Most of the country has been experiencing a heat wave and few things help us beat the heat more than water. My kids love swimming and running through a sprinkler, but water balloons are an extra special treat for them. We have had fun learning and playing with a Water Balloon Phonics game. They sell water balloons at the dollar store but I don’t use them a lot because they just take forever to fill up and are tossed and broken before you know it. So I devised the idea of having a water balloon hunt.
The other day I was reading the June/July issue of Family Fun Magazine and saw a great idea a reader Billie Tylec had for a water balloon hunt. Looking for a way to extend our water balloon play, I thought this sounded perfect. But I know my kids. One of them would end up finding a lot more and the others would be upset. So I had to come up with a way to make things fair yet still fun. I decided to assign each child a shape and then draw that shape on some of the balloons. The kids could only pick up balloons that had their shape on it.
If I did not have this blog, I would have just written their names on the balloons, but I try to keep my kids names off of here so shapes seemed like a good idea. It also reinforces shape recognition!
You will need:
- {affiliate link} Water balloons
- Water
- Buckets
- Permanent Marker
- Paper
- Tape
Fun, fun FUN!!
This looks like so much fun!
Love this! So fun. Maybe we'll do this at a kids b-day party we have coming up.
AHHHHHH!!!! This is so awesome! Sending to all my mommy friends now. Thank you for your always-awesome goodies!
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@ Shiloh, Thanks for visiting!
@ Maro, It was fun and a great way to cool off!
@ Jennifer, this would great for a birthday party. Have fun!
@Lydia, You are so sweet! Thanks for the support.
What a fun way to keep kids happy and learning in the heat!! Renee