This is slightly off-topic but I'm wondering if any of you have any fun pool game ideas for a large group pool party for 5th graders. I'm in charge of our class party games committee and have a few ideas but figured there would be lots of creativity here. We will be in the community pool (6 lane, 25 yard--deep end is around 8 ft.). Any ideas?
Thanks, all! Redbird--I assume the wet rag gets thrown to tag. Once you're tagged are you out? Do you use boards as shields? Not sure if the teachers will let me get away with this one but it sure sounds fun!
Guppies - round based game, unlimited rounds. One guy is "it" on one side of the pool, the rest are on the other side. The one whose it calls for everyone to go in and simultaneously goes in the water (along with anyone captured). The goal of everyone not it is to swim to the other side without being tagged or captured. When everyone is either on the other side or captured the round ends. The captured help the person whose it and the rounds continue until the last person is caught or survives a round alone. The first person who was caught becomes it.
You can also race.
You can also play a sneak across game like colors, jailbreak, or some other clone in which someone's on a diving board or starting block facing away from the pool, and some condition forces the rest of the players to cross the pool. If the person on the board/block catches them crossing, that person dives off and tries to catch them and anyone caught is it.
Hope that helped.
whale attack is a blast
it's like guppies or sharks and minnows
BUT
the swimmer who's IT has to touch the swimmers who aren't IT on the surface
if you're underwater they have to catch you and drag you to the surface
it's good to play in the deep end
set boundaries
whale starts on the opposite side
minnows are standing on the deck they can dive in and attempt to swim to the other side
swims towards the those who aren't it
if the whale attacker touches the side where those who aren't it are
they are it and help him catch
This is slightly off-topic but I'm wondering if any of you have any fun pool game ideas for a large group pool party for 5th graders. I'm in charge of our class party games committee and have a few ideas but figured there would be lots of creativity here. We will be in the community pool (6 lane, 25 yard--deep end is around 8 ft.). Any ideas?
Cola Chug Relays?
Thanks, all! Redbird--I assume the wet rag gets thrown to tag. Once you're tagged are you out? Do you use boards as shields? Not sure if the teachers will let me get away with this one but it sure sounds fun!
Yes, the wet rag is the tagging device. Rather than being "out" the tagged kid becomes "it" and has to tag someone else. You can also introduce additional rags if the crowd is larger, which increases the intensity and participation.
Back in the days before litigation, we would throw the rag at people as they went off the boards, as well, but perhaps that would be too risky for most public pool staff to stomach today!
