It's Summer, which if you're a kid, means your days just became a whole lot more fun. Two whole months to do as you please! Here are 3 fun things you can do to push your summer vacation over the edge.
GLOW IN THE DARK BOWLING
Materials:
- 10 clear empty drinking bottles
- 10 glow sticks
All you need to do is get some water bottles and fill them with water. Activate the glow stick and drop one in each bottle. Line bottles up like at a bowling alley and roll a soccer ball or kick ball at the pins. Make sure it's dark outside though!! Hope you enjoyed this tip, it's awesome!!
WATER BALOON SLIP AND SLIDE
Materials:
- 200 water balloons
- 1 roll of industrial plastic
- 8 pool noodles
- Waterproof tape
- Hot glue & hot glue gun
- Baby shampoo
Instructions:
Buy a large spool of plastic from your home and garden store.
Lay out the plastic 20 – 25 feet long and open up the plastic about 6 feet across.
Buy pool noodles at your local craft store or big box retailer for about $2 a piece.
Lay pool noodles end to end the length of the 20 – 25 feet of the plastic so that the plastic can wrap around the circumference of the pool noodle. Leave 2 ½ feet of plastic open without any pool noodles on the front end of the water slide. Leave a foot of plastic wrap at the end of the waterslide.
Using an extension cord to run power from an external electrical plug to your hot glue gun, run a bead of hot glue, a foot at a time, along the length of the top of the pool noodle. Fold the plastic over the pool noodle and press firmly to secure the glue.
Once you finish the whole 20 – 25 feet of plastic, roll the pool noodle over half a full turn and repeat the hot glue process a second time. Secure the plastic by placing 6 inches of waterproof tape every 6 inches down the length of the plastic.
At the end of the water slide, create a bumper by capping the water slide with another pool noodle. Wrap as previously instructed.
Flip entire water slide over so the seams face the lawn.
Spray 1 ½ inches of water over the length of the water slide with your garden hose.
Drizzle about 10 ounces of Tear Free Baby Shampoo over the length of the water slide and mix it with the water. The Baby Shampoo will help make the slide extra slippery and is non-toxic to the skin.
Fill 200 water balloons. Place water balloon all over slide, leaving 5 feet of space balloon-free at the front end of the slide.
Take a running start and enjoy your water slide!
OPTIONAL: Drizzle non-toxic paint over the balloons for some extra “clean-dirty” fun!
THE HUMAN BUBBLE
Materials:
- Bubble solution
- 1 small plastic pool
- 1 hula hoop
Instructions:
For maximum strength, make the bubble solution the night before and let it sit. When you’re ready for the fun to begin, have a child stand in the center of the pool. With the hula hoop already in the bubble solution, quickly lift the hula hoop up. It’s easier with two people doing this, one on each side. And feel free to experiment–the hula hoop makes gigantic bubbles. If you’d like to send your guests home with a favor or a prize, fill a bucket with bubbles, bubble gum, and bubble bath. Enjoy your bubble party!