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Whether playing alone at home, with classmates at recess or with friends on the weekends, these four traditional games have kept generations of children entertained for hours.
World renowned for their artistic beauty, matryoshka nesting dolls first appeared in Russia in the late s. The colorfully painted folk game is traditionally made from linden or birch wood and is available in an unlimited range of shapes, sizes, themes and number of pieces.
Inside each hollowed doll, which opens in the middle, nests a smaller doll. The toy is especially popular with imaginative preschoolers, who love stacking, arranging and counting the dolls.
Although the ways to play with matryoshka are limited only by a child's creativity, modern sets usually include instructions. Invented by 17th-century Russian farmers, gorodki has been played from the fields to the royal palace grounds.
A mix between bowling and horseshoes, the objective is to knock out a configuration of wooden pins with a wooden bat in the fewest throws. Gorodki became recognized as a legitimate sport in when the rules were codified and 15 standard pin patterns were adopted.
The party is in full swing, and the children and their Christmas gifts are scattered throughout this game. Can you find them and the presents they've received?
As darkness falls the Christmas toy soldiers come out for battle. See if you can find them all on the next page. The setting for this free printable Christmas game is the Nutcracker ballet's famous second scene:. Late that night when Marie crept downstairs to check on the Nutcracker, a fierce battle was raging between Fritz's Christmas toy soldiers and a band of mice!
Marie threw her slipper at the Mouse King. She saved the Nutcracker's life and helped win the battle. When you're ready to play this Christmas game, you can enlarge the image on your computer screen and start the fun right away, or you can download this free printable Christmas game as a PDF and play anywhere -- even in bed when you can't fall asleep. Focus your efforts, as you must search amidst the raging battle for the gallant Christmas soldiers.
Can you find the Nutcracker and the other brave toy soldiers, too? In the next scene of The Nutcracker , Marie ventures out into a winter wonderland. Continue searching there on the next page. This printable Christmas game allows you to join Nutcracker characters in a winter wonderland.
When Marie defeated the Mouse King, she broke the spell that had turned a handsome prince into a nutcracker. Prince Nutcracker invited Marie to join him on a Christmas journey in his magic sleigh. The sleigh took them through the Christmas Woods where Snow Fairies danced in the moonlight. When you're ready to play this Christmas game, you can enlarge the image on your computer screen and start the fun right away, or you can download this free printable Christmas game as a PDF and play anywhere you'd like.
First find Prince Nutcracker, then search for the many fantastic animals hiding in this beautiful wintry landscape. From snow to sugar, Marie's sweet adventure continues on the next page. Help her look for the Snow Queen. The Sugar Plum Fairy and all her subjects are there to greet them. Some of Marie's friends from other Nutcracker scenes are enjoying the Land of Sweets, too.
When you're ready to play, you can enlarge the image on your computer screen and start the fun right away, or you can download this free printable Christmas game as a PDF and play anywhere -- even on your own holiday travels. Can you find Marie's friends? You must also help one little angel find her toe-shoe ribbons. Don't forget to look for Prince Nutcracker!
Next, Marie's Christmas travels will take her to Spain. See what you can find there on the next page. Kids can join Marie and Prince Nutcracker on their magical journey when they play this free printable Christmas game. Then the Sugar Plum Fairy clapped her hands. All at once, they were in Spain!
When you're ready to play this Christmas game, you can enlarge the image on your computer screen and start the fun right away, or you can download this free printable Christmas game as a PDF and play anywhere -- even on your own holiday travels.
Spanish dancers performed a dance about chocolate for Marie and Prince Nutcracker. Everywhere she looked, Marie saw rich, dark chocolate. She also saw many wonderful Spanish things that she had never seen before. Can you find the Spanish items in this busy scene -- oh, and can you find Prince Nutcracker, too? Next it's off to Arabia for Marie and Prince Nutcracker. Don't worry -- you can come along too.
Just continue to the next page. After their trip to Spain, Marie and Prince Nutcracker found themselves in the middle of an Arabian marketplace where dancers performed a dance about coffee. Your whole family can join them there when you play this free Nutcracker printable Christmas game.
When you're ready to play this Christmas game, you can enlarge the image on your computer screen and start the fun right away, or you can download this free printable Christmas game as a PDF and play anywhere -- even during your own holiday journey. There were many wonderful sights and sounds in Arabia, but Marie thought best of all was the smell of roasted coffee beans in the air.
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