Who doesn’t love a little water balloon fun? With summertime just around the corner, I wanted to share these 9 super wet and wild water balloon games. Spend less than $5 on water balloons, turn up some tunes, and get crazy with these silly games.
Several of these activities work really well with more than two children, so if you live in a kid-filled neighborhood or on a rowdy block, gather up all the youngsters to play together.
9 Wet and wild water balloon games
- Find a flat spot either in your yard or on your driveway, set out ten or more water balloons on the ground and have the kids run through them trying not to step on any. Play some fun, fast music in the background.
- Hang some full water balloons from a make-shift clothes line (or an actual clothes line if you’ve got one). Give the kids a plastic bat or any other object you already have at the house and let them try and bust the balloon like a pinata.
- Blind fold two kids and let them play catch
- Simply lay a bunch of water balloons on the ground and let the kids stomp on them until they all bust
- Let the kids play water balloon hot potato where they pass the balloon around to music. When the music stops, the child holding the balloon is out. Also, if the balloon pops while a child is holding it, that particular child is out. The one left standing is the winner
- Have the children fill up the water balloons with a hose, and whoever fills his/her balloon up the fullest without it popping wins
- Water balloon volleyball using towels to catch and toss the water balloons
- Let the kids play water balloon dodge ball. It’s just like the original, but you’re using water balloons instead of balls.
- Play a game of baseball with water balloons and a plastic bat. The game will go longer if you play on grass. There are a number of opportunities for the balloon to pop. One way or another, somebody will get soaked.
Have fun and expect to get wet!
*If you make this an all-out water balloon field day, you could distribute inexpensive prizes like Popsicles, small bottles of bubbles, $1 toys, etc.
Super cute pic of my little Brooks and great ideas!!! XO
Thanks! Love you.
we used to love playing with water balloons as a kid. I was a tween when Super Soakers were a huge hit, so it was always a fun challenge to get your neighbor wet.
Wonderful and fun ideas. Sure to be a hit with the kids.
Both of my boys have August birthdays, so I do a joint party for them and water balloons are always part of our celebration!
Sounds so fun! Both of my boys have January birthdays, so we’re always stuck inside.
Water balloons are fun. I’ll have to keep that in mind when the grandkids are over now that it is nice and warm outside.
I love all the activities that you came up with! The only time my daughter ever had the chance to play with water balloons- she refused to throw it. She carried it around for 2 days before it finally popped!
So cute! I can keep fill them up fast enough with my two wild boys.
The blind folded water balloon catch is a fun idea! Never thought of that one.
We LOVE water balloon fights although the afterward mess is a pain lol
Great ideas and will definitely com in handy during the hot months ahead of us here in Florida!
the kids look forward to this every summer. It’s hard to keep them stocked up with water balloons
I can’t wait to get the water balloons out this Summer! We are planning on having a BBQ with a huge water balloon fight.
Such fun ideas for a hot day! Now if only I could get someone else to fill them all up for me!
I’m totally with you on that one! And someone to clean up the scraps.
I love the idea of blindfolding them to let them play catch! Water balloons are a classic summertime activity. I love to get in there and play with the best of them too!
Water balloon dodge ball looks really awesome!!!!! I can not wait for summer
That looks like fun. I will have to do that with my boys this summer. Thank you for the idea.
Brilliant! Am I too old to want to play with water balloons?
Never!
You had my boys at balloons! Water added in would just be over the top for them!
We love playing with water balloons in the summer. Thank you for the great ideas to try out if we get bored!
We’ll need to play all of these soon when we’re in the triple digits!
Great ideas! I totally plan on doing this with my son this summer!
I used to love water balloon fights when I was a kid. They were a great game that helped us all cool off in the summer.
We do a water balloon fight every summer. I love all the fun ideas you have to change things up a bit! I am going to have to introduce some at our next summer bash!
Water balloons are the best! I love a good game of water balloon volleyball!
I cannot even remember the last time I played with water balloons. I eel old now!
Water balloons can be lots of fun if played with the right people! Great on a hot afternoon!
Nothing says summer until you bust out the water balloons
Water balloons…. how fun and messy! Can’t wait for summer to get here!
We have perfect weather for that right now! WE love water balloons
we play water balloons at the beginning of summer. IT’s always so much fun to watch all the neighborhood kids having a blast getting wet.
I love water balloons! I’ve been buying them up every year for, oh, the past 12 years. There’s just something so satisfying about bursting a cold one on a friendly opponent.
There’s not much more fun than this on a hot summer’s day. Love your ideas!!!
My son loves to play with waterbaloons. It is a lot of fun and when it’s hot, getting wet is a plus 🙂
Oh, this sounds like so much fun! This is a must do this summer.