Snow Shovel Race ~ Winter Minute to Win it Games

Winter Fun ~ Snow Shovel Race Minute to Win it Games

Ready for one of our favorite winter Minute to Win it Games? For this simple indoor game, you can shovel snow with out going outside. Like all Minute to Win it Games you will be racing against the clock to complete the challenge.

Supplies needed:

Cotton Balls ~ the “snow”
Spoon ~ the “shovel”
Bowl
Minute Timer

The Challenge:

Each team’s designated snow shoveler can only use their spoon to shovel the pile of snow into the bowl. Challenge must be completed under 1 minute.

The Object:

Give each player an equal pile of snowballs (cotton balls), a plastic spoon and a bowl.

Race to see which player can scoop the most cotton balls off the table into the bowl in a minute or less. Only your spoon may touch the snowballs.

Scoring:

5 points for team team that completes the challenge first under the 1 minute time limit.
If no one completes the challenge, award 4 points to the team with most cotton balls in their bowl
3 points for each team that participates.

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Snowman Minute to Win it Games

Winter Fun ~ Snowman Blowdart Minute to Win it Game

Our family loves Minute to Win it Games! They are great for a simple family night or a large crowd. Plus you probably can use things you already have around the house. Love that!

The Challenge:

To blow the snowman cup stack off table using a Q-tip and straw. You need to shoot all the snowman cups off the edge of the table before the 1 minute timer runs out.

Supplies needed:

Straws ~ the narrow ones work best. They should be just larger than a q-tip.
Q-tips
Plastic cups ~ add black sharpie eyes and mouth and a orange paper carrot nose

Send the kids on a hunt for the supplies…it will keep them busy! {wink}

How to play:

Build a snowman cup tower close to the edge of the table.
Get your “darts” and “shooters” ready…the Q-Tips and Straws! Load your “dart” by placing the Q-tip right inside the straw. If you are using bendable straws, make sure you insert the Q-tip on the non-bendy end.
Instruct each player to stand on the opposite side of the table.
Aim the straw at the snowman wall of cups and blow the q-tip
The player that successfully removes all the snowman cups off the table wins.

Use as many “darts” as necessary to knock the cups off before the one minute timer runs out.

Since the kids were having so much fun, we decided to have 2 snowman cup stacks happening at one time. The kids raced against the 1 minute timer and their opponent.

The kids seriously LOVED this simple snowman Minute to Win it Game!

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Painting with Flowers

Process Art ~ Painting with flowers

My kids love painting, especially exploring new painting techniques. A few of our favorite painting activities often are created after a walk in nature. This time we were inspired on a walk home from the park, we discovered a large area of clover flowers. We decided to bring a few home for a simple art project. The kids had so much fun painting with flowers that we will have to do it again soon.

You will need:

Flowers ~ we used clover flowers we picked
Paint
paper

A simple invitation to play and create:

I trimmed the stems of the flowers, leaving just enough for a handle. Leaving the flower head to be used as the paint brush.

We found it worked best to use the flowers like stamps. Leaving beehive a simple print on the paper. However, the kids also enjoyed printing, swishing, dragging and twirling their little paint covered flowers.

This simple activity encourages kids to explore their creativity and imagination. Being an open ended activity, there is lots of room for kids to explore the transferred flower patterns, color mixing and the fun of creating shapes and pictures without restrictions or expectations.

I couldn’t resist taking a picture of the little paint pots.

A perfect art activity for preschoolers.

If you loved this simple activity, then you will love my Painting without brushes Pinterest board. It is PACKED full of creative ways to paint with kids. Leave the brushes in the cupboard, and experiment with fun new ways to paint!

When a few of the older kiddos came home, they had a blast painting with flowers as well. I love this simple fireworks display that one of them created. They used the edge of a strip of cardboard to create the lines. Beautiful!!! I guess this activity is not just for preschoolers after all;)

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Preschool Art Activities ~ Magnet Painting

My kiddos are fascinated with magnets. They had so much fun playing with magnets in our Pixy Stix tray, so I knew they would love painting with them. They had a blast making trails in the paint. This is quickly becoming one of our favorite preschool art activities. I love that it blends art and science by using magnets, paint and found objects.

Magnet Painting Materials:

Paper Plate
Strong magnet ~ We usd magnetic wands
Metal objects ~ paper clips, lightweight chains, small screws, bolts and nuts
Paint ~ we used yellow, red and blue

The idea then is to put a few drops of paint on top the paper plate along with a few metal objects. The kids loved experimenting with paper clips, lightweight chains, small screws, bolts and nuts. You may find thinning the paint with a little with water will make the objects glide through the paint easier.

The kids then paint by holding the paper plate in one hand and a magnet wand under the paper plate. The kids “paint” by slowly moving the magnet and dragging the metal objects around through the paint.

This fun activity combines art and science (magnetic attraction).

Tips and Tricks:

Instead of squeezing paint onto the paper plate, place the paint into bowls. Have the kiddos drop the desired metal objects into the paint. The kids then can pick-up the objects they want and drop them on their painting surface. Making the project more child led.
Make sure you keep the magnet wand against the paper plate. We had a few paint objects drop to the table.
The focus of Magnet painting is the process. The finished products are a colorful abstract mass of tracks, and the kids love them!
You may find that as the metal object becomes covered in paint, it is harder to move through the paint. You can either wash the paint off the object, or thin the paint with a little water.

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