by Kimberly Bunch

Created on: June 20, 2008

A Blast for Kids

This 4th of July is going to be so much fun for the children of all ages. With so many creative things for them to do at all age levels. I already know they will be running around wild all day having a great time outside with the different activities I present them with. Kids know how to have fun, but if you get creative enough and spice up things with a great celebration party for them this 4th of July they will absolutely love it.

Organizing
If you are having a large group of kids over for the holiday celebration plan activities to fill up their day. What time is the party/get together going to be? How many hours? Will it be from 5pm until 10pm? Consider having activities for that time frame. Maybe have an arts and craft table set up; if they will be swimming then water toys and accessories ready; also, snacks and drinks. If they will be in a yard or at a park, etc. then pack some sports activity toys that the kids' will love to play; stick with their favorite kind of outdoor activities.

Planning
Who all will be helping you? How many kids will you have over? Go from there. You can only be spread so far. If some kids want to do one thing and some others something else; is there another adult willing to assist with the supervising of one group? Grandparents are always great supervisors and enjoy helping out, or a close friend, or maybe someone else willing to help with a large group of kids.

Activities
1.) Pool Parties are so fun for the kids. They play pool games such as Marco Polo; how they play it is one child that is picked first has to close his/her eyes' and say, "Marco" and the other children say "Polo" the child that has their eyes' closed has to point and say the correct name to where that child is at when the other kids say "Polo".

There is another version to this game that was played at the kids' pool party they had today and that was instead of pointing and saying where and who the child is; instead the child that was it had to follow the voices' with his eyes' closed and actual be able to touch someone that said "Polo." That's the version of it they played at the pool today and it was 7 kids enjoying that version of the game.

2.)Also, another great pool party game is Treasure Hunt to play this game have the kids' backs' facing the pool as they stand near the pool. Toss coins into the pool everywhere then let them turn around and dive for them. I loved playing this when I was a kid and it was only with pennies and it still was fun diving

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