Christmas – 2.C – Add A Little

Muscle Moving

Snowman Bowling

Supplies:

• 3-6 empty plastic pop bottles or water bottles
• White paper
• Tape
• Markers – black and orange
• Scissors
• A medium or large ball

Prep:

• Rinse the bottles and allow to dry.
• Cut the paper into strips about 3 inches wide (1 strip per bottle).
• On each strip of paper, draw a snowman face and tape it onto a bottle. This transforms the bottles into snowman.
• If desired, place a line of tape on the floor for the children to stand behind when bowling, and place a piece of tape where each bottle should stand.

Time to Play:

• Set up the bottles at one end of the room or hallway. Help your child stand a few steps back from the bottles.
• Give your child the ball and encourage them to roll it at the bottles. The goal is to knock the bottles over.
• Continue rolling the ball at the bottles until they all fall over.
• Set the bottles back up to play again.

Additional Tips:

• If the bottles tip over too easily, consider adding a small amount of water into each bottle. Securely close the lid and try playing again.
• To make the game even more Christmas-y, consider decorating the bottles as Christmas trees rather than snowmen.
• If you have more than one child playing, consider using two balls and/or setting up two separate groups of bottles to roll the balls at.

Brain Boosting

Package For You

Supplies:

• One small bag, box, or blanket (to hide a toy in)
• Various small toys

Time to Play:

• Select one small toy. Hide it in the bag.
• Approach your child and declare, “Package for you!”
• Hand the bag to your child.
• Encourage your child to guess what might be inside the package as they open it.
• Be excited about what it is.
• Put another toy in the bag to deliver, or encourage your child to wrap a toy to deliver to someone.

Extend the Play:

Get creative and have fun while you play together, consider:

• Pretending to read the shipping address. For example: “This package is for Peter.”
• If you have a playhouse, go to the door and ring the doorbell to deliver the package.