| Sandra's guide pages |
| Balloon games |
Each person has a balloon tied to their ankle. They need to protect their balloon whilst bursting everyone else’s. Winner is the one with a balloon still intact after so much time. Relay race - Carrying a liquid in the balloon and seeing how much the container at the end of the field has been filled Pass the balloon down the line of girls without using your hands (can be interesting to watch the contortions especially if a really tall guide/ranger is next to a very small rainbow/brownie!) How about tacking blown up balloons onto a board with points inside and each team has to throw something to pop the balloons to get as many points as possible. Roll a balloon along the ground with your nose (put a marble inside the balloon to stop it flying away) - a bit like a cadbury's creme egg race Running along with a balloon between your knees without popping it. The Over/Under game -where you line everyone up, give them an object, and the first person takes the ball and passes it under their legs to the next person, who passes it over their head to the next, and that person passes it through their legs, and so on, till the last person gets the object, runs to the front, and the action continues. The rule is they've got to hold the balloon with two hands, one on each end, as they pass it back - and believe me, it makes things rather difficult. Provide the girls with a large number of small round balloons (already inflated), and some adult-sized clothing. Players see which team can stuff the most balloons into the oversized clothing being worn by one team member within a certain amount of time. Give every girl a balloon & have a competition to see how long they can keep it off the ground. If everyone goes together in an enclosed space it makes it more awkward because they get in each others’ way. Set rules such as: no use of hands, no holding the balloon with any part of the body. Play volleyball: 2 teams, divided by a rope / line of chairs / whatever. The team gets a point for the balloon hitting ground on the opposite team’s side. No holding the balloon. Lose a point for bursting a balloon, but remember plenty of spares. Silly relay races – carrying the balloon between your knees, between chin & chest, whatever. Another relay race (to do at the end). Everyone has a balloon. Take turns to run to a chair at the other end of the hall & burst the balloon by sitting on it. Lighter girls may need help! Balloon tapping. Stand girls in a circle, make sure everyone knows at least a couple of peoples’ names. Tap the balloon in the air and callout a name. That girl runs to tap the balloon up again (she must not trap it or hold it) and calls out the name of the next girl to be the “tapper” as she does so. Start slowly & speed up as the girls become more skilled. Balloon sandwich: Girls pair off, each pair gets a balloon. They must stand back to back with the balloon sandwiched between them & get from one end of the room to the other like that! Any pair who drop their balloon must go right back to the start. It’s easier if the girls are of similar height. |