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Snowball Cupcakes. Sprinkle grated coconut on cupcakes just after they've been frosted.

Snow Ice Cream. Give each child a large paper cup in which you have placed: 1 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 cup milk and a scoop of ice cream. Or for a sherbet version, use 1/2 cup orange juice and a scoop of plain yogurt.

Ask each child to go out and fill the rest of the cup with very clean snow. Bring the cups in, stir the ingredients and eat!

Hot cocoa with miniature marshmallows

DECORATIONS

Hang paper snowflakes from the ceiling. Make them ahead of time or have the guests help make them at the party. Cut out a large newsprint snowflake for each childish placemat. Print his or her name on it.

FAVORS, PRIZES, ITEMS FOR TREAT BAGS

Styrofoam snowballs for an indoor snowball fight, mittens, hockey pucks, earmuffs, homemade scarves.

INSIDE GAMES AND ACTIVIITES, NONCOMPETITIVE

1. Make snowflakes and hang them up.

2. Secret Leader

3. Sneaky Pete. Put a styrofoam snowball under the chair.

INSIDE GAMES, COMPETITIVE

1. Hot Snowball. Play like Hot Potato but use a styrofoam snowball.

2. Bull's-Eye Toss. Use styrofoam snowballs.

3. Mitten Hunt. Hide everyone's mittens during mealtime. The first to find his or her own pair wins. Continue until everyone finds his or her pair.

OUTSIDE GAMES, NONCOMPETITIVE

1. Skating, sliding, making snowmen and snow forts

2. Snowball Tag. Tag someone by hitting him or her with a snowball. Rules: no hitting on the head, no icy snowballs.

3. Make angels in the snow.

4. Color the snow with food coloring.

5. If you live near a frozen pond or lake and you're sure the ice is safe, have a skating party. Build a campfire and roast marshmallows and serve hot chocolate out of a thermos.

OUTSIDE GAMES, COMPETITIVE

1. Relay Races

2. Bull's-Eye Toss. Play with snowballs tossed into boxes.

3. Snowman Contest. Give various prizes: best-looking, biggest, smallest, funniest, fattest, and so on.