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Splash War water Party

July 17, 2015 Ticia 12 Comments

So, last year the boys’ had a splash war water party for their birthday, and it’s a great kid activity for the summer.  Most of the supplies you probably already have on hand at your house, and those you don’t are easy to get for this water party.

Splash war water party for kids and adults

Splash War water party supplies

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Splash war water party gather boxes

First head to your local big box store or something like that and ask if you can have their boxes.  We stopped at a Sam’s Club and they were more than happy for us to take away a few dozen boxes.  Our dentist also told us the dumpster behind their office frequently has lots of boxes, so we stopped there as well.  You want a large supply of boxes.

Supplies to buy/check your house for: splash bombs* (this is a 24 pack, highly recommend it), baby pool* (ideally you want one for each team), Water Shooter* (one for each kid, we had this be the party favor), blue tape 2″ wide* (we found the kids were better able to build with this size)

 

Splash War water party rules

Splash War water party get materials from pile

You have 5 minutes to gather supplies

Splash War water party use blue tape

You have 10 minutes to build your fort.  Reinforce with blue tape as much as you want.

Splash War water party shoot the other team

You have 20 minutes to destroy the other team’s fort.  During that time you may reinforce or rebuild your fort if you want.

Splash War water party for kids

You may not touch the other team’s fort other than with your weapons (so no tackling the fort to destroy it).

 

Splash war water party tips

We figured out a few things along the way, so if you decide to have one of these, here’s a few tips to help you out.

  1. Water balloons are not an effective weapon and weren’t as much fun as the others, so forget about them.
  2. Have a team of impartial adults to judge which side did better (we had several parents who chose to stick around).
  3. Set timers for each part.  While it seems like a great idea to just let them keep playing, the longer the splash war goes on, the greater chance of feelings getting hurt.
  4. Set clear boundaries for any adults who choose to participate.  The kids loved having their uncles playing, but it’s very easy for the adults to dominate the game.

Overall our Splash war water party was a huge hit.

Splash War water party

At the end we had ice cream sundaes for their “cake” and the kids got to put all the toppings they wanted on it, and then they opened presents, and by that time the 2 hours had passed.  It was a huge hit, and the kids had a lot of fun planning the whole thing.  I highly recommend a party like this.

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Comments

  1. Almost Unschoolers says

    July 17, 2015 at 8:16 am

    Might have to modify that a bit for adults and give it a try when our friends come to visit this summer 🙂

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 17, 2015 at 8:17 am

      It’ll be a huge hit, and with moving recently-ish, you might still have a few boxes around.

  2. Natalie PlanetSmartyPants says

    July 17, 2015 at 8:37 am

    What a fun idea for a party! You also have a perfect big backyard for it.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 17, 2015 at 9:12 am

      We really do, the backyard is one of the big reasons we got this house.

  3. Phyllis says

    July 17, 2015 at 8:53 am

    It does sound like fun!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 17, 2015 at 9:12 am

      Your boys would probably love it.

  4. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    July 17, 2015 at 7:19 pm

    We don’t have anywhere to do anything like this, but it looks like fun!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 18, 2015 at 2:01 pm

      Awww, could you try a nearby park? It’d be more difficult, but it might be doable.

  5. Claire says

    July 19, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    Oh my, you are the coolest parents! What a great idea to include barricades and forts. I love it!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 20, 2015 at 7:17 am

      I could picture you doing this too if you had the supplies 😉

  6. Lindsay @ BytesofMemory says

    July 20, 2015 at 8:31 am

    oh my goodness this looks like so much fun!! I want to do this with our homeschool group! This would be a blast!!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      July 21, 2015 at 8:04 am

      Oh, doing it with a homeschool group would be so much fun!

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