Water Activities for Grandchildren
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Boy howdy! It sure is hot! Almost hot enough to make grandma just want to sit in front of an air conditioner sipping a tall glass of cold lemonade. . .
We had some family over on the 5th of July for a barbecue. Grandpa had a great idea of an activity to cool off the grandchildren. He pumped up our rubber raft and put a little bit of water in it. It became an instant swimming pool. Here’s a picture of our bathing beauty as she plays in the water.
All of this heat provides a wonderful opportunity to play in the water with your grandchildren. Have you ever played water baseball? That’s where you get buckets or kiddie wading pools filled with water and use them for the bases. Players have to ‘touch’ the base by putting one foot in the water before they run to the next base. When they are on a base, they have to stand in the water filled container. When we play this, we usually use a fat bat and ball instead of regular bats and balls . . .
You might want to check out my Wet ‘N Wild post about other water activities.
What are some water activities that you have done with your grandchildren?
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She is adorable!
Splash pad all the way for me and Bubby. Well, if you don’t count the time I tried to get him to turn on his back in the bathtub when he was about 18 months old and scared the bejeezus out of him.
We’ll stick to the splash pad for now.
My four year old grandson had a great time playing in a rubbermaid tub filled with water on a hot afternoon. I filled a second one next to him and put all of his toy boats in it for play. I kept a close eye on him of course. I asked at one point if I could get in too and he said sure go put on your swim suit.
tip: you need to sit plenty close…. those splashes feel good on a hot afternoon.
Water balloons are our favorites. The only drawback is that they take a long time to load up. Then they are gone so quickly!
Most anything that can be played with a ball can be played with water balloons–baseball, catch, dodgeball, etc. My grandkids have a blast with water balloons!