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My little man is certainly growing up! We have moved back to home parties (YESSS!) and this year he wanted an epic battle. So that’s what we did!!!
The Plan: A lover of dragons- we decided to plan an epic water battle (late June birthday)- capture the flag style, we blew up these great Blow up Barriers for the kids to hide behind. We threw in some large amazon boxes (the ones the stuff came in) for good measure. The more barriers the better.
We of course had to use our giant blow up Dinosaur Sprinkler (its close to a dragon). This guy we have had since (A) turned 6- its super durable, and the kids LOVE it!
We had Water Balloons stations throughout where kids could grab a few and chuck them- fair warning we went through over 1,000 balloons but it was AWESOME!
They were conveniently held in these BUCKETS remember to put some water in the bottom so the balloons don’t break when you put them in. In case everyone wasn’t wet enough, each kiddo also got a Water Pistols to shoot each other with.
Outfitting the squads- There had to be teams (super fair ones) which we made in advance, (A) got to choose the colors, and his “Birthday Boy” shirt had both colors included (worth mentioning that 2 years later, he is still wearing these shirts). The kids each also got Dog Tags to put their names on before training. I don’t love “goody bags” so I always try to incorporate some sort of “swag” that might be reusable instead like these Jerseys. I have a vinyl cutter- so I added some dragon logos to each to personalize it. If you do not have one, I can recommend someone local to do it for you <3
Photo OPS– I love photos (duh) so we did have a dragon backdrop for photos- complete with props, and then the jail that you had to go into if you got hit with a water balloon was another great spot for them. Worth mentioning- I always also make a number for my kids that has their theme on it. Something that Isabella and Claudia of IC You Photography started me on when the kids were 2 and 5, I have been doing it ever since.
Target Practice: Once the teams were sorted- we HAD to have target practice, so half of the Water Pistols were filled with Watercolor paints, I used a clothes line with water color paper that I pre-drew targets on Watercolor paper for them to shoot at. This gives the kiddos a little art to bring home afterwards as a momento.
