Monday, July 8, 2013

Splash into Summer--Water Fun

Today’s post is part of the Splash Into Summer series put together by my group of blogger friends. Each week we will be sharing seven posts related to a specific summer theme. 
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This week’s theme is water fun, and today I get to post! Here are 5 Water Fun things for you to try with your kids:
Summer fun for kids with water

1-Super Hero! Large ice blocks each with a super hero victim of Mr. Freeze. Give your kids squirt guns and have them fire away until they can free their hero.

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2- Water Balloon Baseball. How fun does this look? Fill up some water balloons and go to town!
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We have used the Bunch O Balloons several times and they really do work and are easy to fill up!

3- Water Gun Target Practice This reminds me of those carnival games where you hold the little water squirter and aim it at the ducks. Looks easy to set up and something that both my 10 year old AND 3 year old could enjoy doing.
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4- Ahoy Matey! Make your own ice boats! What I loooove about this one is that it takes about zero preparation or extra supplies!
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5- Ice Painting Again, minimal prep work. Pretty much the same as the boats, except you insert popsicle sticks and let the kids PAINT with the cubes once they are frozen. All you need is food coloring, water, and some craft sticks!
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There you have it, five different ideas for playing with water (or ice) with your kids this summer!

Find more summer fun ideas on my Pinterest Board:
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14 comments:

  1. Awesome! Can't wait to read more from this series! :) Sounds like a great idea!

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    1. Thanks for coming by! I'm excited to see what all my bloggy partners have for the series too. :)

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  2. My son is going to love "batting practice". Awesome ideas. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. What cute ideas! I need more outdoor things to do with Nick. He loves to color, so I bet he'd be totally into the ice painting.

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    1. Ice painting sounds perfect for you! I still am going to try to DIY our own sidewalk paint too, that's another thing you could try. :)

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  4. Great ideas! And all easy for Mommy to pull together too!

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    1. Yeah, I like things you can put together quickly without a lot of prep or buying extra supplies. I'm lazy. And cheap. ;)

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  5. Love these ideas! My nephew is coming to visit, and we will definitely be saving some frozen superheroes! Thanks for sharing!!

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  6. My boys would love all these ideas! Gotta try the batting practice.

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  7. Great ideas for some summer water fun! I have some frozen blocks of ice in my freezer that I can't wait to pull out for my kids one sunny afternoon this week!

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  8. lots of fun outdoor activities. Im writing these down!

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  9. I love the ice art idea! I already just do coloured ice cubes and throw them in the bath for fun while they are bathing - so this is just one more step for fun outside. Thanks for the ideas!

    Best - Louise

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