use small plastic “condiment” containers to make for easy distribution, but you can use a ice cube tray if you like.  

1. Fill the container half way with water.  Place in freezer and let set until hard.
2. Remove from freezer and place a heart on top of each cube.  I used heart tiles because they have weight and won’t float.
3. Fill with additional water to the rim.  Return to freezer.

At the party, pop the cubes out of their containers, place in a bowl and hand out the the guests

Shoveling the Snow

Kids are broken into teams and each player is given a small spoon “shovel”.  On “go” the first person from each team runs up to the snow pile (a big pile of cotton balls) and uses they shovel to scoop up some “snow”.  They then run back to their team and deposit the snow in their bucket.  The team with the most snowballs wins.

Shoveling Snow 2 

1 person is chosen from each team.  Each team makes a circle around that player.  The player places a blindfold over their eyes and is handed a bowl and spoon.  Cotton balls are then scattered around the player, in the circle.  On “go” the circle directs the player to pick up with their spoon (not their hands) as many cotton balls as they can, and place them in their bowl. The team can offer advice to their teammate.  After 1 minute teams compare who scooped the most snow wins.  Play as many rounds as you like.

Building an Ice Palace

Kids are broken into teams and line up one after the other.  Each team is given a plate, a shaker of salt, and a pair of mittens. On “Go” the first person from each team puts on the mittens and runs to a designated spot where there is a bowl of ice – they take a piece of ice, run back to their team and place the ice on their plate.  Play continues with each team member stacking their cube on top of the previous cubes (salt may be used to help them bind) – if the ice cubes fall over, they must lie where they fall.

After an allotted time, the tower of ice will be measured.  The one with the tallest tower wins