Games with balloons!
15 fun activities for adults and children
Hello, friends! When is it on the agenda to have fun today? What games and competitions can you come up with?
There is good news!
If you have balloons, then consider that all of the above issues have already been resolved.
Games with balloons are suitable for any cheerful company, the main thing is to play with the whole family.
I present to you a selection of the most popular and interesting “air” entertainment that will help fill more than one day with laughter and joy and make it unforgettable.
Just don't fall!
We give each participant a balloon; it is advisable that they be of different colors, so you won’t get confused about whose balloon is whose. At the command of the presenter “Air!” everyone throws their balls up, and then, bouncing them from below with their hands, tries to prevent them from falling to the floor. The winner is the one who keeps his ball in the air longer.
You can complicate the task by giving out not one, but two balloons at once. I have personally tested the game more than once, and it always goes off with a bang.
And we are penguins!
The ball must be held between the ankles or knees and in this uncomfortable position, try to reach a certain goal, for example, during a relay race, go around the chair and return to the team, passing the baton to another player. All participants resemble small, clumsy penguins.
Another variety of this fun is “kangaroo”. This is when the ball is located between the knees and you don’t need to reach the goal, but jump.
Big sharabah
A very loud game for very brave children. Inflated balloons are scattered on the floor. The participants' task is to burst these balloons, but not with their feet, not with their hands, or even with their heads, but with their butts! Whoever destroys the most balls wins.
Planet
This entertainment is much calmer than the previous one. Use it if you need a little break from active movement. Give everyone balloons and tell them that these are actually planets. And these planets need to be populated with inhabitants. Now hand out markers and ask them to draw lots and lots of little people on the planets. We start drawing on command and finish too.
The owner of the most populous planet wins.
I give!
Another active and noisy fun. We will give each other “gifts”. We divide everyone present into two teams, and use some kind of ribbon or jump rope to divide the room in half, simply placing it on the floor.
Balloons are used as gifts. We place the same number of balls in front of each team. The players’ task is to give their balls to the opposing team, and in fact, to transfer all the “gifts” from their side to the enemy’s side. At the same time, shouting the word “I give!”
“I give!”
“Gifts” that arrive from rivals must also be quickly sent back. When “this funny mess” ends (and this moment is determined by the presenter), you need to count how many balls are on each side. The team with the fewest “gifts” wins.
Air lambada
You can also dance with balloons. Before you start, learn the basic movement of the lambada and practice. Then invite everyone to line up like a snake, placing their hands on the shoulders of the person in front. Turn on the music and start moving around the house, while dancing the lambada.
Now introduce balls into this dance action. Place them between the players. One presses the ball with his back, and the one who follows him with his stomach, etc. The task is to walk like a snake, dance the lambada and at the same time try to hold the balls. There will be no winners here, but there will be more than enough fun and laughter.
Dance battle.
Another musical, dance and entertainment game. Everyone is divided into pairs. Each couple has their own ball. The balls are pressed between the foreheads. And at the command of the leader they begin to dance; do not forget to prepare the music in advance. You can dance in different styles, rock and roll, break, waltz, polka, folk dances. The main thing is to keep the ball in place.
The couple that lasts the longest wins.
My friend
For this competition, you need to prepare balls that are not very large, about the size of a human head. And also take out all kinds of hats, caps, panama hats, and scarves from the closets.
Each participant is given a ball and a felt-tip pen. Let's make ourselves air friends.
You need to draw a face on the ball and put some kind of hat on it. When the “friends” are ready, invite everyone to introduce them and tell them about their friend’s name, how old he is, what he is interested in and where they met.
By the way, with such aerial friends you get great photos.
Fat bellies.
Prepare two large T-shirts. Divide everyone into two teams and put on T-shirts for two kids. Scatter the balls on the floor. On command, participants begin to grab the balls and stuff them under their player’s T-shirt.
The team with the thickest belly wins; this can be determined by counting the number of balls hidden under their T-shirts.
Stompers.
Tie a ball to each leg of each player using threads. On command, you must step on your opponents' balloons to burst them and at the same time not allow your own to burst. The game is very active and very noisy, but very fun.
The winner is the owner of at least one whole ball.
Competitions for couples
Frog
Several couples need to be involved in this competition. One of the guys sits on a chair and picks up a frog pump with a ball connected to it. The girl’s goal is to first inflate and then burst the accessory as quickly as possible with jumping movements, for which she is positioned on the guy’s lap. Another version of this game is also interesting: a ready-made balloon, not inflated too tightly, lies on the man’s lap, and the lady sits on top of it, trying to quickly burst the product.
Flour on a ball
Couples sit at a table where there is a balloon. The presenter invites the participants in this competition to blow on an object towards the seated opponent. The main task is to move the beautiful ball to the enemy’s side. Next, the presenter complicates this event by blindfolding the participants. The funniest action begins.
