Guiding Through Water Balloons

As parents, we often feel that the days of summer seem long. When it’s hot outside, send your kids in the yard, and even better, join them! What activities do you enjoy doing during a hot summer day?

With it being hot outside, there are lots of ways to stay cool while spending time with your children. Grab a towel, some water balloons, and head outside!

One of our favorite activities starts with having a towel spread out on the lawn. Together as parent and child (guide and apprentice), grab each end of the towel and hold it off of the ground.  Place a water balloon on top of the towel and see if you can bounce it by working together. 

 Guiding Through Water Balloons

1. Plan ahead by making sure that you have enough time to relax and enjoy the afternoon

2. Buy/get out the supplies - water balloons, a towel

3. Fill up water balloons (child can help or not)

4. Lay the towel out on the ground

5. Grab your end of the towel and look to your apprentice (assign a role)

6. Wait for them to grab their side after referencing you

7. Place one water balloon on top

8. Remember to go slow to allow for those dynamic thinking moments

9. By working together, see if you can bounce the balloon into the air

10. Add in small variations

11. Have fun

12. Add in a change

**These steps will need to be customized to each child specifically**

What variations can you add? Could you do small bounces and then change to big bounces? Try to fling it off of the towel and hit the side of your house? What challenges can you add? Could you try multiple balloons at the same time?

We want to hear about how this activity went!