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?
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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.
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.
