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Super Easy, Fun, & Unforgettable Water Balloon Activities for Kids

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One of the best all-time water activities for kids is the classic water balloon fight!  I am super excited to introduce 10 Water Balloon Activities for Kids, super fun games perfectly timed for summer! Simple and inexpensive!

Water Balloon Activities for Kids

Races

Find a hill, fill the balloons, and on your mark, get set, go! Integrate science learning by filling the balloons with different amounts of water and testing the speed of the rolls! Relay races are another great variation.

Paint On

I fell in love with this Water Balloon Painting activity on Meri Cherry.

The Best Water Balloon Activities with Kids

Paint With

Squeeze a few colors of paint onto paper, fill your balloons with water, tie, and roll the balloon over the canvas.

Paint Drop

Squeeze a few colors of paint onto paper, fill your balloons with water, tie, hold above the canvas, and drop the balloon over the canvas. Point out how the paint splatter differs depending on how high or low the balloon is held over the canvas.

Classic Water Activities for Kids

Water Balloon Launch

We simply used activity cones to launch our water balloons in the air to see if we could catch them and to one another to see if we could catch them. Simple fun.

10 Classic Water Balloon Activities for Kids

Water Balloon Paint Squirt

Water Balloon Squirt! from Growing a Jeweled Rose is the perfect summer activity for kids. Does it get any better than this activity? Fill balloons with water, add a bit of paint, and tie up. Poke a hole in the balloon with a pin or even a sharp pencil, then squeeze onto your canvas of choice. 

How do you fill a water balloon with paint, you ask? I like to mix my paint up in a bowl first with water, corn starch, and a liquid watercolor or dye. Then, using a funnel, I fill a squirt bottle with the paint. From there, attach the water balloons to a water balloon nozzle. Finally, squirt the paint through the nozzle and fill the balloon with paint. Tie up the balloon and voila!

Water Balloon Bowling

Set up activity cones and bowl the balloon! Kids love this activity!

Toss a Water Balloon

Set up a simple, old fashioned toss the balloon!

Water Balloon Whack

When I saw this Water Balloon Piñata idea on Pinterest, I knew my boys would be all over it!

Water BalloonFreeze

Create these super cool ice water balloons! Add a little color to your winter or cool down during the warmer summer months.

I hope you enjoyed these water balloon games for kids! 

Best,
Marnie

 

Marnie Craycroft

About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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