Summer Games for Kids

With the arrival of summer, comes the fun and excitement of summer vacations! With so much of free time, kids need to engage themselves in some summer activity, and games are the best summer activities for kids. So, scroll down and take a look at some summer games for kids.

The Dolphin Relay
If you and your friends are good swimmers, you will surely enjoy this swimming pool game for kids. To play this game, you will require around 10 players, a swimming pool and two large floating balls. First, divide the players into two teams with equal number of players in each team. Then, the first player from each team will jump into the water, push the ball with nose and forehead, and swim up to the other end of the pool. Touching the ball with hands, or any other part of the body, is not allowed and in case this happens, the player has to start from the beginning. Once the first player has finished crossing the pool, second player will jump into the pool and push the ball from one end to other end of the pool. The game continues in similar manner and the team to finish the relay first, wins the game.

The Snake Tag
Tagging games are some of the best summer camp games for kids and "The Snake Tag" is one such game. To play this game select a large playground and divide the kids into groups of 3 or 4. Make maximum groups out of the players, so that one player can be "it". Now, once the groups are formed, ask each group to stand in a line. Each player of the respective group has to hold on to the waist of the person standing in front of him/her in the line. This forms a snake and the player standing in front of the line is the head and the one standing in the end is the tail. To start the game, all the snakes have to run in the play area and the player who is "it" has to chase the tails of these snakes. If the player successfully tags a tail of one of the snakes, then the player who is the head becomes "it". The game continues and the snakes have to twist and turn in the play area and avoid losing their heads. This is one of the real fun summer games for kids, who thoroughly enjoy playing it.

Who am I
This is one of the most popular summer party games for kids. The game is quite simple to play and has no special requirements. All you need to do is simply make a list of famous personalities and prepare tags with their name. These tags are to be attached on the back of each kid as he/she arrives for the party. Then every guest will ask one question to other guests and will guess the name of the celebrity. The guests can ask questions like, "Am I a football player?". The game continues, until each guest makes a correct guess of the celebrity name written on their back.

Pass the Balloon
To play this game, take a balloon and prick it with a safety pin. Then, fill this balloon with water and secure its ends with a thread or a string. Now, all the players should stand in a circle. Then, the leaking balloon is to be passed from one player to another. The player who holds the balloon when there is no water in it, is the loser. This camp game for kids is great, because it does not focus on winning or losing. And the game is fun to play because of the passing of the leaking balloon.

The list of summer games is quite long and the ones mentioned above, are a few of them. You can also encourage your kids to try some fun summer activities. So, what are you waiting for? Call up your friends, gather the required material and play these indoor and outdoor games for summer. Have an enjoyable summer!