Everyone else tries to protect the snowballs. Do not have more than one snowball for every five protectors. This game is best played with a large group on a large field. Taggers win if all protectors get tagged. Sunbeams win if they capture all the snowballs.
Protectors win if no one else does when time runs out.
Give the snowballs to the protectors to begin. The sunbeams try to capture the snowballs and remove them from the game. They put them in a hoop for melting until the game is finished. The sunbeams may take the snowballs off the ground or in the air, but they may not steal a snowball if a protector has possession of it. If a sunbeam catches the snowball at the same time as a protector, the sunbeams get the snowball.