Birthday parties are fun for everyone, especially children as they enjoy exciting and engaging activities and are more excited to receive goody bags at the end of the event. While it can be a game and no work for the guests, planning, organizing and implementing a flawless birthday party can be a lot of work for the parents (the hosts).

While it may be easier to have a party outside during the spring, summer, and fall, it can be a great chore indoors during the winter. Kids love being outside in the backyard and there’s nothing stopping them from jumping and running. Here are some awesome winter birthday party ideas for parents who get frantic while planning a party. If the description of the parents fits you, read on!

1. Hide-and-seek: one of the most famous and appreciated games among children is hide-and-seek. Instead of one person hitting the base, you can have the person hit the other with a snowball. This adds more fun, since you are outdoors and use the snowball as part of your game. Kids will love this for sure!

2. Snowman Challenge: Gather the children in groups of 3 or 4 and challenge them to build a snowman. The group that manages to build a snowman with basic characteristics, such as eyes, nose, mouth and hands, wins the challenge and gets a prize. You can have multiple small gifts for this challenge such as chocolates, candy, or stationery.

3. Inflatables – Kids love inflatables. They enjoy climbing, jumping, and sliding on inflatables. You can put it indoors or cover your backyard first with a thick tent and place the inflatable there. You can choose to rent bouncy houses, dry slide rentals, or obstacle courses that are fun for kids of all ages.

4. Craft Games: Organize crafts such as papers, markers, paints, crayons, and other child-safe crafts for children and have them participate in an activity. You can ask them to do something fun and then the one who does it the best can get a bag of goodies or an additional prize.

5. Scavenger hunt: freeze ice cubes with different food colors. Hide them in your garden and then let the children look for them. You can have groups according to color; like red, green and purple ice cubes. 3 groups of children look for the color assigned to them. Give them a basket to collect the colored ice cubes. The group that collects all the ice cubes of their assigned color wins the challenge.

Here are some crazy and fun activities you can have for your kid’s birthday party in winter. So the next time someone tells you that you can’t have a birthday outside in winter, show them that you can!