Top 10 Fun Mid-Autumn Festival Game Ideas for Kids

Mooncakes are a traditional treat during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Instead of just buying them, kids can have fun making their own. It's a great way to teach them independence and the value of hard work. You can organize a competition where each kid makes their own mooncake, or they can work together to make a giant one. It's not only a fun game but also a meaningful activity that helps kids understand the process of making mooncakes and appreciate the traditional Vietnamese treat.

Organizing games during the Mid-Autumn Festival will help children feel relaxed and comfortable. Using available data, kids will embark on a treasure hunt journey. Besides entertainment, these activities also help children develop cognitive abilities and reasoning. If your area is spacious and well-managed, you can organize a treasure hunt game for the kids.

Divide the kids into groups, each with a guide, and plan a series of games, each with a hidden message. After completing all the games, the kids can string together these messages to form a common message, which is the key to unlocking the treasure. The treasure could be a box full of candies, toys inside. Note that the quantity of candies, toys must be sufficient for every child.

Associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival are the characters like Lady Hằng, Mr. Cuội, the Moon Rabbit,...The full moon 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 activity ensures unique experiences for them.

This is a game that every child loves, especially girls. Mothers can prepare costumes for their children to dress up as their favorite fairy tale characters. You can also plan a contest to choose the best-dressed character and award prizes to the kids. Alongside the contest are sessions of 'feasting' with sweets and fruits.

There are many different activities for the Mid-Autumn Festival in class, but one that cannot be overlooked is the singing and comedy performance by the children. In this part, they will be free to sing, show their talents, with songs all related to the Mid-Autumn Festival such as: Mr. Star's Lantern, August Lantern Parade, Fairy Tale Moon. Mooncake-themed performances: Oh, the golden moon, I'm going to see the full moon festival, lion dance... Drama reenacting the Mid-Autumn Festival legend...

These are all healthy, beneficial games that mothers can refer to when organizing the Mid-Autumn Festival for children. The songs, dances should be related to the Mid-Autumn Festival that children are excited to participate in. In Vietnamese culture, Lady Hằng is often mentioned by children as a friend of Mr. Cuội, based on the tale of the Banyan tree and Mr. Cuội. The images of Lady Hằng, Mr. Cuội are closely associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival and are beloved by children. Let the young poets tell these stories in their own way!

'Rước đèn ông sao, sao năm cánh tươi màu...' This is a line from a song describing the traditional activity of parading the star-shaped lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival of children. Making star-shaped lanterns from simple paper helps children unleash their creativity, dexterity, spirit of unity and love to create their own unique five-pointed lanterns. Together, they line up, follow each other, sing and dance around the class with lion dances and the two famous characters, Lady Hằng and Mr. Cuội, which excites and delights the children even more.

The lantern is a traditional Mid-Autumn toy that both boys and girls love. However, nowadays, electric lanterns are readily available, making many children unaware of how to make lanterns from paper. If there is enough space, mothers can discuss inviting an artisan to teach the children how to make traditional paper lanterns or how to make simple star-shaped lanterns that carry the essence of the Mid-Autumn Festival. A competition can be organized to see who can make the most beautiful or fastest lantern, or the children can work together to make a very large lantern, which can then be used in the lantern parade.

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

The activity of making houses from cakes, candies, or models during the Mid-Autumn Festival will surely increase the creativity of the children. Mothers can set a theme and judge based on the criteria set. The materials used can be model kits (if available) or using candies for the Mid-Autumn party to assemble into houses, parks... With this Mid-Autumn organization, children can freely express their thoughts and dreams about their dream house.

If in your area there are many children but limited playing space, you can organize a Mid-Autumn program for children with puzzle games. You can divide the children into small groups, allocate space for each group, use props such as boards and puzzle pieces for the children to stick together to create a meaningful picture related to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Because this is a team game, mothers should choose slightly larger puzzle pieces, which can be from notebooks, is reasonable.

The overall size of the puzzle to be assembled should be about 3x1 meters, with each group consisting of about 5 - 10 children. The material for the puzzle pieces should be cardboard, which is cheap, lightweight, and not easily damaged, very suitable for young children. Each puzzle should have a small model so that the children know what the puzzle is about. The team that assembles the puzzle correctly and quickly will be the winning team and will be awarded gifts such as teddy bears, dolls, or cars... After the puzzle contest, there will be a feast and a lively lantern parade, ensuring that the children will enjoy it very much.

In addition to games, mothers can also organize a traditional fair with traditional food and games. There, you can recreate scenes of lantern parades, traditional feasts, lantern making, making to he (a traditional toy made from glutinous rice powder shaped into figurines), and more. These activities are especially meaningful for children in urban areas, helping them rediscover the true beauty of the Mid-Autumn Festival!

With a festive atmosphere, children can participate in traditional games, enjoy traditional foods, and learn about Vietnamese culture during festivals. You can recreate scenes of lantern parades with star-shaped lanterns, chicken-shaped lanterns, etc., which will be very exciting and new for children in modern cities.

Just hearing the name of this game, our children must be eager to participate, right? To organize this game, teachers need to plan the Mid-Autumn Festival as a moon exploration game with strange things like: low mountains made of cotton, upside-down trees, floating houses...

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

If you have plenty of time, organize team building, camping, and various games to bond and competitions to enhance creativity and cleverness. You can combine sightseeing at a certain location and organize activities there. Take the children to visit traditional craft villages such as drum-making villages, fan-making villages, lantern-making villages, painting villages... so that they can explore the items commonly found 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 a top priority. Nevertheless, having the opportunity for children to go on long trips and be active is very beneficial for their development. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, so plan some fun activities for the children!