The chosen toastmaster secretly, in front of the amazed spectators, sprinkles flour on the product! The players, suspecting nothing, try their best to repeat the action stipulated by the conditions, which results in covering the contestants with flour while the guests laugh. After the bandages are removed, everyone will become even funnier.
Model and designer
To hold this competition you will need a girl and a guy. The lady will act as a model, and a representative of the opposite sex will act as a designer. Within a certain time, the man must attach the maximum number of props to the lady in any way possible in different places. The prize will go to the one who is the most diligent and fastest.
Dancing
Several couples participate in a dance competition. A balloon is attached to the leg of the contestant (guy). The goal of the pairs is to do everything necessary to make the opponent’s weapon burst, while keeping their product safe. All actions are performed to a slow melody. The last couple to save their props receives a prize and applause.
Rockets.
This game is the fastest of those offered, but also one of the funniest. The players line up and each player is given an inflated but not tied balloon in their hand. We will launch rockets. On command, the kids must release their “rockets” from their hands.
The winner is the one whose rocket flies the farthest. It is impossible to predict the course of the game, since such inflated rockets behave unpredictably and can even hang on a chandelier.
Team games
For a noisy and cheerful company, you can also choose competitions involving all members of the friendly team.
Cannonball
This competition is suitable for team play. Each group of people is given a prop (ball). The first participant in the game must sit on this object and jump on it to the indicated line, then return back in the same way. Upon returning to the starting area, he passes the ball to the next participant. The main task of such a game is to keep the props intact and safe during jumps.
Lambada centipedes
The participants of the entertainment stand in one chain (one after another). They hold the balls between themselves, pinching them between their back and stomach. The dancers must hold the aerial accessory during fiery dance movements and walk in a chain several times around the birthday boy. If everything is done correctly, the balls will remain intact and will not fall. It is believed that then all the wishes of the guests invited to the celebration will definitely come true!
Water or candy
Only opaque balls are suitable for the game. A small amount of water is poured into some of them, while small sweets are stuffed into others.
Props with fillings are suspended above the contestants in such a way that they can be reached with any object or stick. Participants of the competition are divided into 2 teams and begin to randomly take out 1 ball. The team that managed to get the most balls with sweets becomes the winner.
Ball on the water
This funny competition will allow you to have a lot of fun. To carry it out, you need to take a couple of large containers with water and distribute 1 small inflated balloon to each participant.
Rules of the game: players must divide into 2 teams and stand behind each other in a row. A bowl filled with water is placed at a distance of about 2–3 m from the competitor standing in front. The player's task is to get his ball into the container. The winner is the team that managed to get the most positive results.
Party competition
This game will be fun entertainment at a party. The host invites the invited guests to choose random balloons. They contain notes with a task for the player in advance. The host of the celebration pierces the balloon, voicing the task for the guest.
This will be an unpleasant surprise for those who have collected a lot of balls, since an uncompleted task will result in a “fine”! Such a competition is convenient to use at any public event.
Wedding
Unmarried guys need to choose inflated balloons and write any man's name on them with a felt-tip pen. The props are released into the sky. Whose item flies higher will be the first to marry from the group of bachelors.
Unmarried ladies can also hold their own similar competition. All you need to do is write a note indicating your name, attach it
to the ball. The props are launched towards the ceiling. The groomsmen should catch each of their accessories. Whose name is written in the note - he needs to dance with that girl.
Airway.
For this task, you need to build some kind of track that the children will need to walk along with the ball. For example, place chairs that need to be walked around, or gates that need to be entered.
Only to move the ball, moving with it from the start line to the finish line, you need to wave a fan at it. A fan can be made from a landscape sheet. The winner can be determined by timing the time it takes to complete the course using a stopwatch or a watch with a second hand.
Balloon competitions for adults at home
Even very serious adults will not be able to resist and will take an active part in fun competitions with helium balloons, which can be easily organized in an apartment or house:
- Absolutely everyone present can be involved in this game. Men and women stand next to each other. One person squeezes an inflated sausage ball between his legs and passes it to the next person. As you understand, you cannot use your hands. Whoever loses the ball is out of the game. The winner or even 2 winners can be awarded with prizes.
- “Merry Pereduy” is a game with balls, in which 2 players take part at once, regardless of gender. To “stir up” the interest of your guests, invite them to compete. The opponents sit opposite each other, and a round or oval balloon is placed on the table between them. They are asked to blow it to the enemy’s side, but! blindfolded! Blindfolding the participants, the cunning presenter sprinkles powdered sugar or flour onto the ball. Just imagine the bewildered, dirty faces of the players and the laughing witnesses of their “struggle.”
