Play Snowbuddy Relay Race

You’ll need

Toilet roll (two per team) - buy recycled toilet paper if possible
White paper streamers or crepe paper (as an alternative to toilet roll)
Dice (one per team)
Table
Hat (one per team)
Scarf (one per team)
Pretend carrot nose (one per team) – this could make from orange paper, rolled into a cone and add some string to it can be tied on to the person behind their head
Three black circle stickers or black circles drawn on sticky notes (one per team)
Brown pipe cleaners (two per team)

Before you begin

Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Additional help to carry out your risk assessment, including examples can be found here. Don’t forget to make sure all young people and adults involved in the activity know how to take part safely.
Make sure you’ll have enough adult helpers. You may need some parents and carers to help if you’re short on helpers.

Before starting, write out for what each number on the dice represents. You need one copy per team and it should be put it next to their dice, so the items can be crossed off as they earn them.

Put one dice per team on a table at one end of the meeting place. Place markers on the floor, with enough for one per team, at the opposite end of the space.
The snowbuddy building items for each team need to be on another table in the middle of the space and clearly separated into piles for each group.
Each team will line up near the table, so make sure there is plenty of room for the teams to stand nearby.

Everyone should get into teams of equal size.
Explain that one person in the group will need to be chosen to be the snowbuddy and give them time to decide who this’ll be. An adult should check that this person is comfortable and happy to take on this role of being the snowbuddy, too.
Tell everyone that each team will be given a dice, which will remain on the table. An adult volunteer or young leader could monitor the dice rolls and cross off items as they’re earned.
The snow buddy needs to stand on the floor marker.
The rest of the team need to line up, about 1-2 metres away from the dice table.

If they roll a number that’s needed, then it unlocks that item, and they can take an item to add to the snow buddy. They can add the items in any order. Once the item is added, they go back to their team and join the back of the line, so the next person can go.
If they roll a number that isn’t needed, they return to the back of the line, so the next person can go.

As soon as someone has returned to the back of the line, the next person can come up to roll the dice.
To create the snowbuddy, the teams need to use the toilet roll to wrap the person up – they’re two toilet rolls to get, so teams need to roll two 1’s on the dice.
Then, the teams need to use the other items to make the finishing touches to their snow buddy.

The hat and scarf are to wear as normal.
The person can hold a pipe cleaner for each arm – there are two to get, so teams need to roll two 3’s on the dice.
Finally, the black circles can be stuck to the tummy for buttons. You could either use stickers or sticky notes with black circles drawn on them – they’re three buttons to get, so teams need to roll three 6’s on the dice.

The team who builds their snow buddy the fastest, wins. The young people, young leaders or an adult volunteer could also hand out prizes for best teamwork, best encouragement or best communication, too!
Play again, but this time swap who the snow buddy is in the groups.
Collect up the toilet paper so it can be reused, either in more games, mopping up spills or Papier Mache.

During the game, everyone had to work as a team to complete the task and show care for others when they were wrapping them up in toilet roll.

People also had to stick at it and not give up when the toilet roll might have broken or they kept rolling the same number.

Once you’ve finished the game, take some time to reflect. You could ask questions, for example:

Was it hard to try to roll the dice?
How did you feel when it was the number you wanted? How about when you didn’t want that number?
Did anyone keep rolling the same number?
Was it difficult to get the toilet roll or other items to stay on the person? What made it easier?
Did you work well as a team? What could you have done better?
What was it like racing other teams? Did you manage to stay calm under the pressure?

All activities must be safely managed. You must complete a thorough risk assessment and take appropriate steps to reduce risk. Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Always get approval for the activity, and have suitable supervision and an InTouch process.

Active games: The game area should be free of hazards. Explain the rules of the game clearly and have a clear way to communicate that the game must stop when needed. Take a look at our guidance on running active games safely.
Contact games and activities: Make sure everyone understands what contact is acceptable, and monitor contact throughout the activity.