Tinkerbell Dress up Games for Kids

Christmas provides a time to focus on spending quality time with family and friends. One way to incorporate fun into a Christmas celebration is to implement dress up games into it. Join the excitement of dress up games with a familiar children's character, such as Tinkerbell, the fairy from "Peter Pan," for a Christmas celebration that appeals to children and the adults who love them.

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Paper Dolls

Make a Christmas themed Tinkerbell dress up game with paper dolls. Make Tinkerbell and friends paper dolls by drawing pictures of the characters, cutting them out and coloring them. Create Christmas and winter clothes by drawing the clothes on paper and cutting them out. Clothing items could include a Santa style hat, scarf or earmuffs. Put all the clothes in the center of the table and have players take turn rolling a die. Each player gets one roll. If she rolls a six she can select a piece of clothing for her character. She must pass the die to the player on the right who also rolls to try to get a six. The first player to add three pieces of clothing for her fairy is the winner.

Costumes

Gather fairy and Christmas-related costume items for a dress-up race. Find clothing items such as winter and Santa hats, fairy wings, scarves, scepters and gloves. Put an equal amount of clothing items into two piles. Tell players that they are fairies and that they are on a race to see who can get dressed up first to play in the first snow in Neverland. Have two players race to see who can put on all the clothing items the first. If more than two players are playing, divide the group into teams.

Party Game

Make a Tinkerbell dress up game to play at a Christmas party. Draw a Christmas scene on a poster. Include a Christmas tree and Tinkerbell and her friends -- Peter Pan, Wendy, John and Michael -- decorating for Christmas. Draw and cut out Santa style hats on another piece of paper. Put double-sided tape on the back of the hats. Blindfold the players and have them try to get the Santa hats onto the characters' heads. The player who comes closest to getting a hat on a head is declared the winner.

Other Tinkerbell Dress-up Games for Kids

Engage children in a fashion show competition for Christmas. Have each child dress up as Tinkerbell or one of her fairy friends. Then ask them to dress their favorite fairy for Christmas. The outfits might include a stocking cap, a sparkling dress, a bow tie or some fancy shoes. Have a fashion show and have a parent judge which fairy is dressed the most appropriately for Christmas.

Make some small Christmas outfits for Tinkerbell and friends dolls. The dolls are available at toy stores nationwide. Make a winter coat, stocking cap or a special Christmas dress for the dolls out of fabric and a sewing machine. Then send children on a scavenger hunt to locate the clothing items to dress Tinkerbell and the other fairies for Christmas.

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Winter Face Masks for Kids

Kids love to dress up and pretend to be other people, animals or even mythical creatures such as elves. If there is an upcoming winter party or event where kids will pretend to be someone or something else, create a winter face mask to go along with the rest of the costume. Creating a winter face mask can also be a fun way to pass time on a cold winter day.

Old Man Winter

Historically, many cultures base their beliefs on seasonal themes, such as winter solstice. Creating a traditional mask can be educational for children as you discuss the lives and beliefs of those cultures. To make an Old Man Winter mask, buy a clear plastic mask and paint it white. Spray on glue and add some glitter. Cut "icicle" shapes from white poster board and tape these to the edge of the mask.

Holiday Masks

Creating holiday masks can get everyone in the spirit. Whether you create an actual reindeer mask or add one with non-toxic face paint, a child will be thrilled to become a holiday creature. Craft stores and other large retailers are a good source for supplies. Discussing which character your child would like to dress as can be entertaining as ideas are generated and your child's enthusiasm grows.

Winter Animals

Create a mask based on a winter animal or an animal that is associated with winter, such as a polar bear. Use craft foam to create a polar bear face, or you can use white and black face paint directly on your child's face. Use cotton balls to add fuzzy ears and paint a black nose. Gather several children together to create winter masks and put on a play based on the lives of these animals and the environment in which they live.

Winter Cabin Getaway Game

The Winter Cabin Getaway Game is another dress-up game, this time with the theme of going away for a winter holiday with a few girl friends and needing to pick out a stylish outfit for the occasion. The girl is on the left hand side of the screen, and on the right there is a circular control panel that is used to select new items of clothing. You select different hats, hair, scarves, gloves, sweaters, pants and shoes. When you are happy with your creation, you can click on "Show" to display your outfit in an idyllic winter setting, with the warm log cabin in the background.

Winter Clothes Craft

A winter clothing craft project gives the preschoolers a chance to add some creativity to the theme. Create templates for different winter clothing items such as mittens, hats, coats and scarves. Provide each child with a body shape on a piece of paper and a template for each type of winter clothing item. Students trace the templates onto construction paper and cut them out. The kids then decorate their winter clothing cutouts to create a custom look. Help them glue the clothing to the body shape to dress their people.

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Interactive Games to Learn about Traditions

Interactive online games can help teach a variety of age ranges about different cultures. Games teach about culture while letting the player experience and/or see traditional clothing or ideas. Different ways you can learn about traditions through games include playing traditional games of a culture, reading descriptions about the tradition and dress up games in a culture's traditional or ceremonial clothing.

There are a vast amount of free traditional games on the internet, ranging from Chinese and Indian culture to ancient African culture.

Festival of Lights Dress up Game

The Festival of Lights dress up game is centered around a young Indian woman preparing for the Diwali festival. Diwali is a five-day festival celebrated by Hindus, commemorating the return of Lord Rama for defeating the demon king Ravana after 14 years of exile. The festival is also called the Festival of lights because celebrators light many rows of oil lamps and candles to welcome Rama. The Festival of lights Dress up Game allows players to select from a variety of traditional clothes for the young woman to wear at the festival.

Mahjong

Evidence of the first mahjong game dates back to 1880 in China. The game wasn't brought to other nations until the 1920s. Before the game starts, the tiles are stacked into a creative formation. Different popular formations for mahjong tiles are the cat, the dragon, the turtle and the spider. Mahjong is a tile matching game, with number tiles, season tiles, dragon tiles and flower tiles. It can be played by a single player, matching like tiles, or head-to-head with each player trying to match the most sets of tiles.

Around the World Dress up Game

The Around the World Dress up game is intended for an audience of younger girls. The game centers around a young girl avatar, and game players are to dress her in traditional clothing, shoes and hairstyles from a large assortment of cultures. Game play is easy and players simply click on the flag of the culture they would like to see traditional clothing from. They can then click "Hair" and "Shoes" to change to different styles. This game teaches a young audience that different cultures have different traditional clothing styles.

Mancala Snails

Mancala might the oldest game in the world. It was first played in ancient Africa, and in modern times mancala is often studied when studying the diversity of African countries. This is because mancala is played in almost every African country by both of the rich and the poor, the young and the old. The game is a counting strategy game in which two players sit on either side of a board with two rows of six dents, and larger bowl on either end. Players can move groups of stones, marbles or other pieces by transferring one piece to each bowl in a counter-clockwise motion. Pieces collected in the large bowls are counted as points, and each player determines which pieces to move to earn the most points. The game ends when all pieces have been captured.

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