Ready to make an even bigger splash with your family’s water balloon adventures? Let’s dive into some more ideas that will soak your summer days with laughter and memories that won’t dry up anytime soon.
Better Battlefield
- Family Fort: Use boxes, lawn chairs, blankets, or even flipped-over kiddie pools to build forts or obstacles for a strategic battleground.
- Hydration Station: Have a cooler full of cold drinks and popsicles to cool down after the battle.
- Target Practice: Have a separate target zone where kids can practice their aim with water balloons on stationary targets (like hanging buckets or a drawn bullseye).
Team-ing With Possibilities
- Color Wars: Divide into teams and assign each team a color of water balloons. This makes strategic attacks easier!
- Freeze Tag Twist: If someone gets hit with a water balloon, they’re frozen in place until a teammate “thaws” them out with a splash of water.
- Water Relay Race: Before the battle, have a water bucket relay race to fill up team “ammunition” buckets that can be used to refill.