Best backyard water games?

[janeybwild]

Planning a party for 7 yr olds and need some fun summer water activities:

So far we have:

-water balloon toss
-pass the sponge (2 teams, pass a wet sponge from one bucket over head to to fill a bucket at the other end)
-A large plastic pool filled with water and foam shooters to fill buckets at different distances

????

[SnuggleBuggles]

Bucket Brigade (blanking on specifics but google should help)
Marble Toes- fill wash pans or buckets with icy cold water and stick a bunch of marbles at the bottom. Either by team or individual, they have 30 seconds to get as many marbles as possible.

BirthdayPartyIdeas.com had tons of great ideas when I planned ds1's water party.

At my party, the kids were on teams. Each team got x water balloons for the final battle but each game won earned them extra. That was fun. Also, I offered a prize for the mist balloon scraps picked up in the end. That worked great!!! That was an individual prize.

[kristac]

http://pinterest.com/search/?q=water+games

[infomama]

Check this out http://www.digitalmisery.com/2010/07/best-slip-n-slide-ever-from-wiredgeekdad/

[mom_hanna]

We have water limbo - the kids love it!
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Kids-Splash-Water-Sprinkler/dp/B006ZYL46O

Jennifer

[KrisM]

Teams race to pop water balloons by sitting on them.

[KpbS]

Not a game but slip and slide is always a hit!

[GvilleGirl]

Drip, Drip, Drop-
Like duck, duck, goose. Give a small cup of water, you put a drip on someones head (duck) and you dump the cup on someones head for goose.

[SnuggleBuggles]

Cold potato. Pass a water balloon. Drop it/ pop it then you're out.

[belovedgandp]

I've frozen big hunks of ice in random containers to play with as they melt.