- "Cool girls." This is a competition for two men and two girls. Give each couple bright balloons for competitions in the same quantity. They can come in a variety of shapes and colors. On command, the men begin to “decorate” their models with all the available balls (using threads, ribbons, clothespins). And only now the “evil” presenter reveals the intrigue - the ladies need to burst them all on their rival as soon as possible. And if you want to make the finale less “bloody”, then ask the girls to free themselves from all the airy “decorations”. In any case, the couple whose girl does it faster wins. Such competitions with balloons for adults at home will make the festive event unforgettable.
- Anyone can play Air Combat. Each person has a balloon tied to their ankle and they need to burst the opponent’s balloon, but at the same time protect their own. You won’t see such jumps and miracles of resourcefulness anywhere else!
- “Scam” - this game has nothing to do with fraud, but still there is something fantastic in it! Otherwise, how will the players cope with the task? Give each person 3-4 balloons of different sizes and ask them to inflate them without using their hands. And the assistants will tie the already inflated spheres with ribbons. The winner is the one who can do it efficiently and quickly.
Ideas for the best wedding competitions and games with balloons (photos)
Do you want to diversify the finished wedding scenario? Come up with humorous tasks for your guests, the completion of which will not be difficult, but those around you will have a lot of fun. For example, ask them to sing comic ditties, come up with a toast in honor of the newlyweds in verse, dance a gypsy dance in a prepared outfit, a cowboy dance, or, in extreme cases, a dance of little swans.
Write down your “tasks” on small pieces of paper. Before inflating the balloons to decorate the wedding hall, place these leaves in some of them. The presenter will invite everyone present to independently choose the balls of any color and size that they like. By carefully blowing them away or carelessly bursting them, depending on your wishes, each guest will receive an “individual task”.
And what delight will be caused by a huge, pre-inflated helium and waiting in the wings, an opaque ball, inside of which there are more than a hundred small balls of various colors! Towards the end of the wedding celebration, it will crumble into a huge number of small, bright “pieces”, as in the photo below. Ask those invited to write wishes for the newlyweds on small pieces of paper in advance and put them in small balls. The newlyweds will remember the warmest and most tender words from family and friends.
Balloons are a wonderful way to decorate a wedding hall. But not only. These are also improvised means for games, funny competitions of the wedding show program. A comic battle between two knights from among the guests with inflatable swords, dancing without hands for girls and boys with balloons, team games and relay races where participants pass balloons to each other and burst them - you can’t count everything. Fun will be guaranteed for guests.
"Score a goal"
One of the fun and funny competitions for guests is “Score a Goal”! Boys and football fans are invited to participate. The presenter suggests dividing into two teams. One will be the “representatives” of the groom, the other will “defend the honor” of the bride. Come up with names for the teams. Then each participant is tied around the waist with a ribbon or thread, leaving a free end 40–50 cm long. A matchbox or any other object is tied to it. The main condition is that it should not be heavy. The presenter then gives each team a pre-inflated balloon.
Players of one team must score a goal into the opponent's goal, trying not to miss it into their own. You can only touch the “ball” with a matchbox, moving the ball towards the opponent’s goal. The team that scores the most goals in the allotted time (for example, while happy music is playing) wins. The most active and productive player receives the prize, and the one of the newlyweds whose side the winning team defended personally presents the prize to the winner.
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By the age of six, the child has well-developed large muscles of the trunk and limbs, but small muscles, especially the hands, are still weak. Therefore, children learn walking, running, and jumping exercises relatively easily, but certain difficulties arise when performing exercises related to the work of small muscles.
Outdoor games, relay races and various exercises with tennis balls develop small muscle groups in the hands well. Exercises with tennis balls solve health-improving and developmental problems. In addition, their use in educational activities always pleases children and adds variety to physical education activities. I have developed several original outdoor games with tennis balls that you can use in your work with children.
Objectives: develop coordination of movements, dexterity, speed of reaction, eye and spatial orientation.
Entertainment
People who are familiar and close to the newlyweds gather at the wedding. Relatives and friends of different ages do not always know each other, so the main task of the presenter is to unite and make friends, and there is nothing better than joint competitions. If everyone is having fun, no one tries to drink an extra drink, and the wedding will not end in a showdown.
When choosing entertainment with balloons, consider the style of the holiday. At a gangster party or a wedding in a rustic style, retro balls will not be appropriate - in the design, in the script. Try to avoid competitions with a prize in the form of alcohol: the host’s task is to amuse, not get the guests drunk.
Peculiarities
Balloons are integral companions of all joyful events. They are a symbol of fun, lightness and a joyful future. It is in order to emphasize the beginning of something better and brighter that balloons are bought and inflated.
However, balloons can not only decorate rooms or give them during congratulations. There are many interesting wedding activities and games with balloons, and thanks to their brightness and wonderful associations, balloons help to bring joyful emotions to everyone present .
The advantage of competitions with balloons at a wedding is that they do not require many additional props.
Important! The tasks can be different, the main thing is that they are not offensive or vulgar. Their main task is to introduce, make friends and unite guests: friends, colleagues, relatives of different ages who do not always know each other.
