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Water games for kids

June 27, 2011 Ticia 7 Comments

I’m sure this will totally shock you, but it’s hot here.  No really, it was over 100 at the beginning of this week.

I was all set to show you my favorite water games for kids (as compared to the teens) from VBS that we do every year for water day, and then this was what happened to the games:
water games
Yes, that is wild pandemonium as 200 kids all throw as much water as they can at each other.  Time ran short to play the games, so instead they just opted for the always popular throw water at each other…….
I was hoping I had pictures from earlier years, but I don’t……
So, here’s the two water games for kids we played this year, hopefully I explain it well enough you understand.

Water game: Drip, Drip, Drop

This is essentially duck, duck, goose with water.  The “ducker” walks around with a cup of water.  As they get to each kid they say, “drip,” and drip a little bit of water on the kid.  The person who is chosen to be it, you say, “drop” and dump the entire cup of water on them.  If you get tagged you sit in the “mush pot,” which is usually a baby pool full of water.

I’m sure you can see people don’t really run all that fast, and are eager to get tagged.Drip Drip Drop mush poolWater game Relay race

Supplies: 2 clear two litter bottles, cups, buckets of water

Divide the kids into two teams.  Have them line up a good ways from the end point with a bucket of water, and each team has a cup.

At the other end one of the teens leading the club would be laying down with a two liter bottle on their head.  The kids run up and try to fill the bottle before the other team.  Ideally, they don’t pour too much on the teen.  Yeah, the “poor” teen gets soaked.  I mean completely and 100 percent soaked.

The horrors.

Hopefully these explanations make sense.  Maybe I’ll have my kids reenact the games………

And because I know you were dying to see how water day was at my club in video form, and a quick shot of me serving food (stay tuned tomorrow for an actual write up of clubs).

I can’t wait to see how ya’ll stay cool.  I have some fun ideas coming up, one that I’ll have to warn Jeff about……..

games, kid activities kid activities, outside play, summer for kids

Comments

  1. Harvest Moon by Hand says

    June 27, 2011 at 10:06 am

    I'ver never heard of drip, drip, drop. Great idea! My daughters would love to play that with their friends!

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  2. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    June 27, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    I'm keeping drip, drip, drop in mind for later in the summer! We had a water balloon day at VBS, but it was only maybe 70 degrees that day – so a little chilly for the kids when they got wet 🙂

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  3. Christy says

    June 27, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    I love the idea of drip, drip, drop!!!

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  4. MaryAnne says

    June 27, 2011 at 6:15 pm

    SOMEDAY summer will appear here. We had the HEAT on on Saturday, because it was 54 degrees out.

    Great water play ideas! I wonder how my kids would react to the “drop” portion of “drip, drip, drop”

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  5. Tiffany says

    June 27, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    Oh Babydoll will definitely want to do this when she gets back from camp this week. 🙂

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  6. Raising a Happy Child says

    June 28, 2011 at 12:13 am

    Drip, drip, drop sounds like a very Southern game. Looking forward to the water balloon toss for 4th of July 🙂

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  7. Kim says

    June 28, 2011 at 4:12 am

    Those sound like fun games. I think we might have to try. 🙂

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