Game of the month: Snowman-Hangman

Have some creative fun outside by playing hangman with a snowy twist!

Materials:

up to 25 Short Sticks (or something else to mark letters), Snow

(optional) Snowman materials: hat, scarf, buttons, etc.

Description:

• This game is hangman with a snowy twist.
• This game is to be played outside and requires a minimum of two players to play the game.
• Like in traditional Hangman, one person, the “password selector”, will pick a word or phrase, and using branches or even simply making marks in the snow identify the number of letters in the word or phrase.
• After the markings have been made the game can begin. The other player(s) can start guessing letters
• If a letter is correctly guessed, the Password Selector will carve that letter into the snow at each position that letter appears in the secret word / phrase.
• If a letter is incorrectly guessed, instead of simply drawing out a stick figure on a paper, the Password Selector will add a piece to a snowman.
• To save time the snowman’s main parts can be built in advance, but not yet assembled.
• If the snowman is completely built before the people can guess the word the game is over and can be restarted. (You should pre-determine how many pieces must be added for a round to be considered over. Suggested snowman parts include: head, torso, bottom, arms, eyes, nose, mouth and hat if available.)