Kids love balloons! So when we are sneaking in some fun educational activities for summer it makes sense to use balloon games. Children of all ages can learn science, practice sight words, practice math, and more with these games with balloons. Use these games to play with balloons with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students. Whether filled with helium or air or water, these fun balloon games are sure to make for an EPIC summer!
Balloon Games
Games with balloons
- Practice counting skills with your active learners by trying to keep the balloon up in the air for the number of hits rolled by dice.
- This Science experiment involves filling water balloons with different liquids and testing them to see which ones float or sink.
- Letter and number recognition is fun to practice if you write a letter or number on each air-filled balloon and hide them in your yard. Call out a letter, and have your children race to be the first one to find that letter. The winner gets to throw the balloons!
- There are so many ways kids can learn their ABC’s, numbers, and colors by playing with water balloons!
Fun Balloon Games
- Mix sensory play with logical thinking skills practice with this mystery balloon sensory activity.
- Practice math equations with water balloons. In this game, children throw water balloons at the correct answer to the problem.
- With a large balloon, you can teach letter recognition by writing letters all over it, then tossing it to your child. Have him/her call out the letter closest to them.
- You can also use balloons to practice sight words and phonics, such as this CVC sight word balloon sort or this word endings game.
- Kids can learn physics by making balloon animals and having them race down a string (like this game, only it doesn’t have to be holiday-themed of course).
Games to Play with Balloons
- This literature-based number recognition game uses the book Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss as a theme.
- Here’s another alphabet game with water balloons. This is a neat idea because you can see the letters within the balloons themselves.
- Complete another Science experiment using Pop Rocks and balloons, sure to be fun and delicious!
- Storytelling skills and creative ideas will improve with this balloon storytelling activity.
Physical Education Games with Balloons
- Take some towels and have your children use them to toss the balloons back and forth in this towel toss game.
- In this game, kids can practice throwing and aiming at a target with water balloons.
- Tennis inside? You can with balloons and fly-swatters or DIY tennis rackets! So much fun for a day you can’t go outside but still need to get in some physical activity.
- Another game with balloons that you can play inside is Balloon Hockey.
- Balloon volleyball is a great way to build many core strength and motor skills.
If you loved these ideas, then you’ll enjoy these 30 fun and creative things to do with balloons! For all those leftover balloons from birthday parties or events, these 18 educational ideas will be useful! Your homeschoolers will love playing these fun balloon games.
Balloon Craft Ideas
Looking for more fun ways to play with balloons this summer?
- 25+ Water Balloon Games for Kids
- Drop & Paint – Water Balloon Painting Activity
- Roll & Paint – Outrageously FUN Balloon Painting Activity for Kids
- Balloon Paint Art Project for Toddlers and Preschoolers
- Learning the Notes on a Staff with a FUN Music Activity for Kids
- EASY Static Electricity Balloon Experiment
- Balloon Matching Shapes Worksheets – Kindergarten Math Activity
- Water Balloon Experiment for FUN summer science
- Educational Balloon Games
- FUN Lego Ballon Car that is simple to make
- Epic Ideas for Water Balloon Painting
- Pop Rocks Balloon Experiment
Summer Fun
Looking for more outdoor activities for kids and things to do in the summer? Your toddler, preschool, pre k, kindergarten, and elementary age kids will love these fun ideas to keep them busy all summer long:
- Marshmallow Shooters – go over 30 feet!
- 2 ingredient Easy Slime Recipe
- How to Make a Lava Lamp – it’s super EASY!
- Kids will no nuts over this simple Pop Rock Experiment
- Handprint Strawberry Craft for Summer
- Grow Your Own Crystals
- Water Balloon Experiment – exploring densit with an EPIC summer activity for kids
- Amazing Bubble Painting
- Mind Blowing Color Changing Playdough
Summer Activities for Kids
- Egg Shell DIY Chia Pet Craft – Silly Spring / Summer Activities for Kids
- Grass Head Craft for Kids
- Blow GIANT bubbles with this Homemade Bubble Solution
- Outrageously FUN Bubble Painting
- Bleeding Tissue Paper Fireworks Craft
- Beautiful Flower Suncatcher Craft
- 30 Fun June Crafts for Kids
- Must try Lego Zipline
- Exploding Watermelon Science Experiment
- Homemade Chalk Recipe
- 75+ FUN Scavenger Hunts for Kids
- Find activities by month with our June Crafts for kids or our June Activities for Kids!
Fun Summer Activities for Kids
- Ice Cream Edible Playdough
- Whip up a batch of Kool Aid Playdough – it smells amazing!
- Vinegar and Baking Soda Rocket Science Experiment for Kids
- Summer Bucket List Printable with Ice Cream Theme
- How to Make Ice Cream in a Bag
- Ice Cream Playdough Patterns
- Head to the zoo with this FREE Zoo Scavenger Hunt – lots of choices for all ages!
- Make your favorite animal with one of these 100 animal crafts
- Try one of these fun Animal I Spy Printables
- Play with your food using this goldfish counting activity
- After seeing the frogs at the pond, grab this free life cycle of a frog worksheet
- Avoid the summer learning loss by practicing math with these crack the code worksheets
- First Day of Summer Craft
- Create this gorgeous stained glass art for kids
- 107 Epic Summer Activities for Kids
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