Water Fun For Kids
We are right in the middle of the summer heat and humidity here in New Jersey. It is hard to find ways to keep cool outside and cool places to play the day away inside. I can’t keep the kids inside the house all day, like I would like to do, because they will just end up watching TV and we limit that time. We do crafts, bake and do some free activities, but the entire family’s favorite thing to do is play with water. We keep cool and have a ton of fun at the same time.
Here are some fun water activities for your family from GNM parents:
The Relay
Number of Players: 2+
You Need: filled water balloons and a marker
Object: To pop all of the balloons before your opponent.
How: Each team gets a pile of balloons. They must run to the midway marker and sit on their balloon to pop it and return to the starting point. Multiple team members will take turns. Individual teams will repeat until the balloons are all popped.
You can do variations like using different parts of their bodies to pop the balloons or players can also hop, skip, or walk backwards to switch things up.
Towel Toss
Number of Players: 4+
Needed: 1 towel for each team of 2, filled up water balloons, if you have a large group of kids you can use a sheet
Object: To use the towel to toss the balloon to the other team (each player holds 2 corners of the towel), and to catch the balloon when it is tossed to you.
April 4th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I don’t usually reply to post but this is so good I wanted to say thanks!