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Indoor Paper Snowball Fight
Here's one to try together!
Crumple, build, and throw! A cozy blizzard of soft snowballs flies across your living room, no mittens needed.
Reviewed by our team.
Safety first
- Throwing at faces can hurt eyes: throw over the wall, never at faces
- Running near cushions can mean a fall: walk near the walls
What you need
- Paper, about 20 sheets of scrap paper
- Rolled socks, about 20 pairs, instead of paper (optional)
- Pillows and cushions, enough for two low walls
- Phone, 1, to play music
- Laundry basket, 1 (optional)
How to do it
Grown-up prep: Clear a play space, gather scrap paper or clean socks and some cushions, and cue up a few upbeat songs.
- Crumple paper or roll socks into about 20 soft snowballs.
- Stack cushions into two low snow walls at opposite ends.
- Make two teams and split the snowballs evenly.
- Learn the big rule: throw over the wall, never at faces.
- Start the music and throw snowballs over the other wall!
- Freeze when the music stops! Ask: Which side do you think has fewer snowballs right now?
- Count the snowballs on each side; fewer snowballs wins!
- Add a silly new rule, play three rounds, then trade sides.
- Now invite someone new to join your snow fort, or invent a rule! Ask: What is the silliest snowball rule we could try next time?
Play it again
- Blizzard round: the grown-up dumps all the snowballs in at once and both teams race to clear their side.
- Snowman freeze: when the music stops, everyone holds a snowman pose and the wobbliest player gives away one snowball.
- Basket blast: each team takes turns tossing into a laundry basket, and the team with the most inside wins.
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