| Here are some kid party balloon game ideas your | | | | balloon up, then run to a marked line and then pop |
| kid and his/her guests will love! | | | | the balloon by sitting on it or stomping it. Once |
| Have lots of prizes for the winners. | | | | the balloon has popped they must run back and |
| These games are best played outdoors! | | | | tag the next team member who repeats the |
| "Easy Teams" The kids have to line themselves | | | | process. The winner is the team who has popped |
| up from shortest to tallest - BUT they are not | | | | all its balloons first. |
| aloud to talk! They may use gestures etc. but no | | | | "Toss the Water Balloon" Kids stand face to face |
| talking. Once lined up, let alternate kids step | | | | in pairs holding one water balloon per pair. They |
| forward. This is one team - the kids remaining in | | | | toss it to each other. After each successful toss |
| line is the other team. | | | | they take one step back. The pair whose tossing |
| "Nose the Balloon" Let the kids make teams of | | | | distance is the greatest, without dropping the |
| two. Each team gets a large balloon they must | | | | balloon, is the winner |
| blow up. Between them, they must keep the | | | | "Have a Popping Balloon" Kids in pairs stand in a |
| balloon in the air bumping it only with their noses. | | | | line, back to back. Each pair has a balloon held |
| Each time it falls on the ground they loose a point | | | | between their backs. On "go" they should try and |
| - each team starting with say 100 points. The | | | | pop the balloon using only their backs. First pair |
| team who takes the longest to loose all its points | | | | whose balloon pops is the winner. Play until all |
| is the winner | | | | balloons are popped. |
| "Pass the Balloon" Each team gets a sausage | | | | "Balloon Number Game" Kids stand in a circle all |
| balloon they must blow up. Line the teams up, | | | | numbered from one onwards. The kid with the |
| giving the kid in front each a balloon. They must | | | | highest number goes in the center. He holds a |
| squeeze the balloon between their knees, balloon | | | | balloon, shouts a number and throws the balloon |
| pointing forward. On the word go, the kids must | | | | up in the air. The kid whose number was called |
| pass the balloon to the next kid in the line, without | | | | must catch the balloon before it touches the |
| using hands and without dropping or popping it! A | | | | ground. He or she then repeats the process. |
| dropped balloon must be picked up using knees | | | | Whoever fails to catch the balloon is out. Have a |
| only. A popped balloon is replaced with a new one, | | | | parent throw the balloon when only 2 kids are left. |
| but the team must start again. Have prizes for | | | | "Water Balloon Relay" Divide kids into two teams. |
| the winning team. | | | | Provide each team with a number of water |
| "Stomp the Balloon" Each kid gets a balloon and a | | | | balloons. (At least one balloon per team member) |
| piece of string about a yard long. They must blow | | | | The first one to go in each team must place a |
| up the balloon and tie the string to the balloon and | | | | water balloon between its knees and hobble to |
| to his ankle. There should be enough string | | | | the finish line, dropping the balloon in a bucket |
| between the foot and the balloon. The kids must | | | | without using hands. He/she then runs back to the |
| now try to stomp and pop each other's balloons. | | | | team, tags the next kid and the process is |
| The winner is the last one with an un popped | | | | repeated. If the balloon is dropped the kid must |
| balloon. | | | | grab it by hand, run back to the start and start all |
| "Balloon Relay" Each team gets 10 balloons. The | | | | over. The winning team is the one who manages |
| first one to go in each team must blow the | | | | to get the most balloons in their bucket. |