Buy two different colored balloons, 25 to 50 of each for two teams of players. Choose colors according to the closest holiday or anything relevant (opposing school colors if you’re in a small town).
Form two teams. Each team must defend its treasure (a pile of balloons) while attempting to steal or destroy the other team’s treasure. Use one color of balloons for one team, and another color for the other team. Designate a time period (five to 10 minutes) to play the game. When the time ends, each team’s unpopped balloons count 100 points each. Stolen, unpopped balloons count 200 points each.
Depending on your team, this can be either played as a Capture the Flag style game or just all out full contact. Have fun with this game, and make it your own!
Also, see Balloon Master (Click Here).
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Linda
June 21, 2011 at 12:00 amI haven’t played this with the group yet. sounds like great fun for summertime, outdoor fun!
Joseph Ryder
December 17, 2013 at 12:00 amhow do you defend the balloons? if they get tagged are they out? if so can they get back in?
Heidi
March 19, 2015 at 12:00 amThis is a great game. Good if you can have some tape on each player and if it’s ripped off they have to go to a leader to get more before continuing to play.
Phoebe
April 8, 2015 at 12:00 amHow do players defend their treasure?