Daily Idea #341: Water Balloon Piñata

I have never been a fan of water balloon fights; as much fun as it is to throw a fairly soft balloon and watch it explode, cleaning up the bits of balloon that litter the yard afterwards takes forever. Plus, I’m always worried I have missed bits of latex and they will end up in the ocean somehow.

Today’s daily idea solves part of that problem so I thought we’d give it try. Fill up as many balloons as you would like with water and tie them off. Then, attach them to a long piece of string (you can either use clothes pins to attach them or tie the string around the little nubbin where the balloon is tied shut). Hang the string between two trees or two posts. Each person then takes turns trying to pop each of the water balloons using a plastic bat or a small stick.

Fun game— easy cleanup!