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Five games to play with a water hose

Beginner Crafts and Decor

19 Jun

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My kids and I were in our backyard earlier
this week and it was hot. I had planned to work on my laptop while the girls played, but I couldn’t take the heat (and I love hot weather!). So I quickly finished a project, sent it off, set my computer inside, and turned on the hose!

We needed to do something to cool off and none of us wanted to spend time or energy putting activities together. So, with just the help of a water hose, here’s what we came up with:

1) Tag, you’re it (or as Grace likes to say, “Tag, carrot”)

This is similar to regular tag, but the person who’s “it” has to spray someone else with the hose. Whoever gets sprayed becomes the new “it” person. In slightly cooler weather the game may be a bit more challenging, but we were all running through the hose spray on purpose just to cool down!

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2) Limbo

This is my favorite water-hose game! One person holds the hose, and the spray becomes the limbo bar. The first one to get water in their face loses and becomes the hose-holder. The youngest family members usually have a great advantage over older siblings in this game!

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3) “Sand” castles

We have a large dirt spot in the corner of our yard because Grace loves to dig there – and we don’t mind letting her! She used the hose to moisten her dirt spot so her and Lily could make dirt castles with their hands! No biggie – by the time we went inside, they were really well rinsed from the other hose games 🙂

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4) Sprinkler

This game was born out of sheer laziness on my part. I didn’t want to hook up the sprinkler. So I just held my thumb over the nozzle of the hose to make it spray like a sprinkler and the girls ran through.

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5) Cold water contest

One person sprays water over someone’s back until that person jumps away. I’m a wimp at getting sprayed with cold water so the girls were thrilled when I lost, shrieking and jumping out of the spray, in about half a second!

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Bonus Idea: Give your kids a bucket of soapy water and some sponges along with their hose, then let them clean whatever they want! Cars, bikes, the house, their outdoor toys… once I even let one daughter shower in the hose in her bathing suit. Summer bliss!

Special Note: After writing these ideas, Monica’s new post directed me towards an article that really captured my heart in why I’ve committed to slowing down and enjoying simplicity and nature with my children.

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How does your family stay cool in the summer-time?

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Comments

  1. Missy @ Dot-to-Dot Connections says

    June 20, 2014 at 11:40 am

    What fun! I’m afraid we’re still waiting for the hot weather to hit us, but when it does I will have to remember your ideas! I’m also working on slowing down and enjoying simplicity 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

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    • Davonne says

      June 20, 2014 at 1:56 pm

      You’re welcome! I hope the summer weather arrives in your area soon!

      Reply
  2. Delores Lyon says

    May 1, 2015 at 4:04 pm

    How cute! I absolutely love these pictures and the advice too! It is so cool that something like a hose can bring so much fun. The hose in my yard has some pretty bad flow, so I might need to get a special nozzle to help increase the pressure or something. Otherwise I don’t think I could do any of these activities!

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    December 20, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    […] Limbo is a blast, but hose limbo raises the stakes to a whole new level. Best thing is that the smaller kids have the advantage in this game. (via Davonne Parks) […]

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