Snow Fort

Snow forts are a fun part of the winter season. We build them for make-believe games and for a place to hide during a snowball fight. You can dig them out of large snowbanks, or build them by making snow bricks of packed snow and ice. Yes, snow forts are for people in northern climates due to the fact that you need a major snowstorm before you can effectively build one. But, for those of you in southern climates, you have sandcastles, pillow forts, and even inflatable forts you can buy online! And instead of snowballs, there is always Nerf®!

"Snow Fort" is a straightforward, driving rock song that will get kids excited about playing outside in the winter instead of being glued to a technical device. This four-on-the-floor piece is packed with lots of guitar licks and drum fills, so you can have the kids play air-guitar and air-drum. Make sure to sing the song with lots of enthusiasm, and really get into shouting "Snow Fort!"

For your concerts, you could dress up in winter apparel and build forts out of boxes that students could decorate with paint or markers. For snowballs, you could simply crumple up pieces of white paper into balls. This way, you could have students playing with the fort while singing the song. Rotate so everyone has a turn. You may also choreograph a (gentle) "snowball fight" so snowballs are thrown only on beat 1 or beats 1 and 2. If you have many students, you could have them in two rows. The first row throws on beat 1 then ducks. The second row throws on the next beat 1, etc. In addition, you could have the principal and select teachers behind the snow fort, ducking the flying snowballs. Audiences and students love this type of thing!