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Hot Potato
Hot potato is a good game to play with balloons during the summer or warmer months, and you̵7;ll definitely want the boys to play it outside. Fill one balloon with water and pop a small hole in the bottom or the side. Have the boys form a circle and let them throw the balloon to each other. The person holding the balloon at the end, when the water runs out, is the first person out of the game. Keep playing by filling additional balloons with water and popping a hole in the sides. When two people are left, the winner is the boy who doesn̵7;t end up with the balloon at the end.
Balloon Pop
With balloon pop, you give every boy and inflated balloon with his name written on the front. The boys throw their balloons around the room, and when all the balloons are in the air, let the boys start popping. The kids can only use their hands to pop the balloons, and the boy who has the last inflated balloon is the winner. It̵7;s up to each boy to decide if he wants to focus on saving his balloon or popping all the others first.
Poppers
In Poppers, each boy gets a balloon tied to his ankle, leg or arm. The boys run around and try to pop the others' balloons. As soon as your balloon is popped, you̵7;re out of the game. The winner is the boy who still has his balloon at the end of the game. You can vary the game in the summer by filling the balloons with water and letting the boys play outside.
Balloon Relay
In balloon relay, the point is to pop all of your balloons before the other players. You divide the group of boys up into smaller, equal groups and give each one a bag of 20 inflated balloons. When the whistle blows, the first player for each team grabs a balloon and tries to pop it. When he pops one, he runs back and tags the next player who tries to pop the balloon. The winning team is the first to get all the balloons in its bag popped.