Pool Party Games
Plan a Poolside Luau with these great game ideas
Hula Hoop
Contest
There are several contests that can be held using the hula hoop:
Hula hoop endurance-
who can go the longest.
Hula hoop obstacle course-
set up an obstacle course that you must go through while hula hooping.
Multiple hula hoops
- see who can do 3 or more hula hoops for 30 seconds. It is not as easy as it
sounds.
Hula Hoop Toss -
Place items around the playing field . From a specific spot players take turns
tossing a hula hoop around the different items. You can give 1 point for items
close by and raise the points the farther away from the toss spot. The first
player to 10 wins! Ideas for items to use as targets are: beach pail, flip
flops, beach ball, tiki, large shell, pineapple, folded beach towel, beach
chair.
Pass the
Coconut
Have everyone sit in a circle. While the Hawaiian music plays the coconut is
passed around the circle. When the music is stopped whom ever is left holding
the coconut leaves the circle. The last person left wins!
Around the Islands Basket Toss
You will need:
One basketball hoop or 5 gallon bucket.
1 raffia hula skirt
1 ball (basketball or playground ball)
Chalk or paper cut outs in the shape of the Hawaiian Islands
Set up: Tie a grass hula skirt around a basketball hoop or 5
gallon bucket. If you will be playing this game on a paved surface use chalk to
draw the outline of the 7 Hawaiian Islands in a horse shoe shape around the
basket/bucket. If you will be playing the game in a grassy area lay out paper
cut outs in the shape of the Hawaiian Islands in a horse shoe shape around the
basket/bucket. For an extra added touch paint the ball brown with three black
ovals like a coconut.
To play: Each player starts at one end of the Hawaiian Islands
and takes a turn tossing the ball into the basket/bucket. If a player gets a
basket then they get to move on to the next island and take another shot. If a
basket is missed then it is the next players turn. The first player to make it
around all 7 islands wins!
Grabbing the sea animals
For this game you need to collect some floating items like plastic fish, shells, flip flops, rubber ducks, etc and place them in the water. Mark each item on the underside with a permanent marker as 1, 2 or 3. Then make 3 prize bags full of some nice little gifts like candy bars, necklaces, pencils etc. Give everyone a turn trying to get an item from the pool. Then they get a prize bag according to the number they got.
