If you, like me, live in the Pacific Northwest I bet you can’t wait for Summer, especially this year as it’s taking longer for those sunny and warm days to come.
However, it’s time to start planning your outdoor gatherings and celebrate this colorful season with your friends and family. In this post, I’m sharing some backyard games so everyone can extrapolate all that energy that was accumulated during the cold seasons.
DIY Flamingo Ring Toss
Flamingos always bring that Summer vibes with them. All you’ll need for this quickest DIY project ever is:
- Small and large plastic flamingos
- Toss rings
- A yard or flower pots filled with sand if you don’t have a yard
Classic Water Balloon Toss
Pair up players, and give each set of players one water balloon. Players start about a foot apart, facing each other. Player 1 tosses the balloon to Player 2, and if Player 2 catches it successfully, he takes a step backwards. Continue tossing back and forth and taking steps backwards until the water balloon pops. The dry player scores 5 points, and the wet player scores 0.
Sack Race
This is a really fun option by itself and the fact that it’s possible to customize your own potato sack makes it even more interesting. For setting this game up you will need some potato sack and then line up the players in a grassy area. After the starting signal, have everyone hop down a marked path—include a few curves to add a challenge—to the finish line. Keep the path clear to prevent injuries.
There are other classic good options such as giant tic-tac-toe, Jenga and card games.
I hope these ideas make you feel even more excited to start celebrating this Summer! 🙂