Top 10 Best Mid-Autumn Festival Games Ideas for Kids

Mooncakes are a traditional treat for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Nowadays, children mostly receive mooncakes from their parents rather than making them themselves. Allowing children to learn to make mooncakes on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival is a highly beneficial activity that helps them become more mature. The Mid-Autumn Festival becomes significantly meaningful for them if they can learn to make mooncakes on their own.

Mothers can organize a fun game like letting each child make their own mooncake and then hold a contest, or having the children work together to make a giant mooncake, which is also a lot of fun. This is one of the most meaningful Mid-Autumn Festival games for children, helping them understand the steps to making a mooncake and appreciate the value of labor. It's also a way for mothers to teach children more about the traditional mooncake of Vietnam.

Organizing games during the Mid-Autumn Festival will help children feel relaxed and comfortable. Through available data, kids will embark on a treasure hunt journey. Besides entertainment purposes, these Mid-Autumn activities also help children develop cognitive abilities and critical thinking. If your area has ample space and many supervisors, you can organize a treasure hunt game for the kids to participate in.

Mothers, divide the children into groups, each with a guide, and plan a series of games. Each game contains a message, and after conquering all the games, the children can string together these messages to form a common message, which is the key to unlocking the treasure. The treasure here could be a box filled with candies, toys inside. Note that the quantity of candies and toys must be sufficient for every child.

Associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival are characters like Ms. Hang, Mr. Cuoi, the Jade Rabbit,... The 15th of August becomes more exciting when children dress up as fairy tale characters. Especially, kids can also dress up as other characters they love. This classroom Mid-Autumn activity ensures unique experiences for the children.

This is a game that every child loves, especially girls. Mothers, prepare costumes so that children can dress up as their favorite fairy tale characters. You can also plan a contest to select the best-dressed child and award prizes. Alongside the contest are sessions of enjoying sweet treats and fruits.

There are various Mid-Autumn Festival activities in classrooms, but one not to be missed is singing and performing comedy sketches by the children. In this part, children will have the freedom to sing, showcase their talents, with songs related to the Mid-Autumn Festival such as: The Star Lantern, Lantern Parade in August, Fairy Tale Moon. The singing and dancing performances about Mid-Autumn Festival: Oh, the Golden Moonlight, Going to see the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lion dance... Dramas retelling the story of the Mid-Autumn Festival...

These are all wholesome, educational games that mothers can consider when organizing the Mid-Autumn Festival for children. The songs and dances should be related to the Mid-Autumn Festival, which children are very excited to participate in. In Vietnamese culture, Ms. Hang is often mentioned by children as a friend of Mr. Cuoi, based on the legend of the Banyan Tree and Mr. Cuoi. The images of Ms. Hang, Mr. Cuoi are closely associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival and are beloved by children. Let young poets tell stories in their own way!

'Carrying the star lantern, the five-colored star...' That's a passage from a song describing the essence of the traditional activity of carrying star lanterns on the Mid-Autumn Festival for children. Star Lantern Making Contest with simple paper helps children unleash their creativity, dexterity, and spirit of unity and love to create innovative five-pointed lanterns. Standing in line together, singing while walking around the classroom accompanied by lion dances and two famous characters, Sister Hang and Brother Cuoi, adds to the excitement and joy of the children.

Star lanterns are traditional Mid-Autumn Festival toys that both boys and girls love. However, nowadays, electric lanterns are readily available, making many children unaware of how to make paper lanterns. If space allows, mothers can discuss inviting a craftsman to teach children how to make traditional paper lanterns or simple star lanterns with a strong Mid-Autumn Festival flavor. A competition can be organized to see which child can make the most beautiful or fastest lantern, or children can work together to make a large lantern, then use these products to participate in the lantern procession.

To help children understand more about the customs and traditional festivals of the ethnic groups, the idea of decorating for the Mid-Autumn Festival is always highly valued in the classroom. Ideas for decorating the classroom on the Mid-Autumn Festival are very diverse. You can hang paintings, star lanterns, jade rabbits... to bring the Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere to the 4 corners of the walls, in the hallway... Each decoration detail should be closely associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival. Teachers can also arrange fruits, mooncakes, flowers... on the table to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with the children in class.

The activity of making houses from candy, models, during the Mid-Autumn Festival will surely enhance the creativity of the children. Mothers can propose a theme and judge based on the criteria set forth. Materials used can be model assembly (if possible) or using candy for the Mid-Autumn Festival party to assemble into houses, parks... With this Mid-Autumn Festival organization method, children will be able to express their thoughts and dreams about their dream homes.

If your area is densely populated with young children but limited play space, you can organize a Mid-Autumn Festival program for children with puzzle assembly games. Mothers can divide the children into small groups, allocate space for each group, and use props such as boards and puzzle pieces for the children to stick together to create a meaningful picture related to Mid-Autumn Festival. Because this is a team game, mothers should choose puzzle pieces that are slightly larger, possibly from a notebook, which is reasonable.

The overall size of the puzzle to be assembled is about 3x1 meters, with each group consisting of about 5 - 10 children. The material for the puzzle pieces should be in the form of paper, both inexpensive and lightweight yet not easily damaged, very suitable for young children. Each puzzle should have a small sample image so that the children know what picture the puzzle needs to form. The team that assembles the correct picture faster will be the winning team and will be rewarded with gifts such as teddy bears, dolls, or toy cars... After the puzzle assembly competition will be a lively feast and lantern parade, ensuring that the children will enjoy it very much.

In addition to games, parents can also organize a traditional folk festival with traditional food and games. Here, parents can recreate scenes of lantern parades, communal feasts, lantern making, and dough figurine crafting from the past. These activities hold special significance for urban children, helping them rediscover the true essence of the Mid-Autumn Festival!

With a festival atmosphere, children can participate in folk games, enjoy traditional foods, and learn about Vietnamese culture during festive occasions. You can recreate scenes of Mid-Autumn lantern processions with paper lanterns shaped like stars, roosters, and more, which will surely be exciting and novel for urban children in this modern age.

Hearing the name of this game, your children must be eager to participate, aren't they? To organize this game, teachers need to plan the Mid-Autumn Festival as moon exploration activities with peculiar things such as: low-floating cotton mountains, upside-down trees, floating houses...

And to lead the children to explore things completely different from reality, aiming to stimulate their imagination and creativity. After the exploration journey, let each child stand up to express their thoughts about what they have discovered and award prizes to those who have explored the most interesting things.

If you have plenty of time, organize team building activities, outdoor excursions, camping with various games to foster bonding and competitions to enhance creativity and ingenuity. You can combine sightseeing at certain landmarks and organize activities there. You can take the kids to visit traditional craft villages such as villages that make drums, fans, lanterns, paintings... so that they can learn about the items commonly seen during the Mid-Autumn Festival!

However, the cost for this type of program is usually higher and requires more personnel for organization, management, and safety should be the top priority. Nevertheless, having the opportunity for children to go on a trip and engage in physical activities during their long study period is very beneficial for their development. With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, mothers should plan enjoyable activities for their children!