The BulleTin • Monday, May 24, 2021 A9
© 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 37, No. 25
Water Balloon Piñata
Skip the unhealthy sweets and try a piñata that can
cool you down on a hot day!
Summertime is a great time to get
some exercise while also having fun
with family and friends. Try these
outdoor games this summer.
Summer is the time to get outside and get moving!
Animal Charades
This is a great game for two or more. One person says the name of the
animal and the other person starts moving around and making sounds
like that animal. When the laughter starts to slow down, the person
acting as an animal gets to yell
out an animal name for the
Draw a line
other person to imitate.
from each
child to the
animal
they are
imitating.
Water Balance Dance
1. String a bunch of water balloons in the yard between
two trees. The water balloons are your piñata!
Crank up your favorite music and
dance while holding a plastic bowl
filled with water over your head. Can
you dance through the whole song
without getting soaked?
2. Take turns with a friend or brother or sister or cousin—
someone you like to be with and swing a plastic bat or
a large stick at the piñata. A wrapping paper tube
would work as well.
3. EXTRA CHALLENGE: Blindfold the hitter!
Flashlight Tag
Super Sponge Splash Zone
Win or lose, everyone winds up soaked in this game for three or more players.
Just pop (cross out) every other water balloon
below to reveal the answer.
Start an egg timer at 5 minutes. The
person who is “it” has a flashlight but
must close their eyes and count to 30
while everyone hides. While standing
in place (base), the person who is “it”
must try to spotlight those hiding.
And those hiding must make it back to
base before the egg timer dings.
STUFF YOU’LL NEED:
bucket
several sponges
water
Sponge Volleyball
1. One person holds an empty bucket and stands
about 10 feet apart from the other players.
2. Players toss water-soaked sponges towards the
player holding the bucket.
3. If the player with the bucket catches one of the
sponges in the bucket, the person who tossed that
sponge becomes the bucket holder.
How many
sunglasses
can you find
on this page?
Make and Play
Giant Pick-Up Sticks
Look outside for some sticks about two feet
(60 cm) or longer. Paint the sticks different
colors. Toss the sticks into a pile and then try
to pick them up one at a time. If you play
with another person, you each have to pick
up sticks without moving any stick except
the one you are picking up. A player loses
their turn if they cause another stick to
move. Give each color stick a different
number of points. See who can pick up
sticks that add up to the most points.
Newspaper
Baseball
Draw a line from each stick on the left to
its exact twin in the pile on the right.
NOTE: Each stick can appear more than once.
Draw the thing that should come next to continue the pattern in each row.
Wad up a newspaper
page and wrap it with
tape to make a ball.
Roll up several pages
into a long roll and
wrap with tape. Use
the newspaper “bat”
to hit the newspaper
“baseball.”
Standards Link: Follow simple
written directions.
ACTIVITIES
BLINDFOLD
CHARADES
FITNESS
SPLASH
STICKS
PINATA
ACTING
GIANT
WATER
COLOR
ZONE
PICK
YARD
FUN
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F D L O F D N I L B
F I T N E S S R I H
A C T I N G P E K S
S E I T I V I T C A
T T N A A C N A I L
I F N O O N A W P P
C T U L Z D T F U S
K N O N N Y A R D Y
S R C H A R A D E S
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
This week’s word:
IMITATE
The verb imitate means
to copy exactly or mimic.
Sebastian could imitate
his father’s voice.
Try to use the word imitate
in a sentence today when
talking with your friends
and family members.
Cutest Animal in
the World
Exercise
Your Brain
Look through the newspaper for five numbers
that add up to exactly 100. Then look for five
numbers that add up to exactly 1,000. Have a
friend or family member try, too.
ANSWER: A grape on vacation!
Standards Link: Math: Calculate sums up to 1,000.
Make a clothesline between two trees
with a rope. Hang a plastic tarp over
the rope so that each team of 3 or
more players can’t see the team on
the other side of the tarp. Each player
has a bucket of water and some
sponges. Three, two, one … GO!
Every player starts tossing sponges
over the net towards the other team,
while the other team does the same.
First side to have no sponges left on
their side of the “net” wins one point.
Repeat. Which team can earn 10
points first? Still dry? How about 20?
Which animal do you think
is the cutest animal in the
world? Why? Write a
paragraph to convince other
children of your opinion.