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How to Build: Collect your empty 2L milk cartons. Fill the milk carton up with water so it reaches the bottom of the lid opening. Place the carton outside in the cold overnight to freeze. In the morning, peel off the milk carton and you will have an ice block that will be a piece of your igloo. Repeat steps until you have built your own igloo! Be as creative as you would like when building the igloo. You can also make your igloo colourful with food colouring! Source: Daniella Clonfero, Ever Active Schools Practicum Student
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Sports in the Snow Snow Baseball Play baseball with a plastic bat and lightweight coloured ball. It is especially fun in the snow.
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Snow Soccer Play Soccer in the snow. Use a soft ball, a big beach ball or one that has a little less air in it. Snow Tug-of-War
Snow Golf Take some time to smooth out a fairway and a green. Take an open can and plant it in the snow--this is the hole. For golf balls, use hockey pucks. For clubs, use hockey sticks or real golf clubs.
Team up for a slip-sliding variation of tug-of-war! Stomp down a wide, shallow trench in the snow to serve as the mid line. Then, take up positions at the ends of a long, thick rope and let the tugging and towing begin. Whichever team pulls the entire opposing group over to its side of the trench wins.
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Source: http://www.kidactivities.net/category/games-winter-outside.aspx Powder-Puff Football All you need are two teams of three or more people to play, along with a spray bottle filled with a mix of water and food colouring to mark the playing field (a large rectangle with a center line should suffice). The teams line up at opposite ends of the field (the North and South poles) for a kickoff. Once someone on the receiving team catches the ball, he tries to move it back across the defense’s goal line by running with it or passing it to a teammate. Play stops if the person with the ball is tagged by an opponent or slides out of bounds. The teams then face off again on the spot. After four tries, or a touchdown, the ball goes to the other team. The game ends when either team gets cold. Source: familyfun.go.com
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Capture the Flag 1. Divide group into two teams. 2. Divide playing field in half with a line to show the halfway line. 3. Each team has a flag - you can each build a snowman that can hold onto the flag, a scarf, baseball hat, or an umbrella). 4. Members of each team try and cross the half line in order to get the other team’s flag, without getting tagged by the other team. 5. If tagged they must go to a temporary jail at the half way line until a team mate sets them free by touching them. 6. The game is over when a team successfully takes the other team’s flag over the half way line.
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Snow Search-Treasure Hunt 1. Find a large area of fresh snow and toss 20 items (ex. balls) randomly into the snow. 2. Try to find as many of the items as possible in a set period of time. 3. Game could be played with 2 groups.
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Source: http://www.kidactivities.net/category/games-winter-outside.aspx
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Building a Snow Angel
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Fresh snowfall? Check! Warm Clothes? You bet! Head outside and find an undisturbed area of snow and create a family of snow angels. Imagine you are doing a star jump while lying down, moving the snow about your body on the ground to create this character in the snow. Now comes the fun part! Decorate your snow angel friends with extra clothing, or by adding some water and food colouring to the snow.
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Source: Chris Fenlon-MacDonald, Provincial Education Coordinator, Ever Active Schools
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Winter Outdoor Tips
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-Dress warmly and stay dry. -Wear a hat, scarf, and mittens. -Avoid frostbite & hypothermia. -If you have to do heavy outdoor chores, or plan to do these fun outdoor activities, dress warmly and work slowly. -Avoid walking on ice or getting wet. -Notify friends and family where you will be before you decide to do any winter activity -Avoid traveling on ice-covered roads, overpasses,
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and bridges if at all possible.
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Source: http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/duringstorm/outdoorsafety.asp
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